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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 Herman, Asia Times, G7 loses grip on global policy to O5
May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Chart, Open Left, Global Suicide Pact: Darfur Engine, Pt 1 .... Part 2
5/08/08 Morris, BBC, Can Tanzania reap bumper harvests?
5/08/08 Raja M, Asia Times Public water, privately bottled profits
May 7, 2008
May 6, 2008
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Sheikh & Mohamed, Reuters, Mogadishu rocked by food demonstrations
5/05/08 Pinglay, BBC, No let up in India farm suicides
May 4, 2008
5/04/08 Al Jazeera, Asian bank unveils food aid plan
May 3, 2008
5/03/08 Saleh, BBC, Food price crisis bites in Egypt
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 Lungescu, BBC, Detained migrants riot in Belgium
5/02/08 Felsenthal & Hughes, Reuters, Global central banks extend lifeline to credit markets
5/02/08 Kirchoff, USA Today, Surplus U.S. food supplies dry up
May 1, 2008
5/01/08 Al Jazeera, Bolivia nationalises key firms
April 30, 2008
4/30/08 MacInnis, CSM, U.N. pledges aid for farmers
April 29, 2008
4/29/08 Macan-Markar, IPS, ASIA: Food Crisis Adds to Women's Burden
4/29/08 Morgan, WP, Emptying the Breadbasket
4/29/08 Foulkes, BBC, UN chiefs hold food crisis summit
4/29/08 Bryson, Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage food prices soar with fuel costs
4/29/08 Shlachter, Star-Telegram, North Texas stores report run on gourmet rice
4/29/08 Raja M, Asia TImes, India's inflation fans futures anger
April 28, 2008
4/28/08 Faiola, WP, Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice
4/28/08 Al Jazeera, UN condemns biofuels growth
April 27, 2008
4/27/08 Faiola, WP, The New Economics of Hunger
4/27/08 Barbaro & Dash, NYT, Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt
4/27/08 Lowenstein, NYT, Triple-A Failure - Home mortgage debacle
April 26, 2008
4/26/08 Loyn, BBC, Punjab reaps a poisoned harvest
April 25, 2008
April 24, 2008
4/24/08 Clark et al, Guardian, Shops ration sales of rice as US buyers panic
4/24/08 Kirby, BBC, EU deal on immigrant detentions
April 23, 2008
4/23/08 Al Jazeera, Latin American food fund started
4/23/08 Baldauf & Ford, CSM, China slammed for arming Zimbabwe's Mugabe
April 22, 2008
4/22/08 Arend, WSJ, Load Up the Pantry
4/22/08 Stratton, Guardian, Biofuels starving our people, leaders tell UN
4/22/08 Montero, CSM, Roots of Asia's rice crisis
April 21, 2008
4/21/08 Quigley, Truthout, America's Role in Haiti's Hunger Riots
April 20, 2008
4/20/08 Brabrant, BBC, Greek farmers clash with migrants
4/20/08 Lean, Independent, Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth
April 19, 2008
4/19/08 Wallace, Wired, South Korean workers on edge of burnout
4/19/08 Loyn, BBc, WTO chief calls for aid rethink
April 18, 2008
4/18/08 Roig-Franzia, WP, Mexicans Get Less Aid From Migrants
4/18/08 Landler, NYT, Iceland, a Tiny Dynamo, Loses Steam
4/18/08 Osborne, Guardian, Mixed mortgage market 'set to worsen'
4/18/08 Ahn & GRAIN, FPIF, Food Safety on the Butcher's Block
April 17, 2008
4/17/08 Al Jazeera, Russia turns Libya debts to deals
April 16, 2008
4/16/08 Al Jazeera, UN warns of N Korea food shortage
April 15, 2008
4/15/08 Rizvi, One World, US Congress to Address Poor Country Debts
4/15/08 Rocha & Anderson, FPIF, Three Amigos Summit
4/15/08 Rocha & Anderson, FPIF, Three Amigos Summit
4/15/08 Rizvi, Asia Times, World Bank burns credibility
4/15/08 Ramachandran, Asia TImes, India learns its oil lessons
4/15/08 Macan-Markar, Asia Times, Deadly struggle for migrants in Thailand
April 14, 2008
4/14/08 Denning, Daily Reckoning, Food, Fuel and Finance: The Crisis of the Three F's
4/14/08 Rohr, BBC, Made in China
