”land” News

Zimbabwe rejects regional court ruling on white farmers: report

HARARE, (AFP) – Zimbabwe's government has rejected a regional court ruling that said 78 white Zimbabweans could keep their farms despite Harare's land reform scheme , state newspaper 12 6 2008 12:06PM (...more)

Tata cuts Land Rover output as slowdown bites

LONDON (AFP) - British automaker Land Rover , recently taken over by Indian industrial giant Tata , told its employees Friday it will scale back production in light of an economic slowdown and the credit crunch .
08 31 2008 6:22AM (...more)

Jamie Williams, Pioneering Western Conservationist, Receives National Conservation Award, Fellowship

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Rob Aldrich of Land Trust Alliance , +1-202-431-8848, raldrich@lta.org; or Anthony Flint of Lincoln Institute of
10 13 2009 9:34AM (...more)

Thousands comment on Monsanto's planned Idaho mine

BOISE, Idaho – A proposed Monsanto Co. phosphate mine slated to produce ingredients for Roundup weedkiller generated nearly 7,000 public comments, including from a former U.S. Interior secretary who urges its approval and the 11 27 2009 10:27AM (...more)

World Bank in talks with Cambodia over evictions

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A senior World Bank official held talks with the Cambodian government over the forced eviction of people from their homes and said the development bank would continue to work with it on 09 1 2009 12:56AM (...more)

Asia faces food shortage without water reform: UN

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Asia could face chronic food shortages and social unrest if the region fails to improve its management of water and farming, according to a UN report published
08 20 2009 1:13PM (...more)

Texan says God sent him to seek oil in Israel

MAANIT, Israel (AFP) – Texan John Brown says he is on a divine mission to find oil in the land of milk and honey . Brown, who calls himself Zionist Christian,
08 19 2009 9:06PM (...more)

Canada studies high-tech drivers license

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - British Columbia is developing a new high-tech driver's license that could be used as a passport alternative to enter the United States by land and sea, officials said Monday.
01 22 2008 4:16PM (...more)

Monsanto posts loss in fiscal 4Q

ST. LOUIS - Seed company Monsanto Co . posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday, weighed down by charges related to its acquisition of cotton company Delta and Pine Land Co . Its shares fell more than 3 percent.
10 10 2007 11:17PM (...more)

Utah auction draws few oil and gas drillers

SALT LAKE CITY – Drillers say it's getting so hard to obtain an oil-and-gas lease in the Rocky Mountains under the new administration of President Barack Obama that many
11 26 2009 7:33PM (...more)