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China graft crackdown hits Hong Kong's 'Dried Seafood Street' 25 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 25, 2013 In a narrow Hong Kong street filled with the tang of dried sea creatures, shopkeepers are blaming China's recent corruption crackdown for falling sales of expensive banqu...
One million cockroaches flee China farm: report 25 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
Beijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2013 At least one million cockroaches have escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine, a report said. The cockroaches fled the facility ...
Japan seeds clouds to boost Tokyo rain 25 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 23, 2013 Japanese scientists have fired cloud seeding equipment to help top up reservoirs serving the 35 million people of greater Tokyo, officials said Friday, amid a sweltering summ...
8 dead as heavy rains pummel flooded Philippines 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Manila Aug 20, 2013 More than 200,000 flood-battered residents of the Philippine capital fled their homes on Tuesday as relentless monsoon rains, which have killed eight people, submerged more than h...
Scientists uncover the secret life of frozen soils 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Nepean, Canada (SPX) Aug 21, 2013 Contrary to popular belief, winter plays a significant role in farming. The ground beneath that seemingly peaceful blanket of snow is not idle during the long, cold ...
Brazil Amazon town takes a stand against deforestation 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Sao Felix Do Xingu, Brazil (AFP) Aug 21, 2013 When farmer Luiz Martins Neto first moved to Sao Felix do Xingu a quarter of a century ago, the area had virgin forest, gold and a reservation for the lo...
Fonterra 'let country down', NZ minister says on China visit 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Beijing, Beijing (AFP) Aug 22, 2013 New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra had let the country down over a botulism scare, its foreign minister Murray McCully said Thursday on a visit to China to try to re...
Ancient cycads found to be pre-adapted to grow in groves 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 22, 2013 The ancient cycad lineage has been around since before the age of the dinosaurs. More recently, cycads also co-existed with large herbivorous mammals, such as the ice...
How does your garden grow? 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Aug 23, 2013 Food and biofuel crops could be grown and maintained in many places where it wasn't previously possible, such as deserts, landfills and former mining sites, thanks to...
Burmese long-tailed macaques' ability to use stone tools threatened by human activity in Thailand 23 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am
Singapore (SPX) Aug 23, 2013 Human farming and the introduction of domestic dogs are posing a threat to the ability of Burmese long-tailed macaques to use stone tools. This was found in a study led b...
