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TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Outlook Resources Inc. ("Outlook" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE: OLR) wishes to advise that the Company has called an annual meeting for Monday, December 29, 2008. The Company also wishes to advise that three directors of the Company have resigned.

BRAWLEY, CA (MARKET WIRE) Brandt Beef - The True Natural, a single family owned, premium natural beef producer, will showcase its products and explain "sustainable eating" at the Grand Tasting event during the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival on Saturday, november 15. The event will be held from Noon - 4 p.m. at Embarcadero Park North behind Seaport Village, and will feature San Diego's top chefs, gourmet food companies and more than 700 wine selections.

People living with HIV/AIDS in Burundi often face the additional challenge of fighting the disease without proper nutrition because of a widespread food shortage in the country, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

Women who took vitamin D and calcium supplements developed breast cancer at the same rate as those who did not take the supplements, according to a study by the Women's Health Initiative that is published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the

Most children are still failing to eat five pieces of fruit and veg a day, though their levels of physical activity do meet current Government recommendations, according to the SPEEDY study (Sport, Physical activity and Eating behaviour: Environmental Determinants in Young people). The original results for the study are published in the open access journal BMC Public Health.

London - Showcasing unparalleled innovation across a wide variety of products and services which continue to flourish amid the current global economic gloom, eighteen exemplary organisations were hono... [WebWire - Friday, november 14, 2008]

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt and FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., will travel to the people's Republic of China during the week of Nov. 17, 2008, for consultations with their Chinese counte... [WebWire - Friday, november 14, 2008]

WASHINGTON.- U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today said that farmers and ranchers will receive $77 million in Emergency Conservation Program funds to repair farmland damaged by nat... [WebWire - Thursday, november 13, 2008]

Environment Minister calls on EU to maintain penalties for bird poisonings.

It will cost slightly more to put Thanksgiving dinner on the table this year.