CHINA: Self-sufficiency remains grain goal

The government has never wavered in its determination to maintain 95% self-sufficiency in grain,...

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NIGER: Growth hopes pinned on mineral production

Arid, landlocked and extremely poor, Niger's prospects for future development rest with the...

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While levels of tobacco addiction have declined in Western Europe in recent years, the problem...

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Bread and grain prices rose by 50.8% year-on-year in May according to figures released on June...

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The Reserve Bank of India yesterday raised its key short term lending rate to 8.0%. The...

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday convened the inaugural meeting of its...

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Officially, the dong was today trading at 16,461 to the dollar, down 1.96% from one day earlier....

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The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, will today deliver a major...

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The World Food Summit in Rome on the impact of surging global food prices closed on June 5. While...

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The quasi-official negotiating bodies of China and Taiwan will meet on June 11-14 in advance of a...

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