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BBC NEWS | Business | Nepal's clothing makers at risk ()

  „But with the abolition of the MFA, its giant neighbour India is expected to win a bigger slice of the world's textile trade, and Nepali clothing makers could find themselves squeezed out.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4120681.stm - Cached

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BBC - Gardening - Design - Victorian BBC - Gardening - Design - Victorian

  „Fortune's overseas adventures included investigations into the commercial opportunities in growing tea. Commissioned by the British East India Company, he disguised himself as a Chinese peasant as he smuggled out cuttings of the tea plant Camellia sinensis from China into India. These cuttings enabled India and Ceylon to become established as major growers and exporters of tea.“

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/design/ nonflash_victorian3.shtml - Cached

BBC - h2g2 - Microbes - the Harm They Do BBC - h2g2 - Microbes - the Harm They Do

  „Half of Athens was razed by plague in 430 BC2 . The bubonic plague that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages - and had previously swept across India and China - was brought to Egypt by merchants fleeing the warring Crimea, where the Tartar army had been hurling the corpses of plague victims over the walls of Kaffa. New diseases such as ebola and AIDS have claimed just as many lives since their discovery. Old diseases such as tuberculosis, once thought to be controlled, are again on the rise, not only in 'third world' countries, but also in developed nations.Humans are not the only creatures susceptible to disease.“

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BBC Sport | In Depth | Cricket | India Grounds Guide BBC Sport | In Depth | Cricket | India Grounds Guide

  „Front Page | Cricket | England on Tour Introduction Madras Kanpur Ahmedabad Calcutta Bombay Mohali Bangalore Delhi Introduction If every nation was half as crazy about cricket as India, surely football would no longer be the world's biggest sport. Huge, noisy crowds greet virtually every game of cricket - let alone the international fixtures. Spectators cram into grounds - and if they can't get in they balance precariously on roofs, tree branches or any other vantage point available.“

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/cricket/2001/.../ default.stm - Cached

BBC - Food - Recipes - Baked Chocolate Cheesecake with Vanilla Ice Cream and Espresso Sauce BBC - Food - Recipes - Baked Chocolate Cheesecake with Vanilla Ice Cream and Espresso Sauce

  „16. To serve: drizzle the coffee sauce onto a white plate, add a slice of cheesecake and a scoop of ice cream. Dust with icing sugar and decorate with a slice of orange on the cheesecake and a coffee bean on the ice cream.“

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/ bakedchocolatecheese_5468.shtml - Cached

BBC - BBC Four Profile - Howard Schultz BBC - BBC Four Profile - Howard Schultz

  „The murmurs of upmarket chat, the clicks of a neighbour's laptop, the buzz of a mobile phone, and all around the aroma of roasting coffee beans. It's the 21st century and if you're one of Howard Schultz's coffee converts, you're no doubt sitting in a Starbucks. Coffee with fries?“

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/profile/ howard_schultz.shtml - Cached


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