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Why Iran's protests are not revolution re-run
cnn Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) police[2]; Tobacco[1]; tobacco[1];
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Entities: Ali Khamenei[1]; Mohammad Khatami[1]; Abbas Milani[1]; Hossein Moussavi[1]; Mohammad Reza[1]; Ruhollah Khomeini[1]; Hamid Dabashi[1]; Reza Shah[1]; Mohammed Mossadegh[1]; Reza Sayah[1]; Mir Hossein Moussavi[1]; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[1]; Mahdi Karroubi[1];
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Abbas Milani said: "This is a movement that isn't trying to make a revolution in the sense of toppling a regime,"
Ali Khamenei said: "The present day movement is clearly anti-despotic, and it shares that feature with the movement in 1979,"
Hamid Dabashi said: "Today, Iran's security apparatus is entrenched in the Islamic republic,"
Abbas Milani said (about Ruhollah Khomeini) : "nominal leaders, put there by the people -- but none of them are willing to risk people's lives," "If Moussavi was as reckless with people's lives as Khomeini, he could have challenged this regime much more"
Abbas Milani said: "There were very strong labor strikes -- that's what really broke the back of the old regime,"
Abbas Milani said (about Ali Khamenei) : "I think this regime at this moment is more despotic," "The shah claimed to be the king. Khamenei clams to present the voice of God"
As the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution approaches this week, with the promise of mass protests from Iran's growing opposition movement, it's tempting to compare the upheaval with unrest that ultimately toppled the shah of Iran....
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Cargill to Build its First Sugar Plant in Egypt
flexnewsfood Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:24:00 PM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Sugar[1]; SUGAR[1]; sugar[15];
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Entities: Mohammad Rachid[1];
Other categories: AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre;
Cairo, Feb 8 - Agricultural conglomerate Cargill [CARG.UL] will build a $120 million sugar refinery plant in Egypt to help meet domestic demand, Egypt's Industrial Development Authority Chairman Amr Assal said on Monday. "The plant will produce 600,000 tonnes of sugar per year," Assal told Reuters in an interview....
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Obama seeks to improve kids' nutrition
washtimes Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:52:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) fruits[1]; vegetables[1]; sugary[1];
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Entities: Saxby Chambliss[1]; Blanche Lincoln[1]; Tom Vilsack[1]; Michelle Obama[1];
The Obama administration will ask Congress to improve childhood nutrition by ridding school vending machines of sugary snacks and drinks and giving school lunch and breakfast to more students. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the administration will seek changes when Congress overhauls the Childhood Nutrition Act, first passed in 1966....
India sharply divided over introduction of Bt Brinjal
HindustanTimes Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:41:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Cotton[1]; vegetables[1]; sugarcane[1];
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Entities: Prithviraj Chavan[1]; Sharad Pawar[1];
Other categories: FoodSafety; Biotechnology; Environment;
With Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's final decision on commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal expected today, Indian scientists, politicians and actitivists remain sharply divided over the issue of allowing the genetically modified vegetable to hit the market. Ramesh is likely to hold a press conference over his decision today....
Peru toasts pisco boom on annual cocktail day
telegraph Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:33:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) cotton[1]; sugar[2];
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Entities: Orson Welles[1]; Ava Gardner[1]; John Wayne[1];
A Pisco Sour is the Peruvian national cocktail, which has enjoyed a tremendous boom over the past decade. Pisco brandy production rose fourfold and exports by a factor of eleven....
dailymail Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:17:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) fruits[1]; vegetables[1]; sugary[1];
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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Kathleen Sebelius[1]; Regina Benjamin[1]; Michelle Obama[4];
Michelle Obama starts campaign to tackle childhood obesity by admitting her own daughters were overweight before a diet nipped the problem in the bud....
I love burgers and fries, confesses Michelle Obama as she launches fight against childhood obesity
dailymail Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:55:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) fruits[1]; vegetables[1]; sugary[1];
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Entities: Barack Obama[1]; Michelle Obama[2];
The First Lady has urged children to become more active, but confesses to eating unhealthy food - including ice-cream and cake....
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‘Nothing new’ – opposition lambastes budget
stabroeknews Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:51:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Sugar[1]; sugar[2];
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Other categories: TAXUD;
The $142.8 billion budget announced yesterday by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has been lambasted by members of the parliamentary opposition who say that the ......
$9.9B budgeted to fuel sugar recovery -lower rice yield expected
stabroeknews Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:51:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Sugar[1]; sugar[5];
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Entities: Ashni Singh[1];
Other categories: AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre;
$9.9B is expected to be ploughed into sugar this year, with production projected at 280,000 tonnes representing a 19.8% increase over last year’s production. Finance Minister ......
Foreign trade ends in record surplus in 2009
praguemonitor Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:21:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) tobacco[2];
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Other categories: EconomicForecastingEU; Market;
ČTK The Czech Republic's foreign trade ended with a record CZK 153.2 billion surplus last year, CZK 85.9bn higher than in 2008, the Czech Statistical Office announced Monday....
economictimes Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:09:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Cotton[1]; vegetables[1]; sugarcane[1];
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Entities: Prithviraj Chavan[1]; Sharad Pawar[1];
Other categories: FoodSafety; Biotechnology; Environment;
Bt Brinjal is a trans-genic brinjal created by inserting a gene (Cry 1Ac) from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringenisis (Bt) into brinjal....
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New cig peril: Third -hand smoke coats puffers in poison
register Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:49:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) tobacco-specific[1]; tobacco[3];
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"The burning of tobacco releases nicotine in the form of a vapor that adsorbs strongly onto indoor surfaces, such as walls, floors, carpeting, drapes and furniture. Nicotine can persist on those materials for days, weeks and even months. Our study shows that when this residual nicotine reacts with.......
In Haiti, a rum everyone can agree on
latimes Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:21:00 AM CET | info
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Entities: Jean-Bertrand Aristide[1]; Franklin Roosevelt[1]; Christopher Columbus[1];
Other categories: AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre;
Rhum Barbancourt is a national tradition, surviving the tumult of the last century and a half. Whether it is weddings or holidays, or raising voodoo spirits, no other will do. When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrived here in 1934 to mark the end of America's occupation of Haiti, he insisted.......
finanznachrichten-en Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:10:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) tobacco[2]; Tobaccos[1]; tobaccos[2];
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Other categories: Biotechnology;
In the history of humans fighting against cancer, the relationship between tobaccos and cancer has been an important subject for the academic and clinical ......
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Zimbabwe: Tobacco Firms Urged to Plant Trees
allafrica Tuesday, February 9, 2010 8:25:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Tobacco[2]; tobacco[11];
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Acting Chief Makoni has urged tobacco companies contracting farmers in his area to engage in tree planting activities or risk being banned from operating in the area....
Morning press briefing from 8 February 2010
ukgovpublic Tuesday, February 9, 2010 8:15:00 AM CET | info
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Briefing by the Prime Minister’s spokesman on: President Karzau Phonecall, MPs’ expenses, Iran, NHS Speech, Afghanistan, bananas and misc President Karzau Phonecall The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister spoke to President Karzai yesterday....
Local study proves relation between tobacco, lung cancer
ChinaPost Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:43:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) tobacco-specific[1]; tobacco[3];
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Other categories: Biotechnology;
(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A Taiwanese research had further identified the reason why tobacco causes lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases and was made the cover story of the February issue of the world is leading biomedical journal, The Journal of Clinical Investigation....
bbc Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:22:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) cotton[3]; vegetables[1];
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Entities: Ranjit Singh[1]; Jairam Ramesh[1];
Other categories: FoodSafety; Biotechnology; Environment;
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Ranjit Singh said: "We are not guinea pigs - don't use us for research,"
Jairam Ramesh promised: "It will be a fair decision,"
Jairam Ramesh said: "On 10 February at 1230, I will announce my decision," "Then, 50% of India will be happy with me, while 50% of India will be unhappy with me"
India is about to decide whether BT brinjal - a strain of genetically modified (GM) aubergine - will be allowed for commercial cultivation. The BBC's Geeta Pandey reports from the southern city of Bangalore on how this humble vegetable has sharply divided public opinion....
The lingering dangers of smoking
MailGuardian Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:16:00 AM CET | info
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Entities: Lawrence Berkeley[1];
You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else's smoke is bad for you. Now a study says third-hand smoke is also bad for you....
TheGovernmentOfBotswana Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:05:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) police[2]; tobacco[7]; Tobacco[1];
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Other categories: Drugs;
LOBATSE - Though Botswana does not produce tobacco, the rate at which Batswana, particularly the youth take up smoking is of great concern to authorities. Addressing the Lobatse Town Council full council meeting recently, chief health officer in the Ministry of Health, Mr Clifford Matsoga said this.......
