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9/8/06 (Sapa) Jakarta - Indonesia will allow foreign oil firms to sell biofuel domestically as the government ploughs ahead with plans to open up the renewable energy source industry, a local report said on Wednesday.

10/8/2006 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Imagine a world where a farmer could extract oil from his own crops, like palm, soy or peanut oil, and fill up the tank of his tractor. There would be no need to stop by at the gas station for petroleum-based fuels.

8/8/06 (MIRI) - Oil palm smallholders in Sarawak are advised to be on alert for the emergence of a new disease - Basal Stem Rot (BSR) - caused by a fungus called genoderma.

7/8/2006 (Agriculture Online) - The increasing global appetite for biodiesel and other biofuels is driving demand for vegetable oils to historic levels in world markets, leading to higher prices for vegetable oil relative to meal and causing soybean crushers to reevaluate their business models.

BANGKOK, Aug 7 (TNA) - The Energy Ministry has coordinated efforts with PTT Public Company Limited and Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited to accelerate increasing the number of oil service stations where bio-diesel is available to 200 within this year.

7/8/2006 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Environmental groups are criticizing the government for setting aside funds to counter a public relations campaign against its extensive palm oil plantation projects.

7/8/06 (AP) CLEVELAND - Eating just one meal high in saturated fat - in this case, carrot cake and a milkshake - can quickly prevent "good" cholesterol from protecting the body against clogged arteries, a small study shows.

7/8/06 CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Increasing global appetite for biodiesel and other biofuels is driving demand for vegetable oils to historic levels in world markets, leading to higher prices for vegetable oils relative to meals and causing soybean crushers to reevaluate their business models, according to a new study by Rabobank's Food and Agribusiness Research group released Monday.

3/7/06 (daily Express News) - THE Rural Development Ministry has been directed to explain the present status of the oil palm plantation earmarked for the hardcore poor eradication programme (PPRT) project to assist local villagers in Tongod near Sandakan six years ago.

7/8/06 (The Edge Daily) - An international conference on biodiesel will take place in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 22-23, which will be participated by leading international biodiesel experts.

2/8/06 Tokyo, JCN) - Chubu Electric Power has announced plans to build two biomass power plants in the eastern province of Sabah, Malaysia.

4/8/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Indonesia has earmarked 6 million hectares for development of its biofuel industry, part of plans to reduce its dependence on crude oil and susceptibility to price fluctuations, its energy minister said Friday.