4/14/08 Birtley, Al Jazeera, Bangladesh children toil to survive
April 13, 2008
4/13/08 Stewart & Elliott, Guardian, Darling calls for urgent review of biofuel policies
4/13/08 Bridges et al, Miami Herald, Grocery bills spark deadly riots, trigger inflation
April 12, 2008
4/12/08 Al Jazeera, Food prices fuel security fears
April 11, 2008
4/11/08 Mirchandani, BBC, US rice growers go against the grain
4/11/08 Al Jazeera, The recipe for food rights
4/11/08 Trumbull, CSM, Inflation hits consumers worldwide
4/11/08 Al Jazeera, Food prices stir poverty concern
4/11/08 Bello, Asia Times, Capitalism at stake in climate crisis
April 10, 2008
4/10/08 Grynbaum, NYT, U.S. Trade Deficit Grows Unexpectedly
4/10/08 Redman, FPIF, The World Bank's Carbon Deals
4/10/08 Barclay, CSM, Uprooted Kenyans long to return home
April 9, 2008
4/09/08 BBC, Eskom wants power prices doubled (South Africa)
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 Schifferres, BBC, Credit crunch costs '$1 trillion'
April 7, 2008
4/07/08 Krugman, NYT, Grains Gone Wild
4/07/08 Thakurta, BBC, Is India facing a food crisis?
April 6, 2008
4/06/08 Thakurta, IPS, INDIA: Taking on China in Africa
April 5, 2008
April 4, 2008
April 3, 2008
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Black, BBC, GM seeds can 'last for 10 years'
March 31, 2008
3/31/08 Greco, FPIF, World Bank Climate Profiteering
March 30, 2008
3/30/08 Al Jazeera, Hopes fade for Tanzanian miners
March 29, 2008
March 28, 2008
3/28/08 Belcher, Al Jazeera, Asian rice crisis starts to bite
March 27, 2008
3/27/08 Kate, CSM, Grain prices soar globally
March 26, 2008
3/26/08 Abramsky, ITT, Blue Collar, Bare Cupboards
3/26/08 Noland, Asia Times, Nationalization and dislocation
3/26/08 Helmer, Asia Times, IMF blows whistle on Tajik corruption
March 25, 2008
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 O'Neall, Intel Daily, The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see Virtually the full documentary is on YouTube from Neospeaker in 10 parts.
March 23, 2008
March 21, 2008
March 20, 2008
3/20/08 Rogoff, Asia Times, An inflation reality check
March 17, 2008
3/17/08 Al Jazeera, World leaders 'share Kenya blame'
March 15, 2008
3/15/08 Sparrow, Asia Times, Philippines exporting labor and sex
March 14, 2008
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 AL Jazeera, Chinese 'arming Darfur conflict'
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Al Jazeera, Warning over world food shortages
3/12/08 Liu, Asia TImes, The Shape of US Populism, Part 1
March 11, 2008
3/11/08 Harman, CSM, Who's buying Burma's gems?
3/11/08 Ehrenreich, Nation, The Fall of the American Consumer
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 Al Jazeera, Activists block Brazil railway
3/10/08 Olsen, IPS, Go Green, Save the Indigenous
3/10/08 Tisdall, Guardian, Sudan rounds on western critics
March 9, 2008
March 7, 2008
March 6, 2008
3/06/08 Macan-Markar, Asia Times, Rice now too costly to give away
March 5, 2008
3/05/08 Campbell, Guardian, Drug cartels running rampant, says UN
3/05/08 Nizza, NYT, Zimbabwe Dollar Slides to New Low
3/05/08 Lydersen, ITT, Salties Ordered to Swish and Spit
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 Shah, Global Issues, Poverty Facts and Stats
March 3, 2008
3/03/08 Treanor, Guardian, US woes weigh on HSBC
March 2, 2008
3/02/08 Hill & McKie, Guardian, The clones are coming - to a supermarket near you
February 29, 2008
February 27, 2008
2/27/08 Scherer, CSM, Wheat prices hit record high
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Docena, FPIF, In the Dragon's Lair
February 25, 2008
February 24, 2008
2/24/08 Mesure & Bloomfield, Independent, Fairtrade Profits Rise, but is the Small Farmer Missing Out?
