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Haitian rioters storm presidential palace
CNN 04/08/08 Hungry Haitians stormed the presidential palace Tuesday to demand the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices and U.N. peacekeepers battled rioters with rubber bullets... ...
Egyptian workers riot over rising food prices
Thousands of demonstrators angry about rising prices and stagnant salaries torched buildings, looted shops and hurled bricks at police who responded with tear gas Sunday in a northern industrial town as... ...
Grains Gone Wild
Paul Krugman writes for The New York Times: "These days you hear a lot about the world financial crisis. But there's another world crisis under way - and it's hurting a lot more people. I'm talking about... ...
Food riots fear after rice price hits a high
Food Riots Kill At Least Four, Dozens Injured In Haiti Violence engulfed different parts of Haiti for the last two days over the rising food prices including rice, fruits and beans that have surged by... ...
Countries rush to restrict trade in basic foods
Governments across the developing world are scrambling to boost farm imports and restrict exports in an attempt to forestall rising food prices and social unrest. http://us.ft.com/ ftgateway/superpage.ft?new s_id=fto040120081418306570 From... ...
As Jobs Vanish, Food Stamp Use Is at Record Pace
Erik Eckholm reports for The New York Times, "Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming... ...
Corn Can't Save Us
According to David Pimentel in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Dwindling foreign oil, rising prices at the gas pump and hype from politically well-connected US agribusiness have combined to create a frenzied... ...
Weak dollar costs U.S. economy its No. 1 spot
The U.S. economy lost the title of "world's biggest" to the euro zone this week as the value of the dollar slumped in currency markets. http://www.reute rs.com/article/idUSL149197 1920080314 U.S. faces... ...
World Food Program warns of global food shock
Some food prices rose 40% last year, and the WFP fears the world's poorest will buy less food, or be forced to rely on aid. http://www.ww4report .com/node/5230 From Information Clearing House ...
The World's Growing Food-Price Crisis
http://www.time.com/time/w orld/article/0,8599,171757 2,00.html Informant: Teresa Binstock -------- Food and the Specter of Malthus Mark Thirlwell of The Financial Times writes: "Last week, financial... ...