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Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player

NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside.Full story

Diabetic Alert Dog Aids Six Year-Old

Nearly six months ago, Texomans helped a family raise money to pay for a diabetic alert dog desperately needed for their six year-old son. Now, the service animal is here and Blake Fields is learning how to use his new K9 friend. "She is a golden retriever and she is really nice, and she is two year Full story

Brazil port strike enters second day as Congress debates reform

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Stevedores at Brazil's Santos and Rio de Janeiro ports entered the second day of a strike to protest proposed legislation that may open terminals to new private-sector investments. Full story

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A worker rides a bicycle past a sugar cane plantation near the Kenana Sugar Company's main plant, south of Khartoum
A worker rides a bicycle past a sugar cane plantation near the Kenana Sugar Company's main plant, south of Khartoum

A worker rides a bicycle past a sugar cane plantation near the Kenana Sugar Company 's main plant, 270 km south of Khartoum May 14, 2013. Faced with the loss of most oil production after South Sudan seceded in 2011, Sudan has been scrambling to find new sources for state revenues and dollars to pay

Egypt's Investment Minister Saleh speaks next to an unidentified official during the signing of a new project to manufacture and refine sugar, in Cairo
Egypt's Investment Minister Saleh speaks next to an unidentified official during the signing of a new project to manufacture and refine sugar, in Cairo

Egypt's Investment Minister Osama Saleh speaks next to an unidentified official during the signing of a new project to manufacture and refine sugar, in Cairo April 30, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

A woman examines the prices of white sugar displayed in a supermarket in Jakarta
A woman examines the prices of white sugar displayed in a supermarket in Jakarta

A woman examines the prices of white sugar displayed in a supermarket in Jakarta March 12, 2013. REUTERS/Supri

Bags of white sugar are displayed in a supermarket in Jakarta
Bags of white sugar are displayed in a supermarket in Jakarta

Bags of white sugar are displayed in a supermarket in Jakarta March 12, 2013. White sugar prices hit a record in Indonesia last summer and further spikes are expected this year even though the world is awash with the sweetner. REUTERS/Supri