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Stories for March 7th 2008
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Friday, March 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Virulent wheat fungus spreading in Asian grain areas says FAO
The United Nations food agency has asked wheat-producing nations in Asia, including India and Pakistan to be on high alert following a report that a new virulent wheat fungus has moved to major wheat-growing areas in Iran.
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Friday, March 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' conflict Foreign Secretary Lord Pym dies
Former British Conservative Foreign Secretary Lord Pym died Friday at the age of 86 after a prolonged illness, his family has said. He served in the role during the 1982 Falklands War following the resignation of Lord Carrington, reports BBC.
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Friday, March 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Fertilizer production expected to outstrip demand says FAO
World fertilizer production is expected to outstrip demand over the next five years and will support higher levels of food and bio-fuel production, FAO said in a new report entitled “Current world fertilizer trends and outlook to 2011/12”, published this week.
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Friday, March 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Spanish real estate boom funded by black money claims US
The United States State Department 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report makes a link and describes Spain as the “grand European centre for money laundering”, according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.
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Friday, March 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Green Passport” campaign launched at Berlin Tourism Fair
A “Green Passport' campaign” was launched Friday at a world tourism fair aims at shrinking the environmental footprint of vacation travelers, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).
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Friday, March 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Many women round the world “still face discrimination”
Almost every country in the world still has laws that discriminate against women, and promises to remedy this have not been kept, the top United Nations human rights official said on Friday, speaking on the eve of International Women's Day.
