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16/05/2011 (AFP) - Indonesia has sent 120 firefighters to battle blazes from peatland areas that are causing unhealthy levels of pollution in neighbouring Malaysia, an official said.

16/05/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Select edible oil prices recovered at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market during the week on buying by vanaspati millers, driven by ongoing marriage season amid a firming global trend.

16/05/2011 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives is expected to range between RM3,200 and RM3,400 per tonne this week as investors take a cautious outlook of the market, a dealer said.

16/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia’s economic growth probably accelerated last quarter amid rising investment and demand for commodities, supporting an Asian expansion that has prompted policy makers to raise interest rates.

16/05/2011 (ABC Live) - India laid a Statement At the United Nations Ministerial Roundtable during CSD-19 On The 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Development on 12th May, 2011

13/05/2011 (Bernama) -- Indonesia's crude palm oil (CPO) output is projected to reach 40 million tonnes in the next 10 years, Antara reported former agriculture minister Bungaran Saragih as saying.

13/05/2011 (Bernama) - Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd's pre-tax profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, rose to RM81.7 million, from RM35.3 million, registered in the same quarter last year.

13/05/2011 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices rose for the fourth consecutive day by adding another Rs 2.30 to Rs 518 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators enlarged their positions, driven by a firming trend overseas and firm domestic demand.

13/05/2011 (Business Standard) - Select edible oils strengthened by Rs 20 per quintal in the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on increased buying by vanaspati millers amid a firming trend in Malaysia.

13/05/2011 (cnet News) - Biomass used to make biofuels must be carefully sourced, or the biofuels they produce may be no greener than conventional jet fuel.

13/05/2011 (Biofuels Digest) - An interview with James Garton, president of Mission Biofuels USA subsidiary. We look at the jatropha 1.0 catastrophe, actual biodiesel capacity in the US, palm biodiesel, the RFS, and more.

13/05/2011 (Allafrica.com) - Calabar — The people living along Bogobiri Street, a popular Hausa/Fulani neighbourhood in the Calabar South Local Government council, will soon be displaced by palm oil.