Indonesia will face a record food deficit as a result of reduced harvests, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) report. A recent FAO/WFP mission to the

The head of R. J. Reynolds Co. said that his company would no longer work toward getting US Congress to approve a comprehensive tobacco settlement. He said that his firm stood behind a deal

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Spanish fishermen could get damages approaching $167m from the UK after the Court of Appeal in London rejected the government's appeal against a ruling that it must compensate trawlermen from

Water problem in Kolar has worsened. There is an acute shortage for drinking water. The district is totally dependent on rains for water. With no rains, the lakes and tanks have become absolutely

The tussle between the two adivasi organisations of Nimar region, is likely to restart as workers of both these organisaions, it is learnt, are busy in preparing their strategies for the same. The

Mazda Motor Corp. will participate in a new alliance with Ford Motor Co. of the U.S., Germany's Diamler-Benz Ag and Ballard Power Systems Inc. to develop fuel cell technology for

A ten member team from the World Bank has lauded the achievements made by Madhya Pradesh under the Forestry Project being executed with the cooperation of the World Bank in the State, informs an

A drought brought on by the weather phenomenon El Nino has gripped the Panama Canal for 14 months, lowering its water level, and has forced authorities, for the first time since 1983, to limit the

Up to half the European Union's Ecu145bn a year electricity supply market could be open to competition by the turn of the century - well above the minimum requirements of EU legislation - according