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Food Riots

Poor Countries Blame Western Biofuels For High Food Prices

Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Ethanol, Food Riots, Rise in Food Prices, Higher Food Prices, Global Markets, Biofuels, Food Prices, Business News

Western countries are feeling political and moral heat from poor countries over their use of biofuels. The New York Times reports: The idea of turn...

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Food Riots Skyrocket, World Leaders Have No Solutions

Wall Street Journal | BOB DAVIS, DOUGLAS BELKIN | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Higher Prices, Finance Ministers, Food Shortages, Food Riots, Robert Zoellick, Commodity Prices, World Bank, Jacques Edouard Alexis, Bio-Fuels, Haiti, Corn-Based Ethanol, Global Food Prices, Ethanol, Global Financial Crisis, Surging Prices, Global Riots, Business News

Finance ministers gathered this weekend to grapple with the global financial crisis also struggled with a problem that has plagued the world periodica...

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Egypt Grants Bonuses After Deadly Food Riots

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Nile Delta Factory, Egypt, Food Riots, Global Inflation, Egypt Unrest, Egypt Riots, United Nations, Business News

MAHALLA EL-KOBRA, Egypt — Egypt rushed Tuesday to grant bonuses to workers after two days of deadly riots over high food prices and low wages wr...

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