VietNamNet BridgeAsia-Pacific Business News - - Week ending March 29, 2008 - - UN …FinFacts Ireland, Ireland - 2 hours agoThe Financial Times reports that governments across Asia were rushing to secure rice stocks on Friday in the wake of a 30 per cent price jump in …Food prices hitting poor: ESCAP GorkhapatraUN's ESCAP Projects India's GDP At 8.5-9% In Medium Term RTT Newsall 89 news articles

The Daily StarRising rice prices spark concerns about unrest across AsiaThe Canadian Press,  Philippines - Mar 28, 2008MANILA, Philippines — A sharp rise in the price of rice is hitting consumer pocketbooks and raising fears of public turmoil in the many parts of Asia where …Asian rice crisis starts to bite Aljazeera.netPhilippines hit by high global rice prices Radio AustraliaRice and politics Needed: a new revolution EconomistInquirer.net - Manila Standard Todayall 49 news articles

Korea Safe From Global Rice TurmoilKorea Times, South Korea - 7 hours agoBy Na Jeong-ju Rising rice prices have raised fears of possible riots across many Asian countries, but this is not the case for South Korea as its rice …Higher Crude Prices Jack Up Korea's Oil Import Bill Korea Timesall 6 news articles

Boston GlobeHigh Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia UnrestNew York Times, United States - Mar 28, 2008Governments across Asia and in many rice-consuming countries in Africa have long worried that a steep increase in prices could set off an angry reaction …The new global menace: food inflation Globe and MailThe crisis felt around the world Globe and MailIndia Raises Rice Export Price to Cool Food Inflation (Update1) BloombergEconomistall 145 news articles

BBC NewsPanic grips Asian rice trade after India’s moveThe Statesman, India - 20 hours agoFaced with rising rice prices in the international market and unprecedented price volatility, Asia's rice exporters, with the sole exception of Thailand, …Vietnam and India move to limit rice exports International Herald TribuneVietnam to Cut Rice Exports The Associated PressRice Prices May Increase as Vietnam, India Curb Exports Arab NewsViet Nam News - Thaindian.comall 93 news articles

P21.7-B cost of rice subsidy seenManila Bulletin, Philippines - 18 hours ago"IRRI (the International Rice Research Institute) has reported that the Philippines is one of two countries in Asia whose rice productions are most affected …Rice-crazy Filipinos urged to reduce consumption Commodity Onlineall 12 news articles

Seattle Post IntelligencerRice asks SKorea to lift US beef import restrictionsForbes, NY - 12 hours agoWASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged South Korea to lift import restrictions on US beef to help facilitate a free …Sticky Nuclear Riddle Hartford CourantUS, SKorea demand NKorea submit full nuclear declaration AFPall 289 news articles

Mass tourism swamps Asia's once unique, remote placesUSA Today - 3 hours agoBamboo and thatch tourist huts hug the meandering Pai River as far as the eye can see, gobbling up rice paddies and clambering up hillsides on its left bank …

Manila TimesRice and politics in Asia Empty bowls, stomachs and pocketsEconomist, UK - 22 hours agoTHE soaring price of rice and dwindling stockpiles of Asia’s staple food are causing anxiety across the continent. In particular the Philippines, a big, …Rice prices become a ticking time bomb for Asian countries MercoPressGrain prices soar globally Christian Science MonitorAsia stability threatened as rice dwindles Times OnlineSydney Morning Herald - Trading Markets (press release)all 190 news articles

CitizenResearchers Says Ducks, Rice Paddies Key to Spread of Avian FluVoice of America - 15 hours agoBy VOA News The combination of ducks, people and rice paddies may be the biggest reason for the spread of avian influenza in Southeast Asia. …UN links ducks, people, rice paddies for bird flu AFPDucks, rice, people spreading avian flu, says FAO report Pakistan DawnStudy finds key factors behind bird flu outbreaks Reuters UKCIDRAP - NEWSFOOD.com Primo pianoall 119 news articles