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• Experts list warming, impacts ties
Rosenzweig, who is with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science in New York, and peers at 10 other institutions said the link holds true at the scale of individual continents — particularly in North America, Europe and Asia because of better ...
• Bush visits Israel amid new attacks in Gaza
The president also was to meet Thursday with international Mideast envoy Tony Blair for an update on progress for improving Palestinian civic institutions and economic conditions.
• Oil spikes to record above $117 a barrel
NEW YORK - Gas prices roared above $3.75 a gallon Wednesday, while oil prices fell after an Energy Department report gave a mixed picture of the nation’s petroleum reserves. At the pump, the average national price of a gallon of regular gas rose 2 ...
• Hopes wane among protesters in Myanmar
The United States, which exercises meager leverage, froze any assets that 14 Myanmar leaders may have in U.S. financial institutions and prohibited American citizens from doing business with them. The leaders, including Than Shwe, are believed to ...
• Wal-Mart moves into banking with debit card
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. estimates that 40 million American households are “unbanked” or “underbanked”, meaning they do not have accounts at financial institutions and often pay excessive fees for basic financial services. Wal-Mart ...

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» Agricultural Learning Repositories Task Force - Community initiative that aims to promote the development of a global infrastructure to facilitate sharing and reusing of learning resources on topics related to agricultural and rural development worldwide.
» The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture - Provides programs for researchers, policymakers and university faculties in developing countries to strengthen sustainable agricultural practices through scientific training and collaborative research.
» Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) - Advances agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. Publications, events, services, announcements and email newsletters. [English, French]