Prices of rice, wheat, corn, cooking oil, milk and other foodstuffs have all risen sharply in recent months, sparking violent protests in many countries, including Egypt,Muslim Brotherhood: OUT!!!!!!!) Bangladesh, Cameroon(riots over food price increases left 40-100 people dead) Canadians trapped by Cameroon riots rescued
,Ivory Coast,(firing live bullets and tear gas) Mauritania(only since Nov of 07 but laso recently protesting Dansih cartoons), Ethiopia(187 civilians dead and the city centre deserted..in 2005 due to elections not hunger), Madagascar(recently hit by a cyclone), the Philippines and Indonesia.
".. doubling of food prices over the last three years could potentially push 100 million people in low-income countries deeper into poverty,"
“It is a crime against humanity” says Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, to focus on fuel without having solved the food problem. (Fuel from ethanol? or oil-derived?)
As a response to the emergency amount of 500 million needed immediately, President Bush has ordered an estimated $200 million in emergency U.S. food assistance for global relief efforts and to help relieve political instability in some regions.
Agflation The real costs of rising food prices
http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/agflation
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A group of young students in a rural mountain village in Afghanistan were given the opportunity to share a glimpse of their lives with strangers worlds away
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