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 The Philippine Star 
Public urged to 'harvest' rainwater
| Now that the rainy season is here, the public is encouraged to "harvest" and make use of rainwater - either for flushing the toilet, watering plants, or even as drinking water. | The technology of c... (photo: creative commons)
PLANTS - ENVIRONMENT - BIOFUEL
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 Seattle Times 
Experts: EU, US must reconsider biofuel policy
BRUSSELS, Belgium - | Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world, aid officials and food policy experts said Thursday. | Speaking at an i... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
 Vodafone, Mobile Phones, Vodafone Mobile, technology, telecommunication. tp1  The Guardian 
Vodafone buys 70% stake in Ghana mobile firm
| Vodafone has snapped up a controlling stake in Ghana's third largest mobile phone company for $900m (£452m) as it continues to hunt for growth in emerging markets. | Vodafone acquired the 70% stake... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
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Egypt Air - Flight - Travel /aaeh  The Times Of India 
Egypt Air to buy Boeing, Airbus planes
|                 CAIRO: State-owned airline Egypt Air plans to buy five planes from Boeing and Airbus, the state news agency said on Thursday, quoting the... (photo: public domain )
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Canada Dot Com
Summit to focus on climate change, global economy, aid to Africa, escalating food and energy prices
Published: Thursday, July 03, 2008 | OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Stephen Harper prepares to head to this year's Group of Eight summit, Canada is withholding support for a... (photo: WN - Jacques Fritsch / Jacques Fritsch)
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Pizza Business Day
Fast food goes upmarket 
FAMOUS Brands, home to fast food outlets such as Wimpy, Steers, Debonairs Pizza, FishAways, House of Coffees and Brazilian Café, has added an upmarket label to its... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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 KLps1 - Fruits - Fruit - Supermarket. (ps1) Business Day
Food, fuel prices 'pushing nations to the brink'  
WASHINGTON - Amid echoes of the 1970s, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned this week that surging food and fuel prices had pushed some countries to a... (photo: WN/ps1)
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President George W. Bush The Times Of India
Bush to reassure Japan, press G8 on Africa
|                 WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush leaves Saturday for Japan, looking to ease worries there about his ... (photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian )
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An oil worker tightens oil pipes in al-Bakir Harbor in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq Sunday, July 15, 20 Turkish Press
Oil soars past 145 dollars for first time
| Traders at work in the energy options pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange on July 2. Oil has continued its record-breaking run hitting 145 dollars a barrel for the ... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani)
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Pranab Mukherjee The Times Of India
Armed action against Iran unacceptable: Mukherjee
|                   CAIRO: India has said any unilateral armed action against Iran is totally "unacceptable and undesira... (photo: PIB Photo)
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 KLdy1 - Dec06 - HSBC - world´s local bank - banking and finance. (dy1) The Times
Need to know: HSBC; E.ON; Amstrad; Eurostar
| Economics | Mortgage equity withdrawal, when homeowners extract cash against the value of their property, fell in the first quarter to a seven-year low as the housing m... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
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Airtel The Times Of India
Bharti denies merger talks with Kuwaiti firm Zain
|                 | NEW DELHI: India’s largest private mobile firm Bharti Airtel, on Wednesday, denied media reports that i... (photo: WN / anand)
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- Pressure to ditch Mbeki as mediator
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- Johnson Sirleaf Asks AU to Denounce Zimbabwe's Elections
- Kenya discusses hotel sale
- Zambia president in intensive care: government
 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Berlin, Germany. (mb1)
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 The U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) gets underway after completing extensive repairs to the ships hull and interior spaces. Visible as she pulls away from the pier is her newly restored portside hull and superstructure. The Cole has
US seeks death for USS Cole attacker
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- Crisis puts free trade in food on the ropes
- South Africans fume as power price goes up
- President calls for urgent action to curb rising food prices
- Text of Bush and Brown in London
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Crisis puts free trade in food on the ropes
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Pedestrians walk past a branch office of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Thursday Oct. 26, 2006 in Hong Kong. Shares of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country's largest bank, were expected to soar Friday when its initial public offering the world's biggest ever hits the markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) hg3
Chinese bank has market cap twice that of JPMorgan
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- 2nd Private Sector Day Slated for July 17
- ARM includes Zimbabwe in Africa growth plans 
- Fast food goes upmarket 
- Ex-franchisees of Mr Video challenge contract
- Mr Price to accelerate expansion in Africa
- Entrepreneurs Find Niche At China Town
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