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22/9/06 MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's edible oil imports in the year ending October 2007 are expected to rise by about 1 million tonnes to 5.5 million tonnes from this crop year on strong demand and expected lower oilseeds output, a top international expert said.

24/9/06 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's first fully plant-fuelled car has successfully completed a 3,200-kilometre (2,000-mile) road trip. Now its backers are hoping the triumph may herald a new era of sustainable energy in the archipelago nation.

20/9/06 Mumbai (Busienss Line) - With crude market softening much beyond the expectation of many and current energy market fundamentals not in support of a price spike anytime soon, in tandem with rising global output of oilseeds and vegetable oil, the hype generated by vegetable oil producers, especially palm oil producers, about looming bio-diesel demand is in danger being whittled down.

23/9/06 MUMBAI (Reuters) - Malaysia plans to complete a review of its biodiesel licensing policy by early next year, commodities minister Peter Chin told Reuters on Saturday.

19/9/06 (NSTP) - WHEN met at a networking session in Jakarta recently, chairman of Indonesia's privately-held Para Group, Chairul Tanjung, urged his Malaysian counterparts to seize the opportunities that his country has to offer in various sectors and invest more.

22/9/06 HOUSTON(soyatech com) - Emerging Markets Online, an energy intelligence agency and management consulting firm, announces the release of Biodiesel 2020: A Global Market Survey.

18/9/06 (AP) BRUSSELS - EU agriculture ministers on Monday failed to agree on authorizing the use of some biotech rapeseeds which are tolerant to a certain herbicide.

19/9/06 (The Star) - MIRI: Malaysia’s ecomat - an environmentally friendly oil palm by-product that has proven effective in halting the spread of deserts in China - has drawn keen interest from Libya and Lebanon.

15/09/06 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Friday left the base import prices of palm oils unchanged, but raised that of crude soyoil marginally, a government official said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) -- Federal Land Development Authority Holdings Bhd and Procter & Gamble Co's (P&G) bio-diesel joint venture is expected to start production early next year.

18/09/06 (BBC News ) - Biofuels are being hailed by politicians around the globe as a salvation from the twin evils of high oil prices and climate change.

19/09/06 ( The Economic Times) NEW DELHI - India has finalised its revised proposal for tariff liberalisation for the India-Asean comprehensive economic co-operation agreement.