February 22, 2008
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Escobar, Asia TImes, Slouching towards Petroeurostan
February 20, 2008
2/20/08 Travis & Wintour, Guardian, Migrants must earn citizenship, says Brown
February 19, 2008
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Feffer, FPIF, What Does Africa Owe?
2/18/07 Al Jazeera, Protests over trade deal hit Peru
February 17, 2008
2/14/08 Sanchez, SanFran Chron, Venezuela Halts Crude Oil Sales to Exxon Mobil
February 16, 2008
2/16/08 Roughneen, Asia Times, East Timor faces new rebel threat
February 15, 2008
February 14, 2008
2/14/08 AL Jazeera, Zimbabwe inflation soars further
February 13, 2008
2/13/08 Guru, Asia TImes, Oil crisis rush hour
2/13/08 Hutchinson, Asia TImes, Financial models head for scrap heap
February 12, 2008
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 Ramakrishan & Joshi, Reuters, IMF sees sharp U.S. slowdown
February 10, 2008
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 Bloomfield, Independent, Somalia: The World's forgotten catastrophe
2/09/08 Al Jazeera, Banks urged to disclose losses
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 Kohlstedt, FPIF, Mexicans Say: Integrate This!
2/08/08 Al Jazeera, EU loses banana battle at WTO
2/08/08 Collyns, BBC, Draft law sparks protests in Peru
2/08/08 Hsing, Asia Times, Toxic globalization
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Walker, BBC, World 'divided on globalisation'
February 6, 2008
February 5, 2008
2/05/08 Fortson, Independent,
February 4, 2008
2/04/08 Kielberger, Toronto Star, Obesity Becoming World Crisis
2/04/08 Mercer, BBC, Aboriginal languages 'dying out'
February 3, 2008
February 1, 2008
January 31, 2008
1/31/08 Hooker & Bogdanich, NYT, Tainted Drugs Tied to Maker of Abortion Pill
1/31/08 Aslam, Asia Times, IMF cuts growth guess and confidences
January 30, 2008
January 29, 2008
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Deutch, Boston Globe, Mass Killings Under Suharto Recalled
1/28/08 Tierney, NYT, Cultural Imperialism at the W.H.O.?
January 27, 2008
1/27/08 Chang & Hall, McClatchy, How will the world weather America's economic storm?
January 26, 2008
January 25, 2008
1/25/08 Weber, BBC, Top companies join poverty fight
January 24, 2008
1/25/08 Wallace, CSM, Power cuts cripple Southern Africa
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Al Jazeera, Davos opens amid economic turmoil
January 22, 2008
1/22/08 Pearlstein, WP, More Room to Fall
1/22/08 Cooke, Reuters, Wall Street joins global equity plunge
January 21, 2008
1/21/08 Hoking & Lewis, TimesOnline, US recession fears wipe £77bn from London shares
January 20, 2008
1/20/08 Templeton & Kellaway, Guardian, These were the days that shook the world
January 19, 2008
1/19/08 Peta, Independent, Zimbabwe forced to issue record bank note
January 17, 2008
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 Aslam, Asia Times, Myanmar's gem trade loses its shine
January 15, 2008
January 14, 2008
January 13, 2008
1/13/08 Townsend, Guardian, Libya key transit for UK-bound migrants
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Faiola & Tse, WP, Fears About Economy Increase
1/12/08 Foley, Independent, US hit by price rises in Chinese imports
January 11, 2008
January 10, 2008
January 9, 2008
1/09/08 Hutchinson, Asia Times, Eroding Western living standards
January 8, 2008
January 7, 2008
January 6, 2008
January 5, 2008
January 4, 2008
1/04/08 Krugman, NYT, Dealing With the Dragon
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Tobar, LAT, Mexican Farmers Protest NAFTA
January 2, 2008
January 1, 2008
December 31, 2007
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 AL Jazeera, Ebay launches microlending website
December 29, 2007
December 28, 2007
