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Sanofi-Aventis, the world's third-largest pharmaceutical company, jsa1
Company   Drug   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: Genzyme   		 The Boston Globe 
Sanofi review delays Genzyme acquisition
Mon 7 Feb 2011
| The French drug giant SA extended its review of Corp.'s financial books and facilities over the weekend, delaying an acquisition that was thought to be imminent. | The parties have agreed on a gener... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
An Palestinian vegetable at a market in southern Gaza town of Rafah on January 10, 2011. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)
Farming   India   Investment   Photos   Wikipedia: Foreign direct investment   		 The Hindu 
"FDI in agro-processing fine, but not in farming"
Fri 4 Feb 2011
| Gargi Parsai | Not required as there are about 82-86 per cent farmers with land-holdings below two hectares: Pawar | "National Initiative on Climate-Resilient Agriculture a noteworthy step" | Pawar ... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar releasing the book at the inauguration of the Annual General Meeting of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, in New Delhi on February 02, 2011. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development and Communications and Information Technology, Shri Kapil Sibal is also seen.  The Hindu  Thu 3 Feb 2011
'FDI in agro-processing fine, but not in farming'
| Gargi Parsai | Sharad Pawar | NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre is mulling over allowing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the retail sector, Union Agriculture and Food Processing Minister Sharad Pawar... (photo: PIB of India)
Agriculture   Delhi   Investment   Photos   Wikipedia: Foreign direct investment  
Sleeping - Rest - Health  The Guardian  Sun 30 Jan 2011
How worn-out Britain finally woke up to its chronic sleep problem
| As a new survey reveals two-thirds of us can't get a good night's sleep, we examine research on new drugs which could tackle insomnia by changing our body clocks People who live longest report sleep... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Britain   Drugs   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Insomnia  
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Can the Asian Boom Save Room for Tigers? The New York Times Fri 28 Jan 2011
Can the Asian Boom Save Room for Tigers?
| These days, to maintain the health and balance of scattered tiger populations, it’s sometimes necessary to move animals long distances. Sometime there are other r... (photo: WN / Marzena)
CO2   Climate   Environment   Health   Photos  
Pfizer Kansas City Star Fri 28 Jan 2011
Earnings Preview: Pfizer report to focus on deals
More News | Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker by revenue, will have a new CEO addressing analysts and investors when it reports its fourth-quarter results before... (photo: Creative Commons / micromolar)
Deals   Earnings   News   Photos   Wikipedia :Pfizer  
Alfalfa CBS News Thu 27 Jan 2011
USDA Will Allow Planting of Modified Alfalfa
WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department is allowing widespread planting in the United States of genetically modified alfalfa, attempting to bring to a close a lengthy leg... (photo: GFDL Photo )
Agriculture   Alfalfa   Crop   Photos   Wikipedia: Alfalfa  
saplings of various plants - environment PhysOrg Thu 27 Jan 2011
Biologists produce plants that detect environmental contaminants, explosives (w/ Video)
--> | June Medford | (PhysOrg.com) -- A Colorado State University biologist has shown that plants can serve as highly specific detectors for environmental pollutants and ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Colorado   Environment   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Environment  
Monsanto Co. headquarters loacated in St. Louis, the world's biggest biotech seed company, The Boston Globe Thu 27 Jan 2011
Mass. Speaker DeLeo to address biotech industry
| BOSTON-Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is planning to address biotechnology executives about how changes in health care law could effect their industry. | DeLe... (photo: AP / James A. Finley)
DeLeo   Industry   Mass   Photos   Wikipedia :Biotech  
Brassica-nigra Scoop Thu 27 Jan 2011
GE-Free New Zealand in food and environment
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 11:59 am | Press Release: SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ | Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) | Publishers of ORGANIC NZ | GE-Fre... (photo: GFDL)
Environment   Food   Photos   Soil   Wikipedia: New Zealand  
Chocolate - Sweets redOrbit Tue 25 Jan 2011
Does Chocolate Hold the Key to Curing HPV?
Posted on: Tuesday, 25 January 2011, 00:02 CST | Indulgent chocolate treats may be the best-known and most widely appreciated product of the cacao tree, but new scientifi... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Antioxidant   Photos   Research   Treats   Wikipedia :Chocolate  


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In this May 9, 2009 photo, farmer Nelci de Fatima Goncalves pulls a cow across a cracked field caused by a drought in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Southern Brazilian states far from the Amazon have suffered from an extended drought, caused by La Nina, a periodic cooling of waters in the Pacific Ocean, while across the Amazon basin, river dwellers are trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless. Droughts, Floods and Food The New York Times
A boy suffering cholera symptoms is carried by a relative to the St. Catherine hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, in the slum of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. A month-old cholera epidemic has killed at least 1,000 people and hospitalized thousands. Mass cholera vaccinations beneficial post-outbreak, studies find m&c;
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