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Food and water drive Africa land grabNairobi, Kenya (UPI) Apr 29, 2010 Rich Arab states such as Saudi Arabia have bought huge tracts of land across Africa in recent years in a bid to combat global food shortages, water scarcity and desertification and feed their burgeoning populations. But now the scramble for Africa is intensifying, with investment banks, hedge funds, commodity traders, sovereign wealth funds, corporations and business tycoons out to grab some of the world's cheapest land - for profit. China has leased 6.91 million acres in the Democratic ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 29, 2010President Barack Obama and aides Thursday repeatedly pinned the cost of the unfolding Gulf coast oil disaster on BP, calling for the "strongest possible response" from the British energy giant. The White House, coordinating a pan-governmental effort to break up the slick as it bore down on the Mississippi delta, offered "all available" resources, including military hardware if needed. Bu ... more  
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 29, 2010Two Louisiana shrimpers have filed a lawsuit accusing the operators of the rig behind a Gulf of Mexico oil spill of negligence, seeking millions of dollars in damages. The lawsuit, filed in federal court late Wednesday, alleges that "the fire, explosion and resulting oil spill was caused by the joint negligence and fault" of the defendants, a copy of the document read. The shrimpers are ... more  
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2010World leaders have fallen short on a pledge to stem biodiversity loss and have instead allowed alarming declines in species populations, habitat conditions and other indicators, a study showed Thursday. Researchers looked at 31 indicators with global data covering the period 1970 to 2005, to gauge progress on achieving a goal set by world leaders in 2002 to significantly reduce the rate of b ... more |
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China to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan: reportBeijing (AFP) April 29, 2010 China has agreed to build two new civilian nuclear reactors in Pakistan, a report said Thursday, amid persistent concerns about the safety of nuclear materials in the restive south Asian state. Chinese companies will build at least two new 650-megawatt reactors at Chashma in Punjab province, the Financial Times said. China began building a reactor at Chashma in 1991 and broke ground on a second one in 2005, which is expected to be completed next year, it said. A statement posted on the websi ... read more |
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