GENEVA (Reuters) - Ministers from three dozen trading powers met in negotiating alliances yesterday to prepare for make-or-break talks next week on a new global trade pact, with several difficult farm issues firmly in focus.

Kuwait City (Reuters) - Kuwait's Al-Mal Investment Company, a firm controlled by the family-owned conglomerate Kharafi Group, will bid for a multi-billion dollar project in Tunisia,

DUBAI (AFP) - Faced with a scarcity of fertile land, water shortages and surging world food prices, wealthy Arab states in the Gulf are seeking to secure their food supplies by investing in agriculture abroad.

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Do you expect an Israeli and US attack on Iran before the American presidential elections in November?

Yes

No

I don't know

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Do you think bio-fuels are to blame for the soaring food prices?

Yes               85          per cent

No                10          per cent

I don't know   5        per cent