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From farm to fridge ― truth about livestock

World NewsApr 4, 2011

The following article was contributed by UNESCO on meat production and consumption in Asia. ― Ed. Tens of billions of pigs, chickens, turkeys and cattle are eaten globally every year, and about 2 billion people worldwide live on a meat-based diet. Asia’s population and economic growth has been charted as the fastest annual growth of any region in the world in energy demand. Even though the demand
GOP 2012 budget seeks $4tr plus in cuts

World BusinessApr 4, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― A Republican plan for the 2012 U.S. budget would cut more than $4 trillion over the next decade, more than even the president’s debt commission proposed, with spending caps as well as changes in the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, its principal author said Sunday.The spending blueprint from Rep. Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, is to be released Tuesd
Japanese town mulls whether to rebuild

World NewsApr 4, 2011

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan (AP) ― The only thing left of Minamisanriku City Hall are its two front steps.Nearby, a pink octopus lies dead in a pool of sea water, its tentacles wrapped around a crumpled sheet of corrugated aluminum that may have been a roof, a gate, a wall. Beside it, a broken tarmac road runs as far as the eye can see through fields of demolished houses and debris.As post-tsunami Japan
As India rises, northeast state wracked by chaos

World NewsApr 4, 2011

IMPHAL, India (AP) ― In his years as a police officer in the badlands of Manipur, Khaidem Muhi had survived an attack on his post and an ambush on a convoy he was guarding. He had been overpowered by insurgents and had his weapon stolen so many times he was hit with a 12-year suspension.Back on the job last month, the 50-year-old was guarding the home of a government official under threat from ins
Quran protests spread to Afghan east

World NewsApr 4, 2011

U.S. Gen. Petraeus decries burning Quran as ‘extremely disrespectful’JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) ― Demonstrators battled police in southern Afghanistan’s main city on Sunday and took to the streets in the turbulent east for the first time as Western pleas failed to halt a third day of rage over a Florida pastor’s burning of the Quran.An officer was shot dead in a second day of clashes in the city
Little couple holds fairytale wedding in Dalian

Apr 4, 2011

The bride Zhu Jie and her groom Qin Xueshi wave to visitors in a pumpkin carriage at their wedding held at the Discoveryland Theme Park in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province, April 1, 2011. (Xinhua News)A 23-year-old "pearl girl", whose height is only 1.22 meters, tied the knot with her boyfriend, who is of a similar size, in the Discoveryland Theme Park in northeastern China's port city
Beckhams 'very excited' about attending royal wedding

World NewsApr 4, 2011

British football superstar David Beckham and his former Spice Girl wife Victoria are "very excited" about attending the royal wedding later this month, she said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Prince William will marry long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton on April 29 at Westminster Abbey in Britain's biggest royal wedding for 30 years."I think we're both going to be there and we're very, very
Good mood may lead to bad memory

World NewsApr 4, 2011

Being in a positive mood may affect our memory, but in a negative way. A recent study has found that forgetfulness has something to do with positive emotions. Elizabeth Martin, a doctoral student of psychology in the College of Arts and Science of the University of Missouri in the United States, has found that being in a positive mood decreases our working memory capacity, according to news report
Obama to launch re-election bid

World NewsApr 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama is about to make one of Washington’s worst kept secrets official: He wants a second term.Democratic officials familiar with the president’s plans said Saturday that Obama intends to file papers as early as this coming week with the Federal Election Commission to launch his 2012 re-election campaign. He also will announce his candidacy to supporters by email
U.S. unemployment falls to 2-year low

World BusinessApr 3, 2011

Economists expect stronger hiring, producing a net gain of about 2.5m jobsWASHINGTON (AP) ― The nation’s unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in two years in March, and the outlook is brightening as major companies plan to add more jobs.Increased hiring cut the unemployment rate to 8.8 percent ― an encouraging sign for the unemployed and for President Barack Obama’s re-election prospects.
Zimbabwe mass grave becomes political propaganda

World NewsApr 3, 2011

A body is brought to the surface at Monkey William Mine about 200 km from Harare. Hundreds of skeletons found at one of the mine shafts have brought a macabre thrust to election campaigning in Zimbabwe, but the putrefying stench of some corpses still with skin, hair and dripping body fluids has raised doubts over claims white colonial era troops committed the massacres more than thirty years ago.
Radioactive water leaks from Japan nuclear plant

World NewsApr 2, 2011

TOKYO (AP) – Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant was leaking highly radioactive water into the sea Saturday, nuclear safety officials said.The plant has been spewing radioactivity since March 11, when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami knocked out power, disabling cooling systems and allowing radiation to seep out of the overheating reactors.The water was seeping Saturday from
Al-Qaida claims responsibility for N. Iraq attack

World NewsApr 2, 2011

BAGHDAD (AP) – Al-Qaida in Iraq has claimed responsibility for an attack and hostage-taking that killed 57 people at a government building in northern Iraq.The statement was released on the militants' Web site on Saturday. It five suicide bombers carried out the operation using a car bomb and explosive belts.Gunmen wearing explosive belts under military uniforms charged into the provincial council
Japan PM vows help in first tour of tsunami zone

World NewsApr 2, 2011

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (AFP) – Japan's prime minister set foot Saturday in the tsunami zone for the first time since calamity struck three weeks ago, as the UN warned of a "very serious" nuclear situation.Naoto Kan, who flew into Rikuzentakata on a military helicopter from Tokyo, was also due to stop in nearby Fukushima prefecture, in a show of support for emergency crews risking their lives to prev
NATO says its forces repel attack on Kabul base

World NewsApr 2, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Three insurgents attacked a NATO base on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Saturday but were killed by coalition forces before they could enter the compound, NATO and Afghan police said.The attack came just hours after Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a U.S. church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners.NATO told The Ass