Western Food Imports

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  Here's How Mindfulness Can Help You Curb Cravings

  Those who have weight or health concerns might want to curb their hankering for chocolate or other alluring foods. But how do you banish a persistent, powerful craving? Two recent studies have tackled this question and highlighted promising, but different, strategies.

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  Russian 'Food Crematoria' Provoke Outrage Amid Crisis, Famine Memories

  Russian government plans for mass destruction of banned Western food imports have provoked outrage in a country where poverty rates are soaring and memories remain of famine during Soviet times.

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  Russian President Vladimir Putin Extends Western Food Ban for 1 Year

  Russian President Vladimir Putin today extended a ban against most Western food imports for a year after EU foreign ministers agreed to prolong sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict until January 2016.

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  Russia to Prolong Western Food Embargo: Government

  Moscow prepared Monday to prolong its embargo on Western food imports, expressing disappointment at the extension by the EU of sanctions which it blamed on a "Russophobic lobby."

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  Go For the Food: Gulf Arab Tradition on a Platter

  Abu Dhabi and Dubai are home to countless Western food chains and ultra-chic, reservations-only celebrity-chef restaurants imported from London, New York and Los Angeles.

• Russian Retaliation Against Sanctions Hurts its Own Economy: United States

  The White House made the case on Thursday that Western sanctions against Russia for destabilizing Ukraine have had a significant impact on its economy and that Russian retaliation by banning many Western food imports will only boomerang.

• Moscow Bans Western Food Imports; Russian Quits as Ukraine Rebel Chief

  Moscow banned imports of most food from the West on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days.

• Faced with Western Sanctions, Moscow Resorts to Food Fight

  As Western countries launch each new salvo of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has returned fire with bans on food imports -- ostensibly for consumer protection.

• Western Foods are Scarily Mis-Labelled in Asia

  A host of exciting Western delicacies are being imported to Asia, exciting our palates and destroying our kitchens.Perhaps the most remarkable of these is the apple puff. This is some sort of innocent-looking pastry item that recently appeared in the...