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24/01/2008 (News.bg) - Bulgarians pay for a liter of cooking oil as much as the Paris citizen pays, shows a research of local BTV correspondents in seven European capitals.

24/01/2008 (Bloomberg) - India's cooking oil imports may surge this year, straining global supplies, as dry weather curbs oilseed planting and some farmers shift to wheat and barley to benefit from soaring prices, analysts and traders said.

25/01/2008 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The price competitiveness of crude palm oil (CPO) will remain intact, at least in the first half this year, despite crude oil being traded below US$90 a barrel.

25/01/2008 (The Wall Street Journal) - Malaysia's palm-oil industry often gets lumped in with problems elsewhere. But contrary to the claim of your article ("Firms Back a Plan to Put the Green in 'Green Gold'," Marketplace, Jan. 18) that there has been "widespread deforestation" in Malaysia in recent years, Malaysia's years-long commitment to sustainability, minimizing carbon-dioxide emissions and adopting agricultural practices that conserve the rainforests and wildlife, has been a model for other countries. In fact, the major Malaysian producers of palm oil, in cooperation with the Malaysian government, have exhibited a strong commitment to zero-burning replanting techniques, protecting species such as orangutans, and the certification of palm oil from established, licensed plantations.

24/01/2008 (Farming Uk) - Green Fuels director, Colin Hygate has today condemned the report by a group of MPs which derides biofuels for their alleged damage to the environment and which calls for an immediate moratorium on plans to expand their use.

23/01/2008 (Crash.net, UK) - Biofuels have been hailed as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels in transport, but recent reports have raised concerns they are not always as green as they seem.

24/01/2008 (Mexia Daily News) - With so much information about how to eat for healthy living, it is hard to know where to begin. Beginning by cutting out some of the fats in your diet is a step in the right direction, but simply cutting down on total fat isn’t the whole picture. We actually need to pay attention to the type of fats we are eating.

25/01/2008 (AllAfrica.com) - The decision by the European Union not to review its controversial biofuel consumption targets is expected to pile more pressure on the critically low global cereal stocks, analysts said.

25/01/2008 (The Star Online), Jempol - The living allowance for Felda settlers taking part in the replanting scheme will be increased, beginning next month.

23/01/2008 (NJ.com) - Global food and consumer goods companies are backing a plan to certify palm oil -- the vegetable oil used in products ranging from margarine to cosmetics, and, increasingly, biodiesel -- to ensure that its soaring production doesn't spur greater destruction of tropical rainforests.

22/01/2008 (The Financial Times), Singapore - Palm oil futures in Malaysia, the global benchmark, had its biggest intra-day decline in seven months on concern a slowing global Economy may curb demand for vegetable oils used for food and fuels.

23/01/2008 (Novinite.com) - Bulgarian cooking oil producers that were fined for being involved in cartel relations complained severe sanctions would raise the price of the oil and cut workers\' wages.