 | How a leaf could reverse the fortunes of soft drink makers
The Boston Globe | SANTIAGO, Chile - A leaf the Guarani Indians of Paraguay's jungles used to sweeten drinks for centuries may help and revive flagging sales in the $320 billion-a-year global soft drink industry. | Th... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) | |
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 | Pepsi, Coke hope Paraguayuan leaf can sweeten sales
Business Report | By Matthew Craze and Duane Stanford | Santiago and Atlanta - A leaf the Guarani Indians of Paraguay's jungles used to sweeten drinks for centuries may help Coca-Cola and PepsiCo revive flagging sale... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) | |
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 Maradona captures spotlight from European stars
Fox Sports LONDON (AP) - While the likes of David Beckham and Ronaldinho are forced to miss Wednesday's long list of football friendlies, one of the greatest ever celebrates a landmark day. | Diego Maradona is A... (photo: Creative Commons / David Cornejo) |
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 The world's greatest soccer derbies
Independent online | As the players, coaching staff and fans of Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates set themselves up for their derby in Mafikeng, we take a look at the world's great derbies, the fiercely contested games ... (photo: AP Photo Odd Andersen) |
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 Betancourt in Colombia, begins South America trip
Denver Post | Click photo to enlargeIn this photo released by the Presidency of Colombia, Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, right, talks to Colombia's former hostage of the Revoluti... (photo: AP / Fernando Vergara) |
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 New rifts form on Antarctic ice shelf
CNN | (CNN) -- Scientists have identified new rifts on an Antarctic ice shelf that could lead to it breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, the European Space Agency said... (photo: GFDL / Jerzy Strzelecki) |
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 More rains feared as death toll rises in Brazil
The Press Democrat | Santa Catarina state's civil defense department said in a statement that mudslides killed most of the victims, with floods killing most of the rest. Nineteen people wer... (photo: ABr) |
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 Flood victims wade home
News24 | Brazil - Flood victims waded through waist-deep water into mud-filled houses on Thursday in a devastated part of southern Brazil where neighbours set up patrols to keep... (photo: AP / Ricardo Moraes) |
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 Flood survivors loot supermarkets in Brazil
Taipei Times ISLAND MISERY: Nearly 100,000 people remained cut off by flooding in eight cities in Santa Catarina state, without electricity or access to clean drinking water | Hungry ... (photo: ABr) |
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 Uncertainties bedevil plans to keep world trade flowing
Canberra Times Trading nations around the world are saying the right things about preventing a surge of protectionism that would choke global trade when it needs to be boosted to help p... (photo: AP / Fareed Khan) |
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 Brazil's flood victims wade home, wait for aid as death toll reaches 99
Canoe By Ricardo Moraes, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | A man gathers his belongings after his home was flooded in Itajai, southern Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Eight cities in sou... (photo: ABr) |
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