SANTIAGO -- Rock-throwing protesters clashed with police backed by water cannons and tear gas Sunday during a march paying tribute to victims of the dictatorship of Gen. Word reached the capital after several villagers hiked three days through forests and over mountains to find help, the civil protection agency said in a news release. Police blocked marchers -- estimated at 5,000 by police and local media -- from passing by the presidential palace, where freely elected Marxist President...

African hunger African hunger: Cambodia recovery More By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Food donations to the world's hungry have fallen to their lowest level since 1973 as surging grain and shipping prices outpace the aid budgets of rich nations. African hunger African hunger: Cambodia recovery More By Missy Ryan WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Food donations to the world's hungry have fallen to their lowest level since 1973 as surging grain and shipping prices outpace the aid...

Mah said under the agreement, Bernas was required to observe its social obligation by ensuring a fair price for rice. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form except with the prior written permission of BERNAMA. Government To Review Bernas' Monopoly On Rice Import. KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry is studying whether to retain the rice import monopoly held by Padiberas Nasional Berhad (Bernas),...

As Bush intones: "I have all the confidence in the world in the job you're doing, Barney", the dog looks panicked and says to himself: "I'm toast!" Of the inner core of senior officials who arrived with the president in Washington in January 2001, few remain beyond Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the obscure, if influential, Clay Johnson. Beating around Bush One recent drawing portrayed the scottish terrier striding across the White House lawn waving a haughty goodbye to the...

Fourteen of those genes showed signs of having undergone a recent selective sweep; this was about double the rate of the control set of neural genes; a few others showed signs of more ancient sweeps that occurred prior to humans forming a distinct lineage. Fourteen of those genes showed signs of having undergone a recent selective sweep; this was about double the rate of the control set of neural genes; a few others showed signs of more ancient sweeps that occurred prior to humans forming...