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Japan farmers ask for public understanding on beef price hike, driven by soaring feed costs | TOKYO (AP) : Japanese beef prices _ already the world's highest _ are about to get even higher, the country's farmers said Wednesday, warning that livestock feed prices... (photo: WN) The Star Farming   Food   Japan   People   Photos   Digesting the facts: Is fish safe? | Recent studies show that some large commercially caught finfish may have unsafe levels of mercury. This has led to worries over seafood consumption in general - and tun... (photo: WN/Marzena Bozek) Seattle Times Fish   Food   Health   People   Photos   Ministry says farm product, seafood safety improving (Xinhua) | Updated: 2008-02-06 09:02 | Chinese farm products are getting safer, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday in a regular press conference, citing recent t... (photo: Public Domain / -) China Daily China   Crop   Farm   Food   Photos   Organic food industry facing a supply crunch | NEW YORK - True lovers of organic food have always been willing to pay more for it: they spend $3.99 on a half gallon of organic milk when a whole gallon of conventiona... (photo: Farm Sanctuary) The Providence Journal Business   Food   Industry   Market   Photos   Wheat prices hit record on crop failures | John Greenwood, Financial Post  Published: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 | Change font size | A stretch of cold, rainy weather in the middle of the wheat growing season ... (photo: Public Domain / -) Canada Dot Com Crop   Farm   Market   Photos   Wheat   Cooking on a Budget | How are you coping with the rising cost of food? | The Barnes family sets a budget and sticks to it. The Bessette family enjoys the cooking of the family's resourceful ... (photo: AP / Larry Crowe) The Providence Journal Food   Health   Market   Photos   Society   Save Kaziranga’s one-horned rhino Sir, ~ Apropos of the report, “Rhino at risk” by Nava Thakuria (28 January), the rhino population of the Kaziranga National Park is under threat from poachers. By publish... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Statesman Animals   Conservation   Photos   Population   Wildlife   Virgin jet will use biofuel blend for test flight | A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 will make a historic flight later this month from London's Heathrow Airport to Amsterdam. | Although no passengers will be on board, th... (photo: GFDL) Scripps Howard Aircraft   Aviation   Flight   Photos   Transport   Not all seafood high in mercury Health officials say salmon, pollock among fish that can be eaten without risk | By NICK FOX | NEW YORK TIMES | Watching the amount of mercury in your diet does not have ... (photo: creative commons / MyName) The Press Democrat Disease   Food   Health   Photos   Society   Go easy on medicated lotions, creams, gels By Leslie Goldman | Lidocaine, methyl salicylate, hydrocortisone. You probably don't think twice about using over-the-counter creams with these ingredients when you need ... (photo: creative commons / ) CNN Disease   Government   Health   Photos   Science   Philippine military recruits residents to defend mines near their communities | : In response to attacks on mining companies by insurgent groups in the Philippines, the military has agreed to recruit and train residents in communities near the mine... (photo: WN) International Herald Tribune Economy   Philippine   Photos   Police   Terrorism   Editorial: Political cravenness on earmarks SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Somewhere in comedian Robin Williams’ vast body of work, we remember him challenging some spineless character by asking, “Are you a man, o... (photo: AP/Phil McCarten) The Examiner Celebrity   Film   Hollywood   Photos   Star   Va. to Talk About Limiting Crab Catches NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - Officials from the Virginia Marine Resources Commission are convening a public hearing Feb. 26 in Newport News to discuss possible catch restrict... (photo: creative commons / ) Wtop Agriculture   Economy   Food   Government   Photos   Tatas make their first investment into its Corus plant | The Tatas have made their first significant investment into its Corus plant in South Wales, an older unit that was seen to be a bit worried about its future under the n... (photo: WN / aruna1) The Times Of India Business   Company   Investment   Photos   TATA   "Blame our government, not Exxon, for higher gas prices." | Cold snaps | Pass on upgrade? Snoqualmie plows money to the state | Editor, The Times: | With news about Snoqualmie Pass being closed many days due to weather issues, i... (photo: GNU) Seattle Times Energy   Exxon   Government   Photos   Prices   Bush's Glades outlay ripped WASHINGTON -- President Bush's budget proposal, released Monday, calls for millions of dollars to restore Florida's Everglades. | But environmentalists -- and even a fell... (photo: White House / Chris Greenberg) The Miami Herald Government   Photos   Politics   President   Washington   US judge reinstates sonar curbs A judge has ruled that the US Navy must adhere to a curb on the use of strong sonar in waters off California, amid concerns about its effect on whales. | Judge Florence-M... (photo: Creative Commons) BBC News Environment   Law   Navy   Wildlife   Notes offer glimpse of end of Churchill era | LONDON - Newly declassified British documents provide a window into heated Cabinet discussions on Iraq, Israeli-Arab relations, protecting the environment, and a secret... (photo: Public domain) The Boston Globe British   Iraq   London   Photos   Politics   Carbon storage project unveiled | Enbridge Inc. and a group of 19 energy-related companies rolled out a new carbon storage project for Alberta Monday, building on momentum sparked by concerns about gree... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) Canada Dot Com Companies   Energy   Group   Photos   Project   India's Tata says hopes for Jaguar, Land Rover deal soon | The Tata and Jaguar logos. India's top vehicle maker Tata Motors says it hopes to clinch a deal to buy the luxury Jaguar and Land Rover car brands from ailing US carmak... (photo: AP Photo ) Turkish Press India   Industry   Photos   Tata   Vehicle