More firefighters heading to Colorado
More firefighters are heading to a fire that has burned across more than 11 square miles in northern Colorado and is approaching a reservoir for the city of Greeley.
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Syngenta to invest $500 million in Africa
ZURICH (Reuters) – Syngenta, the world’s largest agrochemicals company, said on Friday it is planning to invest some $500 million in Africa to help sow the seeds of a $1 billion business in the region over the next 10 years. “Africa has become one of our strategic growth regions and our aspiration is to contribute to the transformation of African agriculture,” Chief Executive Mike Mack said. To achieve its target, the Swiss company plans to invest over $500 million. …
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U.S. firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – The suspension of U.S. sanctions barring investment in Myanmar in response to political reforms in the poor southeast Asian state gives a green light to U.S. firms queuing to scout for business in one of the last frontier markets. “Today we say to American business: invest in Burma and do it responsibly,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a news briefing on Thursday with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, on his long-isolated nation’s first official visit to Washington in decades as ties between the two countries warm. U.S. …
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‘Dog TV’ to soothe canine souls
I lead a dog’s life. Good food. Long walks. A fulfilling job chasing off the mailman. So what’s all this about a television channel that’s created just for Fido?
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‘Dog TV’ to soothe canine souls
Liverpool in approach for Wigan coach Martinez
Liverpool have been given permission by Wigan Athletic to talk to coach Roberto Martinez about becoming the next manager at Anfield, a day after Kenny Dalglish was sacked.
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China rejects US ruling in solar dumping case
China’s government on Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean energy.
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Syria’s Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to “sow chaos” in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power. Assad’s remarks, to a Russian TV channel, came after U.N. staff monitoring an increasingly shaky ceasefire were caught up in an attack that killed at least 21 people, and had to spend a night with rebel forces. …
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U.N. chief believes al Qaeda behind Syria car bombs
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he believed al Qaeda was responsible for two suicide car bombs that killed at least 55 people in Syria a week ago and that the death toll in the country’s 14-month conflict was now at least 10,000. “A few days ago there was a huge, serious, massive terrorist attack. I believe that there must be al Qaeda behind it. This has created again very serious problems,” Ban told a youth event at U.N. headquarters in New York. …
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Suspect arrested in deadly Miss. highway shootings
Authorities in Mississippi say they’ve arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate stretches.
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Two NATO troops killed in Afghan attack
Two NATO soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a rocket attack on their base in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar Friday, an Afghan official with NATO forces said.
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