Poject of Mr. Santos

1. What country is the second largest exporter of rice? How much rice does it export annually?

2. What country is the largest importer of rice? How much does it intend to import in the next few months to address the coming rice crises?

3. What percentage of total rice exported to Africa comes from Asia? How much is it worth annually?

4. In 1910,150 glaciers dotted the Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. How many are there now?

5. What is Europe’s biggest glacier? Why is it breaking up? What are the consequence if it breaks up?

6. Which country is slowly disappearing due to rising sea water level? Where is it?

Item	Answer	URL	Search Engine	Search Technique
1	Vietnam remains the second largest exporter of rice. Vietnam has so far this year exported 3.9 million tons of rice.	http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200312/ai_n22669566	Goggle.com	Synonyms
2	The Philippines is the world’s largest importer of rice. It intend to import 1.5 million tons.	http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTI0Njg5NjEzMg==	MSN.com	Synonyms
3	It has dropped from 37.3% in 1999 to 29.5% in 2000.	http://www.foodmarketexchange.com/datacenter/product/grain/rice/detail/dc_pi_gr_rice0402_01.htm	Goggle.com	Synonyms
4	It has nearly 50 glaciers now.	http://www.nps.gov/history/worldheritage/glac.htm	Goggle.com	Synonyms
5	GLASGOW, Scotland -- Europe's largest glacier is on the verge of breaking up as a result of increased temperatures, experts say.	http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/10/23/iceland.glacier/index.html	Goggle.com	Synonyms
6	Ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate last week, with leading scientists warning that the Arctic could be ice-free. Satellite images show that ice caps started to disintegrate dramatically several days ago as storms over Alaska's Beaufort Sea began sucking streams of warm air into the Arctic.	http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/11/10924/	MSN.com	Synonyms