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17/1/07 (Daily Express News) NABAWAN - Some 500 residents representing seven kampungs have voiced their objections against the acquisition of their land - including their school, cemetery, kampungs and titled lands - by a private company for oil palm and rubber cultivation.

16/1/07 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A 9.0 billion dollar merger of three Malaysian plantation companies to create the world's largest listed palm oil firm has hit a snag, with their majority shareholder getting cold feet, a report has said.

17/1/07 (The Star) - PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will go ahead with plans to merge three plantations firms to create the world's largest listed oil palm planter, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.

17/1/07 (rediff.com) - India is considering making concessions on the five-year "standstill" period for duty cuts on crude and refined palm oil, pepper and black tea imports in its proposed free trade agreement with the Association of South East Asian Nations, according to a senior commerce ministry official.

JAKARTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Kanematsu Corp. is considering building a biofuel plant using cassava as a feedstock in Indonesia, the industry minister said on Thursday. The bioethanol plant will have the capacity to produce 100,000 litre bioethanol per day, Fahmi Idris told reporters.

18/1/07 TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Lion Corp. said Thursday it is considering increasing production of plant-based laundry detergents, possibly by building a factory in Malaysia.

17/1/07 (Hindustan Times) - India has conceded some more ground during the negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean). Both sides have agreed to bring down the tariffs on items covered under the sensitive list to a 0-5 per cent range by 2018.

17/1/07 (Daily Express News) - Kuala Lumpur: Former Malaysian Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday demanded the Government investigate a RM3.15 billion Russian fighter jet deal.

15/1/07 (The Australian) - LEADERS across Asia are set to endorse a pledge to move toward nuclear and other alternative energies to help cut the region's dependence on fossil fuels.

16/1/07 (soyatech.com) WINNIPEG (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- Canola oil (rapeseed oil) has been one of the winners of the growing international demand for oils and fats, said analyst Thomas Mielke of Oil World in a presentation at Brandon Manitoba's Ag Days, Jan. 16, 2007.

13/1/07 ( Business Line) Cebu (Philippines) - Malaysia and palm oil may turn out to be the sticking points in the attempt to hammer out a Free Trade Agreement between India and the ten-member ASEAN group.

3/1/07 (Busienss Line ) New Delhi -- After sugar, it is edible oil that is emerging as a potential conflict zone between the Finance Ministry and the Agriculture and Food Ministry.