The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said in a blog post that "even where the soil is contaminated with a lead spill, a number of studies have shown that rice plants do not take up a significant amount of lead and move it to the grains".
In any case, Syngenta says that it will combine its work with that of a public programme, the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project, which is plodding along to produce an even more accurate version of the sequence, and deposit the whole lot in GenBank by the end of next year.
Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars says Rice is interested in building her legacy.
International Monetary Fund spokesman Gerry Rice said in a statement that "more remains to be done", although he expressed relief that at least the tax hikes, which had threatened to send the US economy into recession, had been averted.
Basically, Secretary Rice is saying that the international community should only support a Palestinian Authority that accepts the principles of the peace process.
Earlier this year, Monsanto, a large biotechnology firm, announced a rough-and-ready sequence of the rice genome, and an international consortium is now trying to refine it.
Habibie, the successor and former crony of President Suharto, and his International Monetary Fund patrons are rushing to increase rice subsidies for the poor.
Rice, in addition to her international and government expertise, has specific corporate experience having been a director at Chevron, Charles Schwab and Hewlett-Packard.
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Last month, the International Grains Council raised its forecast for China's rice imports in 2013 by 16% to 2.2 million tons.
Ebro is a global producer of rice, pasta and sauces with a large international footprint -- its home Spanish market accounts for just 7% of its turnover.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said little about how she envisions an international force for Lebanon, only that U.S. combat troops won't be a part of it.
The Philippines sought danger listing as a way to raise national and international support and cooperation in the preservation of these remote high rice fields maintained thanks to the transmission of traditional knowledge from one generation to the next.
This breaking issue has the potential to be one of the first to arrive on the desk of the occupant of a newly created position at the White House -- the Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics -- intended to report jointly to National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice and Economic Advisor to the President Lawrence Lindsay.
Three of them, in a paper last December for the International Food Policy Research Institute, looked specifically at the prospects for genetically modified rice in India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Bangladesh.
"The United States does not intend to allow Iran to use the international financial system to pursue ill-gotten games from proliferation or terrorism, " Rice said.
Olmert, Livni and Barak claimed that by signing a memorandum of understanding with outgoing US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and due to Egyptian good will, Israel succeeded in building an international framework to prevent Hamas from rearming.
For Khosla, having Rice and her team involved provides practical assistance as many startups are moving to international markets quicker than ever.
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Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, which represents the industry, stressed that Scottish-made whisky was competing in tough international markets where it was up against other whiskies and other spirits, from vodka to distilled rice.
As you know, Ambassador Rice and other Obama administration officials were actively engaged in an effort to try to build international consensus.
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As Ambassador Rice said here just one week ago, we sought from the United Nations and the international community strict sanctions on the movement of -- possible movement of this type of material, and we're fully committed to implementing what's in those resolutions right now and changing, hopefully, the course of some behavior.
An international aid worker with British-based Save the Children in Myanmar said the group has been giving out rice, salt, cooking oil and cash to help victims of the deadly storm.
Rice was a specialist on Soviet affairs in the first Bush administration and continued writing and lecturing on international affairs while at Stanford University during the Clinton presidency.
More exotic fare like oxtail and jollof rice from African restaurant Iyanze and chana masala from vegetarian Indian restaurant Arya Bhavan make the Taste a truly international event.
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