Fermented cocoa beans being dried. Cocoa prices have risen 150% in 18 months – but farmers have not necessarily benefited. Photograph: Alamy Financial speculators have come under renewed fire from anti-poverty campaigners for their bets on food prices, blamed for raising the costs of goods...
Lord Prescott arrives at the QE2 conference centre in London to give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Lord Prescott said today that he had doubts about the intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s weapons programmes before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Giving evidence to...
BP’s incoming chief executive Bob Dudley may represent a fresh start but he faces a lot of unfinished business. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters The outgoing chief executive of BP, it seems, cannot get through a public appearance without at least one Hayward-ism. At today’s presentation,...
Mbah Surip, penyanyi nyentrik pengusung aliran reggae telah lama berpulang. Namun, penerusnya terus bermunculan. Salah satunya, Boys n Roots, band reggae yang asli Bandung. Tadi malam mereka meluncurkan album perdana. “Kami cukup bangga dan senang dengan album perdana kami, Kami pilih launching di Kapal...
read moreGara-gara ulahnya membawa shabu dan ganja, Revaldo terancam hukuman penjara yang berat. Hukuman yang akan diterima bintang film ‘30 Hari Mencari Cinta’ itu hingga seumur hidup. Revaldo terancam dikenakan pasal 112 UU Narkotika No.35 tahun 2009 tentang penyalahgunaan narkotika. Hukuman yang akan dijatuhkan...
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