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Cuba bets on specialty coffee to boost industry
Cuba bets on specialty coffee to boost industry
by  AFP

In the lush, fertile mountains of Cuba, farmer Jesus Chaviano dreams of adding his arabica beans to a list of specialty coffees the country hopes will lift an industry in decline. Chaviano is optimistic that one day his coffee will be one of the feted specialty brands being exported from Cuba.

Shark fin hunters in the soup as wildlife summit takes action
Shark fin hunters in the soup as wildlife summit takes action
by  AFP

A global wildlife summit in Panama took an important step Thursday towards upgrading protection for sharks, the ancient ocean vertebrates targeted for their fins used in a status-symbol soup. Shark fins -- which represent a market of some $500 million per year -- can sell for about $1,000 a kilogram in East Asia for use in shark fin soup, a delicacy.

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