Customs steps up checks on rice smuggling | TANGKAK: The Customs Department has intensified checks along the nation's borders to curb the smuggling of rice out of the country following the increase in the price of rice in the region. | Depart... (photo: WN / patricia)The Star
China digs out after deadliest quake since 1976 CHENGDU, China -- The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed to nearly 10,000 in China's worst-hit province Tuesday, while untold numbers rem... (photo: (AP Photo / Xinhua, Chen Jianli))The Miami Herald
Good rice harvest won't temper prices | Rome - Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America is forecast to reach a new record level in 2008, but world rice prices could remain high in the short term, the UN Food and Agriculture Organ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)Business Report MyanmarPhotosPricesProductionRice
Massive 7.5 China quake felt in Thailand | BEIJING - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100km from the provincial capital of Chengdu. | The quake was felt ... (photo: (AP Photo / Oded Balilty))NZ Herald BeijingChinaPhotosQuakeThailand
