The price rise is a fallout of record oil prices, US farmers switching out of cereals to grow biofuel crops, extreme weather and growing demand from countries like India and China, the FAO said. The price rise is a fallout of record oil prices, US farmers. shelves in Caracas have been witnessed in the recent past which was. Meanwhile, there is shortage of beef, chicken and milk in the. Reports say that there are 854 million hungry people in the world. Wheat has doubled in price, maize is...

More Photos RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that all sides want to reach a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians before President Bush leaves office, and Bush's top diplomat welcomed what could be the start of the first serious bargaining in seven years. More Photos RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday that all sides want to reach a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians before President Bush leaves...

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Leaders of the cotton and rice producer groups have balked at stricter payment limitations, calling them an attack on their way of life because the cost of production per acre is higher for their crops. Also, as the person who often tries to bring state and national Farm Bureau members together, he knows there are big regional differences in perspective. Until it is finalized, they are hesitant to agree to a farm bill that cuts commodity payments, even though they might support that idea...

By Nora Boustany Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, November 2, 2007; Page A15 Maung Maung, a Burmese activist who charted democracy protests from the Thai-Burmese border this summer, yesterday urged the Congressional Human Rights Caucus to pursue stronger sanctions against the country's military government, saying the generals had not succeeded in suppressing the uprising. By Nora Boustany Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, November 2, 2007; Page A15 Maung Maung, a Burmese...