In an article, titled "Over three billion people in the world condemned to premature death due to starvation and thirst," in the official Cuban newspaper Granma, Castro said the demand was pushing farmers worldwide to plant more crops that can turn into fuels rather than for food, which is badly needed by the world's poorest. In an article, titled "Over three billion people in the world condemned to premature death due to starvation and thirst," in the official Cuban newspaper Granma,...

Last week, a federal agency recommended that the very same 150,000 acres in the Westlands (as in west of Fresno) responsible for Kesterson's waste should now be taken out of production. Thanks to the genius of engineering - and the expenditure of billions of tax dollars - California agriculture enjoys the most sophisticated irrigation system in the world. So after twenty five years, the feds have screwed up their courage and recommended taking 150,000 acres of the Westlands - about half...

The DDA has hired Carol Bennis to direct the effort; Pat Stryker is amassing land on Linden Street for a possible performance venue; UniverCity Connection is developing links among Old Town, Colorado State University and the Cache la Poudre River, and a local developer is building to the needs of artists. But if current efforts pay off, the city - particularly in and around Old Town - could be among the region's, if not the country's, elite cultural centers within a decade, advocates say....

Zumikon / Leverkusen "There's never been anything like it" were the words used in the online edition of an acclaimed international news magazine to describe its editor's reaction when the first sketches of the new Rinspeed concept car, "eXasis", appeared on the Internet, "and it looks like no other vehicle before it" Zumikon / Leverkusen "There's never been anything like it" were the words used in the online edition of an acclaimed international news magazine to describe its editor's...

Sean McHugh, Swift spokesman, said the company declined to comment on the move, but an employee who worked at the Promontory facility in west Greeley said employees were called into conference rooms, told they were being let go and were escorted out of the building. Sean McHugh, Swift spokesman, said the company declined to comment on the move, but an employee who worked at the Promontory facility in west Greeley said employees were called into conference rooms, told they were being let go...