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Record prices for grain from corn to rice have ignited food riots
Christian Science Monitor - Thu Jan 17, 2008
Record prices for grain from corn to rice have ignited food riots from Jakarta to Rome. More»

FBI finds Blackwater trucks patched
Associated Press - Mon Jan 7, 2008
Blackwater Worldwide repaired and repainted its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack, according to people familiar with the governments investigation of the incident. More»

Monsanto 1Q profit nearly triples
Associated Press - Thu Jan 3, 2008
Monsanto Company reported Thursday that its first-quarter earnings nearly tripled because of surprisingly strong herbicide and seed sales in Latin America. More»

5 Billion US aid to Pakistan diverted, squandered
AFP - Sun Dec 23, 2007
More than five billion dollars in US aid to Pakistan has often never reached the military units it was intended for to fight Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and was instead diverted to other programs, the New York Times reported Monday. More»

Twenty-seven trapped in Australian mine
AFP - Sat Nov 17, 2007
SYDNEY, Australia - A gold mine collapsed in Australia early Monday, trapping 27 workers underground, police said. More»

63 killed in Ukraine mine blast
Associated Press - Sat Nov 17, 2007
DONETSK, Ukraine - A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least 63 miners in the ex-Soviet nations worst mining accident in years, emergency officials said. More»

Up to 10,000 dead, millions homeless in Bangladesh
AFP - Sat Nov 17, 2007
BARGUNA, Bangladesh - Up to 10,000 people are dead and millions homeless and hungry in cyclone-hit Bangladesh, officials said Sunday, as the army and aid workers battled to reach the countrys devastated coast. More»

Cooling begins for doomsday seed bank
Associated Press - Wed Nov 14, 2007
OSLO, Norway - Refrigeration units on Friday begin cooling a new doomsday vault dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the worlds seeds in case of a global catastrophe. More»

Scientist predicts future mad-cow epidemic
UPI - Sat Nov 10, 2007
LONDON - A British scientist predicts thousands of future deaths from mad cow disease caused by contaminated beef eaten between 1980 and 1986. More»

In China, new crackdown on dissidents
Christian Science Monitor - Sun Oct 14, 2007
BEIJING - As Chinas ruling Communist Party holds its most important conclave in five years, the government has launched an unusually harsh crackdown on potential troublemakers, say Chinese and international human rights groups. More»

Jimmy Carter confronts Sudan officials
Associated Press - Tue Oct 2, 2007
KABKABIYA, Sudan - Former President Jimmy Carter confronted Sudanese security services on a visit to Darfur Wednesday, shouting "You dont have the power to stop me!" at some who blocked him from meeting refugees of the conflict. More»

74 of 3,000 rescued from S. Africa mine
Associated Press - Tue Oct 2, 2007
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Rescue workers early Thursday evacuated the first 74 of about 3,000 miners trapped more than a mile underground by an accident. More»

Inquest opens in Princess Di's death
Associated Press - Mon Oct 1, 2007
LONDON - Opening an inquest into the death of Princess Diana and her companion, Britains coroner asked a jury Tuesday to determine exactly how the couple died in a car crash in a Paris tunnel - in an accident or as part of a murder plot. More»

Billions of dollars withheld from Australian Aborigines
AFP - Wed Sep 19, 2007
BRISBANE - Australian government bodies withheld billions of dollars from Aboriginal workers, stockpiling the money while children were dying of malnutrition, a study released Wednesday said. More»

British bank hit by panic withdrawals
AFP - Thu Sep 13, 2007
LONDON - Anxious customers of British bank Northern Rock rushed to withdraw their savings on Friday, forming queues in front of branches after the lender was bailed out by the Bank of England. More»

European Diplomats destroy Egypt whale fossil
Associated Press - Sun Aug 26, 2007
CAIRO - European diplomats in four-wheel drive cars have caused millions of dollars worth of damage to a fossilised whale lying for millions of years in the Egyptian desert, a security source said on Sunday. More»

Desperate search for quake victims as aftershocks rock Peru
AFP - Thu Aug 16, 2007
PISCO, Peru - Powerful aftershocks rattled rescuers as they clawed through rubble Friday in a desperate search for survivors two days after a massive earthquake claimed some 500 lives in Peru. More»

Death toll hits 450 in Peru earthquake
Associated Press - Wed Aug 15, 2007
ICA, Peru - The death toll rose to 450 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Perus southern desert. More»

Powerful 7.5 earthquake hits Indonesia
Associated Press - Tue Aug 7, 2007
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake under the Java Sea shook Indonesias capital early Thursday, violently shaking tall buildings and panicking residents. More»

Magic mushrooms face ban in Netherlands
Associated Press - Mon Aug 6, 2007
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The famously liberal Netherlands has been swinging toward the right, cracking down on immigration, religious freedoms and the freewheeling red light district. More»

Lab leak fears over Britain's foot and mouth outbreak
AFP - Sat Aug 4, 2007
LONDON - The urgent probe into Britains foot and mouth outbreak homed in on an animal research laboratory Sunday amid fears of a virus leak. More»

South Korea suspends US beef imports again over banned bones
Associated Press - Wed Aug 1, 2007
SEOUL - South Korea has again suspended US beef imports after inspectors discovered banned bones in a recent shipment, officials said Thursday. More»

Philippine Volcano Erupts
AFP - Mon Jul 30, 2007
MANILA - A volcano erupted in the eastern Philippines on Tuesday, raining ash on two towns, but there were no reports of casualties, volcanologists said. More»

Khmer Rouge prison chief first to be charged by UN-backed court
AFP - Mon Jul 30, 2007
PHNOM PENH - A former Khmer Rouge prison chief was charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity and detained by Cambodias UN-backed tribunal in the first legal action taken by the court against regime leaders. More»

Polish Euro MP Seeks Removal Of Name From CIA Prisons Report
AFP - Sun Jul 29, 2007
BRUSSELS - Polish socialist euro MP Marek Siwiec has brought court action in Poland demanding Swiss senator Dick Marty removes his name from a report about secret CIA prisons in Europe. More»

BBC Reopens Kelly Case with New Film
Times Online UK - Sat Nov 18, 2006
THE BBC is risking a new confrontation with Downing Street by launching an investigation into the death of David Kelly, the scientist at the centre of the storm over the "sexed up" dossier on Iraqs supposed weapons of mass destruction. More»

US 'Cannot Allow' Nuclear North Korea
BBC - Tue Oct 3, 2006
The US will not accept a North Korea armed with nuclear weapons, a top US envoy has said, after Pyongyang announced plans for a nuclear test. More»

US Ambassador Pelted with Tomatoes and Eggs in Venezuela; Feds are in a Snit
BBC - Thu Apr 6, 2006
The US has accused city officials of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, of complicity in an attack on the car of US Ambassador William Brownfield. More»

Ford Sued Over Argentine Abuses
BBC - Fri Feb 24, 2006
Former workers of an Argentine Ford factory are suing the firm over what they say were serious abuses during the military rule of the 1970s and 80s. More»

Venezuela Cuts US Airline Flights
BBC - Fri Feb 24, 2006
Venezuela is cutting flights by US airlines as relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate. More»

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