links for 2008-04-01
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A stronger Chinese currency helps reduce the cost of importing products such as soybeans, 80 per cent of which are used in pig feed. Chinese inflation has primarily been driven by higher food prices, especially of pork, the staple meat.
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Is it difficult to believe that this rule will be enforced.
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"Psychological stress, be it depression or anxiety, has been linked to the progression of atherosclerosis, development of atherothrombosis, and increased risk of arrhythmias" (GZE2 - So...chill out, for chrissake!)
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two women complained loudly about the price of yak meat, which sold for Rmb11 per half-kilo before the riot but was priced at Rmb13.50 ($1.92, €1.22, 96p) on Friday. “We are being ripped off,”
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