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Food in Japan found tainted by radiation

Food from and near the center of Japan`s March 11 quake-tsunami disaster was found to contain high levels of ...

Thai govt regrets not to return orangutans to RI

The government of Thailand, the biggest recipient of smuggled orangutans, regretted for not returning the protected ...

RI trying to be world`s main food estate: minister

Indonesia is trying to become the world`s main food estate in the next five to 10 years, a minister said. "If we ...

Govt ready to open 2 million hectares of farm land

The government is ready to open two million hectares of farm land in anticipation of declining food production due to ...

Bird flu spreads further in Japan

Japanese health authorities on Thursday said a fifth outbreak of bird flu since November had hit a poultry farm in the ...

Japanese PM urges hard efforts to fight bird flu

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday urged cabinet ministers to devote every effort to fight the avian flu as a fresh ...

Brisk trade for eels and snails in North Korea

Not everyone in reclusive North Korea is finding life tough. Take the mud snail and eel farmers --they are doing a ...

15 are now dead in Qld flood disaster

The official death toll from the Queensland flood disaster has now reached 15, with the discovery of another body in ...

BPOM warns public not to consume Kratingdaeng, Bear Brand drinks

The Bangka Belitung Drug and Food Supervisory Agency (BPOM) had warned the public not to consume the illegal Red Bull ...

German pigs face slaughter after dioxin find

German authorities Tuesday ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs after finding high levels of dioxin in pork for ...

Two dead as army battles south Yemen militants

Two soldiers were killed in clashes between southern militants and Yemeni troops in Lahij province on Monday as Sanaa ...

New policy needed to secure agricultural lands: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia needs a new policy or regulation to secure agricultural lands to ...