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 The Australian
Beijing's behemoths want more iron action
| THE first ship to load iron ore produced by Fortescue Metals Group will dock on Thursday at Port Hedland in Western Australia. It will leave with 170,000 tonnes of ore, bound for Baosteel in Shangha... (photo: AP Photo / Andy Wong)
Australia Business China Metal Photos |
 The Australian
System transfers funds to radicals
| AN "underground" banking system - investigated by the US for allegedly transmitting funds for terrorist operations - is suspected of being used in Australia to channel money to extremists in Africa.... (photo: WN)
Africa Australia Money Photos Terrorism |
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 Sydney Morning Herald
Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply
| A BILLION-DOLLAR kidney bazaar that thrived across Pakistan has been abruptly shut down, forcing thousands of kidney patients to look elsewhere for a donor. | Lax regul... (photo: AP Photo / Manish Swarup)
Health Hospitals Market Pakistan Photos |
 International Herald Tribune
G-8 labor officials gather in Japan to seek environment-friendly working style
| : Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the reduction of workplace emi... (photo: REGIERUNGonline/Gebhardt )
Development Environment Japan Photos Trade |
 TVNZ
Restaurant cooks for Myanmar cause
May 11, 2008 6:35 PM | Donations have been pouring in from around the globe for the deepening crisis in Myanmar but it's not just collection buckets that are helping to r... (photo: Creative Commons / /)
Food Health Photos Society Weekend |
 The Boston Globe
In English village, ban on plastic bags attracts worldwide interest
| MODBURY, England - Rebecca Hosking's moment, when a happy English farm girl cried tears that changed her life, came on a speck of sugar-white beach in the middle of the... (photo: creative commons / )
Animals Environment Photos Pollution Society |
 San Fransisco Chronicle
Laos, where rubber hits the road to China
| (05-11) 04:00 PDT Chaleunsouk, Laos -- The rice fields that blanketed this remote mountain village for generations are gone. In their place rise neat rows of young rubb... (photo: creative commons / )
Business Economy Environment Nature Photos |
 Canada Dot Com
Malyasian election turns into ugly money fight
| KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's recent elections promised a new era of democracy and reform, but instead have ushered in an ugly fight for power and money that has ... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
Democracy Elections Malaysia Photos Politics |
 Ohio
Asian leaders' rice-cartel plan goes against grain
| Until last week, the next oil - the crucial resource growing ever scarcer and prompting desperate behavior to ensure supplies - was water. Turns out, it's rice. | That'... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Asian Export Grain Photos Rice |
 Turkish Press
Genetically modified crops get mixed response in Asia
| A researcher inspects rice specimens inside a Philippines rice gene bank in Los Banos, south of Manila on May 2. With food prices hitting record highs the debate in Asi... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Asia Crops Food Philippines Photos |
