 | Japan's silos key to relieving rice shortage
The Times | The United States and Japan are poised to strike a deal that will remove one of the most widely reviled distortions in global rice markets and could send prices plummeting in the coming weeks. | The... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) | |
| Japan Photos Prices Rice Shortage |
 | RP rice prices softening
The Manila Times | The Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, said Friday prices are softening after Japan offered to sell rice to Manila amid news of bumper world harvests for 2008. | Large tenders b... (photo: Wn / James) | |
| Japan Philippines Photos Prices Trade |
 Giant pythons invade southeastern Florida
Canada Dot Com | Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, a study said. | "Pythons are likely to... (photo: Public Domain) |
| Florida Photos Python Reptile Wildlife |
 Red Cross: Burma Water Lack Deadly
Time Magazine | The international Red Cross says a lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in Burma in the coming days. | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says hundreds of tho... (photo: GFDL) |
| Asian Burma Nuclear Photos Water |
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 Myanmar's junta: Almost 78,000 dead in cyclone
CNN | YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the sto... (photo: AP Photo) |
| Cyclone Disaster Junta Myanmar Photos |
 Philippines: rice prices softening amid Japan offer, bumper crops
Turkish Press | A Bangladesh vendor sells rice from his market stall. The Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, has said prices are softening after Japan offered to s... (photo: WN / patricia) |
| Crops Japan Philippines Photos Prices |
 Red Cross says clean water most urgent need for Myanmar cyclone victims
AOL GENEVA (AP) - Lack of clean water will be the biggest killer in cyclone-hit Myanmar in the coming days, the international Red Cross said Friday. | Hundreds of thousands o... (photo: AP Photo) |
| Aid Diseases Myanmar Photos Water |
 UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs
The Miami Herald YANGON, Myanmar -- The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of surv... (photo: AP Photo) |
| Aid Disaster Junta Myanmar Photos UN |
 Giant pythons invade Florida
News24 | Miami - Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, ... (photo: WN) |
| Alligator Florida Photos Pythons Serpents |
 New storm deepens misery in Myanmar
Khaleej Times | YANGON - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Friday, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of Cyclone Nargi... (photo: AP) |
| Aid Myanmar Photos Storm Yangon |
