WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Food donations to the world's hungry have fallen to their lowest level since 1973 as surging grain and shipping prices outpace the aid budgets of rich nations. Part of the story behind that jump is growing demand for corn-based ethanol, an alternative to gasoline, which helped push spot maize prices to a 10-year high earlier this year. Little is certain this early into the price boom, but aid professionals are already clear who will lose out unless donor countries...

World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FIP) Strong international leadership was the theme of the inaugural address of the president of the International Pharmaceutical Federation when he opened the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Beijing, China. World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (FIP) Strong international leadership was the theme of the inaugural address of the president of the International Pharmaceutical Federation when he...

The inventory report, delayed a day by the Labor Day holiday, is expected to show a significant drop in gasoline supplies. Prices have been boosted by supply concerns and the storm season, although Hurricanes Dean and Felix spared the crude oil regions of the Gulf of Mexico. After trending higher for much of the past two weeks, the price of oil saw some further upside during trading on Wednesday a day ahead of the weekly inventory report. Back to Headlines . Previous Story . Next Story....

The next time you have a sweet tooth, instead of reaching for cookies or candy, try a small can of fruit or dried fruit, graham crackers, or a fruit bar. You've tried the leftover turkey sandwich, now try the leftover turkey salad! Add a few pieces of turkey to a generous portion of mixed greens and sliced veggies. Need some good ideas for a dessert that won't make you feel too guilty? Try angel food cake topped with fresh berries, frozen low-fat yogurt, graham crackers, or pudding made...

Why wait for chance mutations to improve gene function Natural selection can favor duplicate copies of a gene that already works well, and enzyme production will increase. That's one interpretation of a discovery, published online September 9 in Nature Genetics, which indicates that humans carry extra copies of the salivary amylase gene. The researchers sampled saliva from 50 European-American undergraduates and found as many as 15 copies of the amylase gene per person. Humans have many...

REI Agro Ltd plans to open 1500 such stores by 2011 and would set up flour milling facility, a processing centre in north in order to feed its retails stores, he said. They "will also open 50 more such stores during next one year in order to strengthen our position here," he told reporters. The group, already having some 35 stores mainly in NCR, will offer grocery items, FMCG, fruits and vegetables and dairy products through the stores. From modest beginnings 10 years ago, the company has...