Rice prices may ease in weeks ahead: FAO

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US rice futures fall 2.5%; Thailand to release 2.1m tonnes from stockpile Business Times 30 Apr 08; (BANGKOK) Runaway rice prices that have...

UN chief tackles food crisis head-on

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Straits Times 30 Apr 08; Task force set up to find medium- and long-term solutions to stave off shortages BERNE - UNITED Nations Secretary-...

Scientists succeed in mimicking the way spiders spin their super-strength webs

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Steve Connor, The Independent 29 Apr 08; The dream of producing spider silk in industrial quantities has come a step closer to reality afte...

Australia splashes A$13 bln to secure water supplies

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James Grubel, Reuters 29 Apr 08; CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Australian government outlined plans to secure water supplies and repair ailing r...

Biggest squid ever caught may be a minnow: scientists

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David Brooks, Yahoo News 29 Apr 08; The biggest squid ever caught, at up to 10 metres long and boasting a fearsome beak and razor-sharp hoo...

Best of our wild blogs: 29 Apr 08

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Holiday job for NUS undergraduates: sorting freshwater invertebrates on the Biodiversity crew @ NUS blog Sex, sea turtle, seagrass and supe...

Will Corals Survive The Stormy Future?

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Science Daily 29 Apr 08; Hurricanes and storms limit the ability of corals in Belize to “recruit” new coral into their communities, accordi...

Super coral may save reefs

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Caitriona Murtagh, cairns.com.au 29 Apr 08; STRAINS of super coral capable of bouncing back after bleaching could replenish reefs ravaged b...

Pitfalls in paradise: why Palm Jumeirah is struggling to live up to the hype

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Low-paid workers and villa gripes cast a cloud over 'eighth wonder of the world' in Dubai Robert Booth, The Guardian 26 Apr 08; Dub...

Aedes Killer or Mutant Menace?

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GM 'warrior' mosquitoes to fight dengue scourge in Malaysia. Environmentalists call it a bad idea. The New Paper 29 Apr 08; IN a bi...

Monitoring system to stop spread of HFMD in China

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Straits Times 29 Apr 08; BEIJING - A CHINESE province has started a daily reporting system to monitor the spread of a virus that has killed...

HFMD cases in Singapore hit record high of 1,466 last week

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More centres to close Channel NewsAsia 28 Apr 08; SINGAPORE: The Health Ministry says a record 1,466 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease ...