Fighting food inflation | Read the full story on the Daily Dispatch Online | By Andrew Stone | Amid rising costs in food, fuel, electricity and interest rates, consumers can take refuge in knowing that at least one South Afr... (photo: Public Domain / -)Independent online
West's loss of Gulf funds East's gain | By Meena Janardhan | DUBAI - As politically motivated restrictions on investments by oil-rich countries intensify in the West, the sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of the Gulf countries could opt to in... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali)Asia Times
Rich nations are 'betraying' Africa | The world's richest nations will today be told by Gordon Brown to stop backsliding on their pledges to double aid to Africa by 2010. The Prime Minister will risk a clash with world leaders at next w... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka)The Independent AfricaAidDevelopmentPhotosPoverty
Filipino doctor commended for coconut research A Filipino doctor, Dr. Conrado Dayrit Jr., has been posthumously commended by the House of Representatives for his untiring and courageous effort in research on, and advocacy of, coconut oil as antido... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)Manila Bulletin CoconutDiseasesDoctorFilipinoPhotos
Oil drops $1 amid optimism on Iran | Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel yesterday from record levels set a day earlier on hopes that tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program could ease and cut the ch... (photo: Public Domain file)The Providence Journal EconomyEnergyIranPhotosSolar