Ba ikuela ka letlhoko la ditlamelo
TheGovernmentOfBotswana Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:05:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) banana[2];
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MAHALAPYE - Banni ba Tewane mo kgaolong ya Shoshong ba lela ka letlhoko la ditlamelo mo motseng wa bone. Banni ba ntshitse selelo se mo phuthegong e e neng e buisiwa ke mopalamente wa Shoshong, Rre Philip Makgalemele. E rile modulasetilo wa komiti ya ditlhabololo tsa motse, Rre Gasekgale Kekwaletswe.......
TheGovernmentOfBotswana Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:05:00 AM CET | info
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SEROWE - Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) plans to complete the construction of 372 houses in Serowe by July 2011. The organisations public and corporate affairs manager, Mr Mookodi Seisa says of the 372 houses currently under construction, the 106 in Mannathoko ward constructed by China Jiansu.......
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Entry Level: There’s No Eyebrow She Can’t Tame
nytimes Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:48:00 AM CET | info
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Salima Rajwani shapes brows by threading, or rolling taut cotton strands along the skin to pull hairs from the root. She learned the technique in her native India....
Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study (AFP)
news-yahoo Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:19:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Sugary[1]; sugar-sweetened[3]; sugary[1]; sugar[7];
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Entities: Mark Pereira[1];
Other categories: Biotechnology;
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Mark Pereira said: "But the adjustments did not change the link between soda and the risk of pancreas cancer ,"
Mark Pereira told: "We suspect sugar is the culprit, but we cannot prove it from this study,"
Mark Pereira said: "A typical serving of soda is 20 ounces and contains 65 grams of sugar. By comparison, a typical serving of orange juice is eight ounces and contains 21 grams of sugar,"
AFP - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows....
ghanaweb Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:16:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) Nuts[1]; nuts[6];
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Entities: Adolescent Medicine[1];
Other categories: CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks;
Kola nuts The kola nut that we’re all too familiar with in Ghana or bitter cola, (Cola Vera, Cola acuminata, Cola nitida) is a seed part from a tree from the Sterculiaceae family. The trees are native to Central and Western Africa, but are now found in the Caribbean and Brazil, where they were introduced by African slaves....
Danger of third-hand smoke raises new health alarm
irish-independent Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:10:00 AM CET | info
Trigger words: (AgriculturalProdOliveHort) tobacco-specific[1]; tobacco[1];
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Entities: Lawrence Berkeley[1]; Steve Connor[1]; Irish Independent[1];
Other categories: Biotechnology;
FIRST came the evidence that smoking caused lung cancer, then researchers found a link between second-hand smoke and chronic illnesses, now a study has pointed an accusing finger at "third-hand" smoke....
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Abbas Milani said: "This is a movement that isn't trying to make a revolution in the sense of toppling a regime,"
cnn Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45:00 PM CET
Ali Khamenei said: "The present day movement is clearly anti-despotic, and it shares that feature with the movement in 1979,"
cnn Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45:00 PM CET
Hamid Dabashi said: "Today, Iran's security apparatus is entrenched in the Islamic republic,"
cnn Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45:00 PM CET
Abbas Milani said (about Ruhollah Khomeini): "nominal leaders, put there by the people -- but none of them are willing to risk people's lives," "If Moussavi was as reckless with people's lives as Khomeini, he could have challenged this regime much more"
cnn Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45:00 PM CET
Abbas Milani said: "There were very strong labor strikes -- that's what really broke the back of the old regime,"
cnn Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45:00 PM CET
Abbas Milani said (about Ali Khamenei): "I think this regime at this moment is more despotic," "The shah claimed to be the king. Khamenei clams to present the voice of God"
cnn Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45:00 PM CET
Ranjit Singh said: "We are not guinea pigs - don't use us for research,"
bbc Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:22:00 AM CET
Jairam Ramesh promised: "It will be a fair decision,"
bbc Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:22:00 AM CET
Jairam Ramesh said: "On 10 February at 1230, I will announce my decision," "Then, 50% of India will be happy with me, while 50% of India will be unhappy with me"
bbc Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:22:00 AM CET
Mark Pereira said: "But the adjustments did not change the link between soda and the risk of pancreas cancer ,"
news-yahoo Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:19:00 AM CET
Mark Pereira told: "We suspect sugar is the culprit, but we cannot prove it from this study,"
news-yahoo Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:19:00 AM CET
Mark Pereira said: "A typical serving of soda is 20 ounces and contains 65 grams of sugar. By comparison, a typical serving of orange juice is eight ounces and contains 21 grams of sugar,"
news-yahoo Tuesday, February 9, 2010 6:19:00 AM CET
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