Turkey may pull out of its customs union with the EU if the EU/U.S. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is ratified without its inclusion. The government stated that products of non-EU origin are able to surreptitiously enter its borders due to EU trade agreements with other countries, and it does not want the same to occur with U.S. products.
News Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS Algerian grain imports are up considerably in 2014, totaling 4.9 MMT through the end of May. That is a 29 percent increase over 2013 with wheat at 2.3 MMT (up 18 percent), corn at 1.6 MMT (up 51 percent), durum wheat at 716,000 MT (up 40 percent) and feed barley at 296,000 MT (up 5 percent). During the Arab Spring and...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
