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Food aid to Bangladesh after rat plague
Jul 13 2008, AP

Tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh’s southeastern region are being given food aid after a plague of rats devoured rice crops earlier this year, the United Nations’ food agency said Sunday.The World Food Program said it had begun distribution of...

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Swine flu has Caterpillar restrict Mexican travel
AP, Peoria
Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. has restricted its employees from traveling to Mexico because of the swine flu outbreak.
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made popular Apr 28 2009
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Creepy caterpillar tastes yummy!
Piyush, Shimla
Product: Hungry caterpillar cupcakes Designed by: Coco Cakes in Vancouver, Canada My take: The only thing I know about caterpillars, is that whenever I find one, I...
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made popular Apr 22 2009
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Caterpillar CEO's pay down slightly in 2008
AP, Hartford
Caterpillar Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive James W. Owens received 2008 compensation valued at $14.6 million, down about 1 percent from the previous year, according...
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made popular Apr 21 2009
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Caterpillar posts loss, hurt by weak sales, charge
AP, Pittsburgh
Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, on Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss compared with a year-ago profit, hurt...
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made popular Apr 21 2009
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Caterpillar posts loss on layoff charge
AP, Peoria
Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. posted a first-quarter loss of $112 million, hurt by charges tied to layoffs and weaker sales caused by the global economic...
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made popular Apr 21 2009
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Police, protesters at Caterpillar site in France
AP, Grenoble
Police deployed Thursday at a plant in the French Alps run by U.S. manufacturer Caterpillar where workers camped out overnight to protest layoffs.
EU, France, Caterpillar, Protest
made popular Apr 16 2009
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French workers release Caterpillar plant bosses
AP, Grenoble
French workers facing steep layoffs at a Caterpillar factory freed four bosses they had been holding at the U.S. manufacturer’s plant in the Alps to protest the...
EU, France, Caterpillar, World
made popular Apr 1 2009
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French workers still hold Caterpillar plant bosses
AP, Grenoble
For a second straight day, desperate French workers facing steep layoffs at a Caterpillar factory held four of their bosses at the U.S. manufacturer’s plant in...
EU, France, Caterpillar, World
made popular Apr 1 2009
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Caterpillar to lay off 2,454 workers in 3 states
AP, Pittsburgh
Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to lay off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as the heavy equipment maker continues...
Caterpillar, Layoffs, Business, Illinois Indiana
made popular Mar 17 2009
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Caterpillar lays off 2,454 workers in 3 states
AP, Pittsburgh
Caterpillar Inc. is laying off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as the heavy equipment maker continues to cut costs amid the...
Caterpillar, Layoffs, Business, Illinois Indiana
made popular Mar 17 2009
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Obama visits plant hit by layoffs to pitch plan
AP, East Peoria
President Barack Obama on Thursday pitched his economic plan at a Caterpillar Inc. plant reeling from layoffs, his message blunted when the company’s chairman...
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made popular Feb 13 2009
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Caterpillar offers early retirement to workers
AP, Peoria
Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday it is offering voluntary early retirement packages to about 2,000 production workers, following a string of layoffs at the heavy...
Caterpillar, Retirements, Business, Peoria
made popular Feb 11 2009
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Obama: Caterpillar will rehire if stimulus passes
AP, Washington
President Barack Obama says Caterpillar’s chief executive has told him the company will rehire some laid-off workers if the stimulus bill passes.
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made popular Feb 11 2009
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Caterpillar to cut another 2,110 production jobs
AP, Peoria
Caterpillar Inc. says it is cutting another 2,110 jobs at three Illinois plants to match production with falling demand. The cuts come on top of other work force and...
Caterpillar, Jobs, Business, Illinois
made popular Jan 30 2009
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Liberia declares crop-eating pests an emergency
AP, Monrovia
Liberia’s president has declared a state of emergency over an invasion of crop-eating caterpillars that has affected 350,000 people in the West African country.
AF, Liberia, Caterpillar, Plague
made popular Jan 27 2009
