EC unveils plan to shake up farm sector in wake of food prices rise

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

The European Commission unveiled a plan on Tuesday to shake up the European Union (EU) farm sector in the wake of surging food prices. The reform package, presented by EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel to the European ...

EC unveils plan to shake up farm sector in wake of food prices rise

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

The European Commission unveiled a plan on Tuesday to shake up the European Union (EU) farm sector in the wake of surging food prices. The reform package, presented by EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel to the European ...

Official: Iran not to accept any incentives violating rights of nation

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Iran on Sunday said it would not agree any new package of incentives offered by the international community that "violate rights of the nation", the official IRNA news agency reported. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hossein ...

Thailand to sell consumer-pack rice at lower price

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

To meet demand for rice on domestic market, Thai Ministry of Commerce will soon prepare 200,000 five-kilogram bags of rice from state inventories for retail sale throughout the country, a senior ministry official said Saturday. Inte ...

Brazil kicks off plan for sustainable development in Amazon region

Friday, May 9th, 2008

The Brazilian government launched Thursday the Sustainable Amazon Plan, a package of strategies aimed at securing sustainable development in the country's Amazon forest region. According to the government, the plan is expected to cr ...

Iran not to support incentives that violate "nuclear rights"

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Iran will not support any package of incentives offered by world powers that violate Iran's "nuclear rights," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Monday. "Incentives that in anyway violate our interests ...

British man changes sex, remarries wife

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Emma Martin, who had a sex change, remarried his wife of 30 years after they tied the knot as man and wife, media reported Sunday. The former Martin Packer and Linda Packer remarried in a civil ceremony to preserve the tax and pensi ...

Israeli police discovered suspicious substance near U.S. consulate

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Israeli police discovered a suspicious package near the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem Friday afternoon, before using a robot to neutralize it. At least five claps like gunshots were heard after police sent out a bomb disposal robot to ...