Roh Suicide Raises Stakes for South Korean Leader Lee (Update1) (Bloomberg) Roh, 62, leapt from a mountaintop on May 23 after writing a note saying his life “could only become a greater burden for others.” [News Source]

Taking ‘a Captain Cook’ at 1770 (News Mail) GLOOMY weather didn't keep the visitors away from the Captain Cook 1770 Festival. [News Source]

Roh Suicide Raises Stakes for South Korean Leader Lee Myung Bak (Bloomberg) Roh, 62, leapt from a mountaintop on May 23 after writing a note saying his life “could only become a greater burden for others.” [News Source]

JapanToday: Japan News and Discussion ジャパントゥデイ:日本のニュースを英語で読む (Japan Today) The World Organization for Animal Health is expected to soon grant Japan status of controlled risk regarding its safeguard measures taken to eradicate mad cow disease in beef production, government sources said Sunday. [News Source]

Beef safety rating to be raised (The Japan Times) The World Organization for Animal Health is expected to upgrade its evaluation of Japan's safeguard measures against mad cow disease, government sources said Sunday. The government will try to boost Japanese beef exports after the Paris-based international organization, known by its French acronym OIE, upgrades Japan's status, the sources said. Read the full story [News Source]

Roh Suicide Raises Stakes for South Korean Leader Lee Myung Bak (Bloomberg) Roh, 62, leapt from a mountaintop on May 23 after writing a note saying his life “could only become a greater burden for others.” [News Source]

Recycling revolution begins in blood and guts. By July, J Sainsbury has pledged to cut to zero the 70,000 tonnes of food waste — about the weight of the Titanic — that it once sent to landfill each year. [News Source]

USDA push to ID livestock meets stiff resistance 5 years after program inception. Thirty-six percent of ranchers are taking part in a federal program started five years ago to trace livestock in the event of a disease outbreak. [News Source]

Trade Expert Optimistic Despite Economy (Yankton Press & Dakotan) KEARNEY, Neb. — If Clayton Yuetter knows anything, it’s agricultural trade. [News Source]

Techman: Technology helps keep us clean (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) On a recent trip across the state, TechMan pulled the Techmobile into one of those completely rebuilt Turnpike rest stops. [News Source]