New alternatives to spring grazing in Montana, Upper Plains

Friday, August 29th, 2008

By trying to determine the spring grazing potential of winter cereals under dryland conditions in Montana, researchers at Montana State University have found a way to provide producers with flexible management ...

Zambia urged to broaden public-private-partnership (PPP) concept

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

World Bank Zambia manager Kapil Kapoor has urged the government to broaden the public-private-partnership (PPP) concept away from the mines to involve other sectors of the economy, according to Saturday Post. Commenting on the slow ...

Clean tech gets more venture funding in U.S. companies

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

More and more worldwide venture funding poures into clean technologies ith U.S. companies in California leading the way, according to the report released on Tuesday by the Clean tech Group, a San Francisco research and strategy firm. ...

Bolivian truck tumbles off cliff, at least 46 killed

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

At least 46 people were killed and 11 injured Tuesday when a truck fell off a 300-meter-high cliff in southwestern Bolivian province of Potosi, highway police said. Five of the injured were said to be in serious condition. According ...

Blasts rock Georgia’s breakaway region, one dead

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Six blasts occurred Sunday on both sides of the border of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, leaving one person dead and 10 injured, news reaching here quoted Georgian officials as said. One of the blasts took place in a cafe i ...

Oxfam calls on G8 to make good on promised aid to Africa

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The Group of Eight (G8) will miss its pledge at the Gleneagles summit to double aid to Africa as it has delivered only a small part of the promised aid more than halfway through the plan, the British charity Oxfam said on Monday. Th ...

France’s consumer confidence hits lowest level yet

Friday, June 27th, 2008

The level of morale among French consumers continued on a downward spiral in June, falling to its lowest level in 20 years, on the backdrop of runaway inflation and fears over a faltering purchasing power, French economists have warned. ...

Philippines, China’s Hong Kong to expand Air services

Friday, June 27th, 2008

An amendment to the air services agreement between the Philippines and China's Hong Kong will pave the way for local airlines to fly to Hong Kong from Clark and other places in the country, according to local media on Thursday. The ...