Guatemala coffee atlas to fight fake gourmet beans
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ACATENANGO, Guatemala  - Farmers from this lush valley between two Guatemalan volcanoes have made extra cash for years by pretending their coffee is from Antigua, a neighboring region famous for its chocolaty tasting beans.
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Starbucks Corp  is testing  $1 coffee and free refills in its Seattle outlets as the global  gourmet coffee chain grapples with slower consumer spending and  rising competition from fast-food rivals.
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VILLA NUEVA, Guatemala  - Slum dwellers armed with shotguns have taken to Guatemala's streets to hand vigilante justice to youth gangs as voters sick of crime increasingly back a hardline ex-general's run for president.
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A "barcode" gene that can be used to distinguish between plant species has been identified.
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Resellers are accused of selling products with fake Certificate of Authenticity labels.
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RENO, Nev. - Volunteers ladled refried beans and slathered on the sour cream and salsa in Reno in an attempt to get into the record books...
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By Dave DeWitte, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa  Dec. 13--Cups, gift cards, utensils, and razor handles are just some of  the products that could soon be available in biodegradable plastic form,  compliments of a plant under construction in Clinton.
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POPTUN, Guatemala  - Ten months after the deaths of eight Guatemalan peacekeepers in a botched raid in the Congo jungle, two U.N. investigations have failed to solve the mystery of whether they died in friendly fire or were gunned down by rebels.
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Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website  GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC - The head of the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Dr Jacques Diouf has called on the Caribbean countries to reverse the negative trends within their agricultural sectors.
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Twelve Guatemalan workers filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday that accuses a U.S. company of exploitation, fraud and forced labor in the United States.
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NEW YORK  - Prices for arabica coffee rallied 14percent on Monday chased higher by commodity funds as concernsabout a decline in the number of bags in U.S. warehouses werereinforced by an earthquake in major grower Colombia.
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Some of South America's key areas are at risk from soya bean exports, campaigners say.
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Under pressure from both the U.S. and its own citizens, Guatemala is trying to crack down on its corrupt adoption business
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POPTUN, Guatemala  - A picture of a fierce-looking gorilla emblazoned with the words "Welcome to Hell" once hung over the entrance of Central America's toughest military training center, the notorious "Kaibil" school in Guatemala.
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Guatemala knows it is losing the battle against drug trafficking &#151; its police, military and justice system are beholden to traffickers who use the country as a way station for Colombian drug shipments to the U.S.
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LONDON, Sep 28 (IPS) - The United States is back at the international  coffee table, and about time since it drinks about a quarter of  world coffee. And about time also because 25 million coffee  growers in developing countries are still reeling from low  prices.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned the maker of tropical fruit drink XanGo over claims the beverage can prevent or treat cancer, depression, infection, Alzheimer's disease and other ailments.