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Farmers urge EU aid on milk

World
2009-10-6

HUNDREDS of dairy farmers drove tractors into Belgium's capital Brussels yesterday to pressure European Union farm ministers on the milk price crisis as 20 of 27 nations called for more protection from the volatile...

EU farmers in white heat over milk prices

World
2009-9-17

BELGIAN farmers sprayed 3 million liters (790,000 gallons) of fresh milk onto their fields yesterday, furious over the low milk prices they say are bankrupting farmers. Milk farmers' groups said world prices had...

Singh gets a major lift with Tiger pairing

Sports | Golf
2009-4-9

INDIA'S Jeev Milkha Singh can't help but feel like a major winner as he prepares for his third Masters tournament which tees off today. The Asian Tour's No. 1 has enjoyed practice rounds with Greg Norman and...

Appeal in Sanlu milk scandal rejected

National
2009-3-26

A court in north China's Hebei Province today dismissed appeals by a brother and sister involved in the Sanlu milk scandal, upholding a death sentence for one and an eight-year jail term for the other. In the...

Four go on second trial for tainted milk scandal

National
2009-3-26

FOUR people involved in China's tainted dairy scandal went on second trial at a local court today in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province, according to sources with the court. The Hebei High People's...

More Sanlu assets go to auction

National
2009-3-22

ANOTHER auction to dispose of the assets of Sanlu Group, the bankrupt Chinese dairy company at the center of last year's tainted milk scandal, will be held next month in Hebei Province capital Shijiazhuang. Hebei...

Milk-taint sanctions hit another 8 officials

National
2009-3-21

EIGHT more senior government officials have been fired or disciplined for supervisory failures that contributed to a milk scandal which left six infants dead and nearly 300,000 others ill, the Communist Party of China's...

Hebei set to accept melamine lawsuits

National
2009-3-7

COURTS in north China's Hebei Province have finally started to accept compensation lawsuits from the victims of a tainted-milk scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and illnesses affecting almost...

FLASH: BEIJING SANYUAN FOODS CO WINS BID FOR BANKRUPT SANLU GROUP CORP AT A PRICE OF 616.5M YUAN (US$90.1M)

Business | FMCG/food
2009-3-4

FLASH: BEIJING SANYUAN FOODS CO WINS BID FOR BANKRUPT SANLU GROUP CORP AT A PRICE OF 616.5M YUAN (US$90.1M)

Health official says Mengniu milk additive OMP safe but not legal

National
2009-3-2

A senior Chinese health official said in Beijing today that the additive OMP in milk was safe but its import procedure is not legal. "As far as we know now, OMP is safe and will not affect people's health," said...