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Food Riots Erupt Worldwide
Anuradha Mittal writes for AlterNet, "Over the last few decades, the United States, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have used their leverage to impose devastating policies on developing... ...
The New Face Of Hunger: UN Cuts School Children's Meals
By Jeremy Lovell in London A "SILENT tsunami" unleashed by costlier food is threatening 100 million people, the United Nations has warned, revealing that its World Food Program has begun cutting the... ...
Rich States Failing to Lead on Emissions
David Adam and John Vidal of The Guardian UK report: "Developing countries, including China and India, are unwilling to sign up to a new global climate change pact to replace the Kyoto protocol in 2012... ...
Why Food Costs Are Climbing
The Globe and Mail's Eric Reguly says, "For the first time in decades, the specter of widespread hunger for millions looms as food prices explode. Two words not in common currency in recent years - famine... ...
UN: Food Price Rises Threaten Global Security
http://www.commondreams.or g/archive/2008/04/09/8192/ -------- Food Price Rises Threaten Global Security David Adam, writing for The Guardian UK, reports, "Rising food prices could spark worldwide... ...
Corporate Croesus
The editors of The New York Times write: "As accustomed as we are to the other-worldly rewards lavished on captains of finance and industry, it is still galling that the chiefs managed to finagle a raise... ...
Anti-Iraq war U.S. diplomats poorer but proud
Yahoo! News 03/18/08 In 2003, three senior U.S. diplomats abruptly ended prestigious careers and gained international attention by noisily resigning in protest over the U.S. war in Iraq. In interviews... ...
Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco
A number of clips are now available on YouTube from the documentary "Bad Reception: The Wireless Revolution in San Francisco." The film looks at San Francisco residents' response to the potential health... ...
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 ...