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Hopes for a shared boom rise on Malaysia-Singapore border

Rising from a former palm plantation, the towering Astaka complex will cast its shadow across the Malaysia-Singapore border by 2017, a symbol for an ambitious development zone linking the two former rival's economies. Duration: 02:15 Dec 22, 2013
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Cocoa shortage could make chocolates extinct by 2020

New Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): Chocolates could run out by 2020 as the cocoa supplies are diminishing across the world. Industry expert Angus Kennedy said that the chocolate bars may get replaced by slabs of palm oil and vegetable fats packed with raisins and nougat by 2020 as there is a worldwide shortage of cocoa. As the cocoa crops are being replaced by more profitable rubber plantations, the future of chocolate bars looks bleak. Dec 13, 2013
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'Sound of Music' Actress Eleanor Parker Dies Aged 91

Eleanor Parker of the "Sound of Music" fame passed away at the age of 91 at a hospital in Palm Springs, California, Monday, Dec.9. She succumbed to complications from pneumonia, according to several news reports. Dec 10, 2013