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China, Taiwan Sign Historic Accords, Move to Ease Hostilities

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Wednesday, 05 November 2008
China and Taiwan signed a landmark accord Tuesday launching economic and financial cooperation to ease six decades of hostilities that often took them to the brink of war. The historic signing ceremony was televised live on both sides.
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China Offers Pandas During Historic Talks With Taiwan

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Monday, 03 November 2008
pandaeating.jpgChina's top negotiator left for Taiwan early Monday for high-level talks in a further sign of warming ties between the traditional foes. The two plan to exchange rare animals, two pandas from China and two Formosan serows in return.
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Green Prisons Farm, Recycle to Save Energy, Money

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Monday, 03 November 2008
prisonbars.jpgInmates of the minimum-security facility, 25 miles from Olympia, the state capital, raise bees, grow organic tomatoes and lettuce, compost 100 percent of food waste and even recycle shoe scraps that are made into playground turf. (Associated Press via Seattle Times)
 

UN Puts Together $10M Relief Package for Haiti

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Sunday, 02 November 2008
haiti-flood.jpgTwo United Nations food agencies are putting together a $10.2 million package to help Haitian farmers devastated by recent hurricanes.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) made the announcement in a statement Monday. The FAO says the aid, which includes a package for seeds and other supplies, should help small farmers whose harvests were wiped out earlier this year.
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Rival Lebanese Factions Meet to Defuse Tensions

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Friday, 31 October 2008
In another effort to defuse sectarian tensions in Lebanon and to build working relationships, the country's top rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim leaders met in a landmark session on Sunday.
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