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Caterpillar fourth-qtr profit falls 32 pct
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Caterpillar Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit dropped 32 percent as the global economic slowdown undermined demand and forced the heavy equipment maker into more job...
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made popular Jan 26 2009
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Stocks signal mixed open on Caterpillar comments
AP, New York
Wall Street turned cautious Monday as downbeat comments from Caterpillar about the health of its business weighed on the market’s enthusiasm over Pfizer’s...
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made popular Jan 26 2009
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Caterpillar posts 32 pct drop in 4Q earnings
AP, Peoria
Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. says its fourth-quarter earnings tumbled 32 percent, hurt by higher operating costs and a global economic downturn that curbed...
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made popular Jan 26 2009
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Liberia command post to fight off caterpillars
AP, Monrovia
Authorities in Liberia have set up a command post and called on international experts to help fight an invasion by millions of crop-devouring caterpillars that are...
AF, Liberia, Caterpillar, Plague
made popular Jan 25 2009
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Hordes of caterpillars swarm Liberia, Guinea
AP, Shankpala
Liberia’s worst caterpillar plague in three decades has spread to neighboring Guinea after swarms of the crop-eating insects devastated more than 45 towns in the...
AF, Caterpillar, Plague, World
made popular Jan 23 2009
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Liberia declares crop-eating pests an emergency
AP, Monrovia
Liberia’s president has declared a state of emergency over an invasion of crop-eating caterpillars that has affected 350,000 people in the West African country.
AF, Liberia, Caterpillar, Plague
made popular Jan 27 2009
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Liberia command post to fight off caterpillars
AP, Monrovia
Authorities in Liberia have set up a command post and called on international experts to help fight an invasion by millions of crop-devouring caterpillars that are...
AF, Liberia, Caterpillar, Plague
made popular Jan 25 2009
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Hordes of caterpillars swarm Liberia, Guinea
AP, Shankpala
Liberia’s worst caterpillar plague in three decades has spread to neighboring Guinea after swarms of the crop-eating insects devastated more than 45 towns in the...
AF, Caterpillar, Plague, World
made popular Jan 23 2009
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Hordes of caterpillars invade northern Liberia
AP, Rome
Hordes of voracious caterpillars are destroying crops and prompting terrified villagers to flee their homes in northern Liberia in what is described as the West African...
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made popular Jan 22 2009
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Bangladesh receives food aid following rat plague
AP, Dhaka
Tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh’s southeastern region are being given food aid after a plague of rats devoured rice crops earlier this year, the United...
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made popular Jul 13 2008
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Scientists discover why plague is so lethal
Trevor, Burlington
Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May...
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made popular May 6 2008
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NASCAR Flap Raises Caution Flag for Dems
AP, Raleigh
It got the GOP’s engines revving _ a Democratic official suggesting staffers get immunized for several diseases before heading south from Washington and into the...
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made popular Oct 14 2007
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Take the World in your Stride with World Shift
Anshu, Delhi
Hey game enthusiasts! Get ready to catch some exciting action with WorldShift. This next-gen cyberfantasy is a RTS game which is mainly designed for quick learning and...
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made popular Jun 7 2007
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Central Asia's warmer, wetter climate could increase plague risk!
Irani, New Delhi
Scientists, for long, have been warning us on the effects of climate change, leading also to several disease outbreaks! But, do you know, this also enlists the deadly...
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made popular Aug 23 2006
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Squirrel dies of Plague in Morro Bay in California
Pratyush, New Delhi
A squirrel has died in Morro Bay which later tested positive for plague. California San Luis Obispo Health officials warn the residents to keep away from rodents. The...
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made popular May 29 2006
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In this handout photo provided by Liberia’s Ministry of Agriculture, army worms crawl on the leaves of a fruit tree known as Sour Sap in Pelelei in Bong County, Liberia Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Liberia’s president declared a state of emergency Monday,...

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