US scrambles to address world food crisis Dan Eggen Washington Post April 26, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)  Food crisis Is depicted as 'silent tsunami'--sharp price hikes leave many millions hungry Kevin Sullivan Washington Post April 23, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Bush releases $200 million in emergency food aid Reuters April 15, 2008 UN body urges agricultural reforms to stave off food crisis Angela Balakrishnan The Guardian April 15, 2008 (You will leave this site.) World Bank tackles food crisis BBC News  April 13, 2008 IMF head gives food price warning (You will leave this site.)  BBC News  April 13, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  More world food and hunger crisis stories

Leaders of Mexico and Canada back President Bush on trade Steven Lee Myers New York Times April 23, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  See Hunger Notes special report Trade and hunger

A man places photographs of people murdered or missing, allegedly because of paramilitary groups, on the fence of the Costa Rican Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. Photo: William Fernando Martinez/Associated Press

Cousin of Colombia's president arrested in death squad probe Juan Forero Washington Post April 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

Former bishop wins Paraguay presidency, ending the Colorado party’s 62-year rule Alexi Barrionuevo New York Times April 21, 2008 (You will leave this site.)

In Sri Lanka, local government workers, like this man from the Colombo Municipal Council, are regularly deployed to spray insecticide in homes, gardens and along roadways islandwide. Photo: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN

Eradicating malaria worldwide seen as a distant goal, at best  David Brown  Washington Post April 26, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

Venezuela 'to tax oil windfall'  BBC News  April 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  Exxon Mobil acts to freeze Venezuelan oil assets; Venezuela denies full freeze BBC News  February 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  See Hunger Notes special report: Global issues: harmful economic systems and 2007 Venezuela oil nationalization stories

Ecuador’s leader purges military and moves to expel American base  Simon Romero New York Times April 21 2008 (You will leave this site. Ecuador plans foreign bases ban, ending US base there BBC News  April 2, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  See Hunger Notes special report on development and military aid 

Court slows Bolivian reform BBC News  March 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.)

Militia groups claim to offer protection to poor communities Photo: AP

Brazilians look to regional force to root out death squads Monte Reel Washington Post March 18, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Vigilantes take over Rio shanty towns Gary Duffy BBC News March 4, 2008 (You will leave this site.)

Soaring food prices putting US emergency aid in peril Anthony Faiola Washington Post March 1, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)  Millions more face starvation because of rising food prices and large food aid budget deficit, UN says Julian Borger The Guardian February 26, 2008  UN warns over food aid rationing BBC News  February 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Grain price increases hit poor countries BBC News  February 14, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

 The Colombian raid inside Ecuador left  17 rebels dead including FARC leader Raul Reyes.  Photo: AP

Leaders say Colombia crisis over  BBC News  March 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Ecuador and Venezuela cut ties with Colombia over cross-border raid BBC News  March 4, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  FARC aura of invincibility shattered Jeremy McDermott BBC News  March 1, 2008

Colombians in Cali demonstrate against the FARC. Photo: AP

FARC releases 4 of 40 political hostages it holds; thousands of other hostages still captive as well BBC News  February 28, 2008 (You will leave this site.)  Colombians in huge FARC protest BBC News  February 4, 2008

Brazil unveils anti-poverty drive BBC News February 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

Drug resistant TB 'at new high' BBC News  February 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

 Nutritional supplements and education are helping to save the lives of displaced children in the Central African Republic. Photo: © UNICEF/Holtz

Governments fail to invest enough to prevent malnutrition IRIN  February 22, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

US sanctions on businessman target Syria's inner sanctum Robin Wright Washington Post February 22, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems

Fidel Castro announces retirement, ending 49 years in power BBC News  February 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

Grain price increases hit poor countries BBC News  February 14, 2008 (You will leave this site.) 

Wealthy neighbors need Bolivia's gas Monte Reel Washington Post February 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)

The rate of mangrove loss is higher than the loss of any other forest type. Mangroves protect coastal areas against erosion, cyclones and wind. Mangrove forests provide habitats for many animals like crocodiles and snakes, tigers, deer, otters, dolphins and birds. A wide range of fish and shellfish also depends on these coastal forests. Photo: FAO

An alarming 20 percent of mangrove forest area has been destroyed since 1980 Food & Agriculture Organization  February 8, 2008

A single crossing point allowed Palestinians to return to Gaza as Egyptian troops seal border. Photo AFP

Egyptian troops seal border with the Gaza Strip, ending 12 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians. BBC News  February 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.)

Palestinians flooded over the border as the wall tumbled down. Photo: AFP