"They dare not sell Hunan rice, " the executive said, adding that the market is now selling rice produced in the provinces of Hubei, Jiangxi, Henan and in northeastern areas, together with some imported rice from Vietnam and Pakistan.

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They retorted that he could not be more wrong (though Ms Rice was fractionally less dismissive this week).

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They spiked their samples with extra miRNAs so they could observe this effect, so it may not reflect actual effects of eating rice.

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When people do not have enough calories, staples such as rice and wheat are vital: they provide the most calories per dollar.

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But Ira Gruber, a military historian at Rice University, while agreeing that the militias were not heavily equipped, says they were better-armed than Mr Bellesiles claims because guns were, in fact, effective.

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But the agency will not be making any recommendations about altering the consumption of rice or rice products until they have tested an additional 1, 000 rice samples, which will reportedly be completed by year end.

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Price increases in corn and soyabeans are not thought likely to trigger a food crisis, as they did in 2007-08, as global rice and wheat supplies remain plentiful.

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Chief BRATTON: Well, that's the other major thrust of the Rice report, the idea that the problems in Los Angeles are not created by the police and they're not going to be solved by the police, that it's the city that's going to have to get its political and societal act together and recognize that a lot more is going to have to be done.

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