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06/12/2007 (IC Wales) - EATING chips may be a guilty pleasure but it could also help you power your car and save the planet at the same time.

03/12/2007 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - The government hopes the import of edible oils in the current oil year would be about two lakh tons less than the quantity imported in 2006-07 on the back of increased domestic production.

06/12/2007 (Channel News Asia), Singapore - As Singapore seeks to build itself as a biodiesel hub, industry watchers say the next couple of years will be critical.

06/12/2007 (BangkokPost.com) – Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand warned that a recent decision by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) not to increase production is a signal that prices will remain high unless global demand declines.

06/12/2007 (Thai News Agency), Bangkok – In response to His Majesty King Bhumibol's advice on bio-diesel production, Thailand's Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Ministry is set to accelerate expanding oil plant growing areas to accommodate alternative fuel production.

05/12/2007 (Daily Times, Pakistan), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian exports grew at the fastest annual pace in nearly a year in October, as strong sales of palm oil and crude oil offset modest demand for electronics, government data showed on Tuesday.

06/12/2007 (newindpress.com), Kozhikode - The LDF, various youth organisations and farmers’ outfits have called a hartal in Beypore panchayat on Thursday to protest against the import of palm oil at the Beypore port.

05/12/2007 (Channel News Asia), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas is considering developing biofuels in view of the growing popularity of the renewable energy source, a report said Wednesday.

07/12/2007 (Bangkok Post) - In response to His Majesty the King\'s speech underlying the importance of biodiesel, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has come up with a plan to make the 436 schools under its supervision points of purchase for used vegetable oil to promote the fuel\'s production. The plan was announced two days after the King made his speech.

07/12/2007 (The Statesman, India) - Bio-fuel could be part of the solution to climate change, also can be part of a strategy to limit fuel use

04/12/2007 (Reuters), New Delhi - A drop in global prices of soy and palm oils will have little impact on import volumes in December by India's private trade, but more of the purchases will be of palm, traders said on Tuesday.

05/12/2007 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Crude palm oil (CPO) prices yesterday dipped below RM2,900 a tonne for the first time in two months as a retreating crude oil price dented sentiment.