Prosperity spurs altered Chinese diet with more meat eggs
The Farmers Daily reports major changes in China’s diet since 1979. Chinese per person consumed 94 pounds of meat last year, 4.8 times 1978 levels, and 38 pounds of eggs, up 4.5 times. Dairy rose to 15 pounds, while meat output reached 55 million tons, over sixfold since 1978. eggs and dairy output jumped tenfold.
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Polish climber dies on Everest during descent
Three Polish climbers reached Everest’s summit earlier on Tuesday. Leader Ryszard Pawlowski said Tadeusz Kudelski, 44, fell while descending from 28,380 feet, dying less than 1,000 feet below the peak. A Belgian climber showed frostbite at a lower camp.
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U.N. extends oil-for-food aid for Iraq six months
U N Security Council unanimously renews the oil-for-food program for Iraq for six months. The mandate runs until midnight Monday and aims to ease humanitarian strain under sanctions while acknowledging limits of the program to meet all Iraqi needs.
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Iraqi Catholic leader urges pope visit to Ur birthplace
Rafael Bedaweed, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, says Pope John Paul II dreams of visiting Ur to honor Abraham. Vatican notes plans exist but no date set amid U.N. sanctions and Iraq airstrikes. activists warn the trip could buoy Saddam Hussein regimes.
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