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NEWS ABOUT: Bananas

Bananas stories: 2 news summaries

Fad Banana Diet Finds
Mass A Peel in Japan

Regimen claims to fuel weight loss with just banana, water for breakfast

Oct 17, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A penchant for fad dieting is making Japanese consumers ripe for a new weight-loss scheme starring bananas, Time reports. Since a popular actress lost 26 pounds on the Morning Banana Diet, the fruit has been hard to come by. “There are no bananas on the shelves,” complained one... More »

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Japan • diet • Bananas • fad diets

Terrorism Probe Focuses on Chertoff Advice

Chiquita, now under investigation, sought counsel, got nowhere

Aug 2, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chiquita is under investigation for supporting terrorism, but the company lays the blame on Michael Chertoff. In 2003, Chiquita met with Chertoff, then assistant AG, and admitted to paying protection money to a Colombian paramilitary force on the US list of terror groups. Chiquita's lawyers say they sought advice, the... More »

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Department of Justice • terrorism • Colombia • Michael Chertoff • Chiquita • Bananas

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