Republican state Senator Dan Zumbach grows corn and soybeans on his 1,200-acre farm in Ryan (population 356). He also said it may be too late for most farmers to adjust their crop choices.
Ren Huaican now looks to tea from Yunnan after the green leaves worked magic for him. Ren was suffering mass mouth ulcers when he visited the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er city back in the spring of 2006. "I had trouble eating," he says.
Rescue teams clean up an area that was buried by a mudslide in Puge, Sichuan province, on Tuesday. The slide had claimed 24 lives as of Tuesday night. In Gansu province, slides were responsible for at least seven deaths. [Photo/Xinhua]
Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland is set to become majority leader, the No 2 figure among House Democrats. Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina will become the whip, the third-ranking Democrat. They both ran unopposed.
Representative Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 House Democrat, welcomed any effort by the Republican-led Senate to debate and vote on legislation to reopen the government following that chamber's monthlong abstention.
Republican Senator Rand Paul, objecting to deficit spending in the bill, engaged in a nine-hour, on-again, off-again protest and floor speech late on Thursday that delayed passage of the deal past the midnight hour, when funding for the government officially ran out. Paul had harsh words for his own party.
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Rescuers battled mud, rocks and fallen trees in the hunt for survivors, as medical personnel treated the wounded and thousands were evacuated from the northeastern town of Sentani.
Ren Dongming, deputy director of the China National Renewable Energy Center, said the absence of investors and mature commercial models has impaired the development of biomass energy, including biomethane.
Resettlement, tourism promotion and skills training were tools in fight
Regulator vows strong action against diversion of bank funds to arbitrage