| US,
EU responsible for explosive food prices
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New
York, Apr 29:
The US and the European Union have taken a "criminal path"
by encouraging use of food crops to produce bio-fuels and thus
contributing to an "explosive rise" in global food
prices, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has said.
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| India
contribute to world food crisis: US
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Washington,
Apr 29:
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice considers apparent improvement
in the diets of people in China and India and resultant export
caps among the reasons for the skyrocketing prices of grain
worldwide.
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| Indian
mission denies reports on passports
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Dubai,
Apr 29:
The Indian mission in the UAE has categorically denied an Indian
newspaper report (published yesterday) suggesting that nearly
500 blank passports had gone missing from the Indian Consulate
in Dubai six months ago.
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| US
not ready to call 'critical' N-deal dead
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Washington,
Apr 29:
The United States considers its civil nuclear deal with India
"critically important" and is never going to pronounce
it "dead" even as it remains stalled due to opposition
from the Indian coalition government's leftist supporters.
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| Cyclone
Nargis may hit India-B'desh coast
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Dhaka,
Apr 29:
A cyclonic storm called Nargis is brewing over the Bay of Bengal
and may hit the India-Bangladesh coast in the next four to five
days, the meteorological office here has warned.
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