Friday, May 27, 2010
Coffee queen caught in 'pretty women' smuggling plot
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina A Colombian model accused of leading a drug-trafficking gang that persuaded pretty young women to smuggle cocaine to Mexico was arrested Wednesday after evading Argentine police for five months.
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Emergency Lane Closure On Coffee Road
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Repairs to Coffee Road, at Brimhall Road, are expected to be completed within a few hours and the two northbound lanes will re-open to traffic.
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Lead Poisoning Risk Prompts Cost Plus To Recall Tea Glasses
About 14,000 Moroccan Tea Glasses distributed by Cost Plus Inc., of Oakland, California are being recalled due to risk of lead exposure, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced.
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Security guards drugged in $5 mln Iraq bank robbery
Iraq, May 28 (Reuters) - Robbers in Iraq stole 6.5 billion Iraqi dinars ($5.5 million) from a state-owned bank on Friday, assisted by a security guard who spiked his colleagues' tea, police officials said.
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Guatemalan volcano blast kills one, shuts airport
(Reuters) - Guatemala's Pacaya volcano belched columns of black ash on Friday, a day after a powerful eruption killed at least one person, forced hundreds of families to evacuate and shut the international airport.
Pacaya, which is close to the colonial town of Antigua and farms where some of Guatemala's highest-quality coffee is grown, has been continuously active since the 1960s but had not showered rocks and ash since 1998.
Anacafe, Guatemala's coffee producers' association, said it was gathering information from growers around the volcano to assess whether there had been any damage to crops.
Felipe Guzman, a coffee farmer and Anacafe board member said the rainy weather could help clean ash-covered coffee trees.
"It has been raining because of a tropical depression off the Pacific coast of Guatemala, which has helped wipe away the sand from the leaves, but it hasn't cleaned everything," Guzman said. "I hope it keeps raining."
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Vietnam hold seminar on sustainable development for coffee industry
HANOI, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam held a seminar on Friday to map out measures for sustainable development of the country's coffee industry in central highland province of Lam Dong, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
The seminar drew participation of many experts and scientists together with nearly 200 coffee growers.
Participants agreed that Vietnam should adopt environmentally- friendly production methods with the usage of organic fertilizers, avoid harvesting unripe coffee beans, and use new technology to process coffee to increase its quality.
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Cocoa Prices Fall on Concern Demand May Slow; Coffee Declines
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Cocoa prices fell on concern that Europes debt crisis and weaker-than-estimated data on U.S. personal spending may hinder a recovery in demand. Coffee also dropped.
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Cocoa Rises on Signs of Demand, Supply Concerns; Coffee Climbs
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cocoa prices jumped to a two-week high on reports of reduced supplies from Africa and on signs of increased demand for the chocolate ingredient. Coffee gained for the third straight session.
Coffee queen caught in 'pretty women' smuggling plot
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina A Colombian model accused of leading a drug-trafficking gang that persuaded pretty young women to smuggle cocaine to Mexico was arrested Wednesday after evading Argentine police for five months.
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Emergency Lane Closure On Coffee Road
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Repairs to Coffee Road, at Brimhall Road, are expected to be completed within a few hours and the two northbound lanes will re-open to traffic.
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Lead Poisoning Risk Prompts Cost Plus To Recall Tea Glasses
About 14,000 Moroccan Tea Glasses distributed by Cost Plus Inc., of Oakland, California are being recalled due to risk of lead exposure, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced.
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Security guards drugged in $5 mln Iraq bank robbery
Iraq, May 28 (Reuters) - Robbers in Iraq stole 6.5 billion Iraqi dinars ($5.5 million) from a state-owned bank on Friday, assisted by a security guard who spiked his colleagues' tea, police officials said.
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Guatemalan volcano blast kills one, shuts airport
(Reuters) - Guatemala's Pacaya volcano belched columns of black ash on Friday, a day after a powerful eruption killed at least one person, forced hundreds of families to evacuate and shut the international airport.
Pacaya, which is close to the colonial town of Antigua and farms where some of Guatemala's highest-quality coffee is grown, has been continuously active since the 1960s but had not showered rocks and ash since 1998.
Anacafe, Guatemala's coffee producers' association, said it was gathering information from growers around the volcano to assess whether there had been any damage to crops.
Felipe Guzman, a coffee farmer and Anacafe board member said the rainy weather could help clean ash-covered coffee trees.
"It has been raining because of a tropical depression off the Pacific coast of Guatemala, which has helped wipe away the sand from the leaves, but it hasn't cleaned everything," Guzman said. "I hope it keeps raining."
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Vietnam hold seminar on sustainable development for coffee industry
HANOI, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam held a seminar on Friday to map out measures for sustainable development of the country's coffee industry in central highland province of Lam Dong, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
The seminar drew participation of many experts and scientists together with nearly 200 coffee growers.
Participants agreed that Vietnam should adopt environmentally- friendly production methods with the usage of organic fertilizers, avoid harvesting unripe coffee beans, and use new technology to process coffee to increase its quality.
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Cocoa Prices Fall on Concern Demand May Slow; Coffee Declines
May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Cocoa prices fell on concern that Europes debt crisis and weaker-than-estimated data on U.S. personal spending may hinder a recovery in demand. Coffee also dropped.
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Cocoa Rises on Signs of Demand, Supply Concerns; Coffee Climbs
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cocoa prices jumped to a two-week high on reports of reduced supplies from Africa and on signs of increased demand for the chocolate ingredient. Coffee gained for the third straight session.
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