Is this the rice super-gene?
PARIS, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Researchers in China have pinpointed an elusive gene that plays a linchpin role in determining the harvest potential of rice, …
PARIS, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Researchers in China have pinpointed an elusive gene that plays a linchpin role in determining the harvest potential of rice, …
PHNOM PENH, May 5, 2008 (AFP) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that a proposed OPEC-style rice cartel in Southeast Asia would ensure global food …
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft on Saturday yanked its proposal to acquire Yahoo, saying the struggling Internet pioneer refused to budge on price …
MADRID, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - India must boost infrastructure spending and reform its labour market as China has done if it wants its economy to grow as fast as …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Malaysia's prime minister is not yet prepared to introduce a minimum monthly wage despite mounting pressure from trade unions …
HONG KONG, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Rationing, subsidies, price-fixing cartels, export curbs -- you name it, governments across the world are trying it out as they …
MADRID, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - Asian nations are in talks over the creation of a multinational 80-billion-dollar (52-billion-euro) foreign exchange pool to be …
MADRID, May 4, 2008 (AFP) - India's inflation rate, which jumped to a more than three-year high last month, is a "big concern" for the government as it heads …
DHAKA, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - Bangladesh garment manufacturers on Saturday said they would distribute subsidised rice to thousands of some of the world's …
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - Malaysia's prime minister said Saturday his government would delay non-essential projects and use funds to secure the …
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft and Yahoo began takeover talks Friday with the US software giant open to raising its 44. online pharmacy buy …
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday that he does not see the US economy recovering from its …
JAKARTA, May 3, 2008 (AFP) - India's Tata Steel could bid for a stake in Indonesia's largest steel maker PT Krakatau Steel, according to a report here …
BEIJING, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - Chinese authorities inspected more than 3,600 businesses in a major export city at the centre of a child labour scandal, state …
NEW DELHI, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - India's inflation rate accelerated to a 42-month peak of 7.57 percent, driven by higher food costs, according to official data …
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - Americans say the media are devoting too much ink and airtime to the US presidential race, amid growing criticism that news …
PARIS, May 2, 2008 (AFP) - The UN's new top advisor on food blamed two decades of wrong-headed policies by world powers for the food crisis sweeping the globe, …
MUMBAI, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - India's second-biggest telecoms firm Reliance Communications reported Wednesday its fourth quarter net profit rose 46.8 percent …
LONDON, May 1, 2008 (AFP) - There is too little regulation of financial services industries in British overseas territories like Bermuda and the British Virgin …
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2008 (AFP) - The rapid appreciation of the Chinese currency against the US dollar is taking a big toll on Asian companies using China as …