12/28/07 Truthout, Klein Interview - Shock Doctrine video
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Gettleman, NYT, Malnutrition Up in Darfur Despite Aid
December 26, 2007
December 25, 2007
December 24, 2007
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Story & Barboza, NYT, The Recalls' Aftershocks
12/22/07 Al Jazeera, US snubs Taiwan's UN referendum
December 21, 2007
12/21/07 Al Jazeera, Chavez offers 'oil for food'
12/21/07 Al Jazeera, Chavez offers 'oil for food'
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank's fears for economy point to gloomy 2008
12/20/07 Dugan, Independent, Asylum-seekers from Congo face deportation
December 19, 2007
December 18, 2007
12/18/07 Foley, Independent, Millions at stake as credit crisis gets legal
12/18/07 Trumbull, CSM, Now, world buoys U.S. economy
December 17, 2007
December 16, 2007
December 15, 2007
December 14, 2007
12/14/07 O'Grady, Independent, Inflation expectations 'highest in years'
December 12, 2007
12/12/07 Wearden, Guardian, FTSE weaker after US shares slide
December 11, 2007
12/11/07 Weisman, NYT, China and U.S. in Food Safety Accord
December 10, 2007
12/10/07 Polgreen, NYT, Congo Republic Awash in Oil and Poverty
12/10/07 Landler, NYT, UBS Sells Stake After Write-Down
12/10/07 Al Jazeera, Sinking kills migrants off Turkey
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Schweimler, BBC, S America set to launch new bank
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 Skelton, Independent, Choc tactics: Cocoa co-operatives
December 6, 2007
December 5, 2007
December 4, 2007
12/04/07 Griffin, Independent, Are we in for a China crisis?
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 Zizek, ITT, China's Valley of Tears
12/03/07 Guardian, Flattened forests - Papua video
12/03/07 Frayssinet, IPS, BRAZIL: Sanitation for All...in 115 Years
December 2, 2007
December 1, 2007
November 30, 2007
November 29, 2007
November 28, 2007
November 27, 2007
11/27/07 Yoshikane, ITT, Public Libraries For Profit
November 25, 2007
11/25/07 Doward, Guardian, Teachers: help us cope with migrants
November 23, 2007
November 22, 2007
November 21, 2007
November 20, 2007
November 18, 2007
November 14, 2007
November 13, 2007
November 12, 2007
11/12/07 Bello, FPIF, Power, Passion, and Neoliberalism - Shock Doctrine Review
November 11, 2007
11/11/07 Connon, Guardian, Is it the end of the world for big banks?
November 10, 2007
November 9, 2007
11/09/07 Adow, Al Jazeera, Niger's threatened nomads
11/09/07 O'Grady, Independent, How China is eating the world
November 8, 2007
11/08/07 Trumbull, CSM, Dollar, oil prices hint of inflation
11/08/07 Grynsbaum & Goodwin, NYT, Global Markets Down After U.S. Sell-Off
November 6, 2007
11/06/07 Lawrence & Griffiths, Guardian, Revealed: How Multinational Companies Avoid The Taxman
November 5, 2007
11/05/07 Greenlees, NYT, PetroChina Shares Triple in Debut
November 4, 2007
November 3, 2007
November 1, 2007
11/01/07 Gumbel, Independent, How giant stores changed face of America
October 31, 2007
10/31/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank of China takes $322m sub-prime hit
10/31/07 Akande, Odilli, World Bank woos Africans in the Diaspora
October 30, 2007
10/30/07 Buncombe, Independent, India's march of the dispossessed
October 29, 2007
October 28, 2007
10/28/07 BBC, < href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7065888.stm">Indian landless march into Delhi
October 27, 2007
10/27/07 Pilger, Guardian, The politics of hypocrisy
October 26, 2007
October 25, 2007
October 22, 2007
October 21, 2007
October 20, 2007
October 19, 2007
10/19/07 Popham, Independent, Five million Burmese are going hungry, warns UN
October 18, 2007
10/18/07 Schapiro, Nation, Toxic Toys
October 17, 2007</