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Rush to use crops as fuel raises food prices and hunger fears
The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed.
Burundi: Former child soldiers ‘languishing in poverty’
The lucky ones among Burundi’s 3,421 former child soldiers who went through a demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) process returned to school but most languish in poverty, with little to do, officials told IRIN.
Showdown for Ivory Coast rivals—heavy fighting near Gbagbo residence
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In Syria, many uneasy about where a power struggle might lead. The majority Sunni Muslims want power while the minority Alawite sect is determined to keep it—civil war might erupt as a result
CAIRO — When anti-government protesters buried their dead last week in southern Syria, their chants made clear that the divisions now coursing through Syria run even deeper than politics.
US-Colombia trade pact faces hurdles–key Democratic legislator says Colombia needs significant improvement in labor rights and worker protection
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China activist Liu Xianbin jailed for 10 years
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Ivory Coast: One million refugees feared, UNHCR says
Up to one million people may have fled their homes because of violence following Ivory Coast’s disputed elections, the UN refugee agency says.The UNHCR says most had run away from recent violence in Abidjan.
Aid agencies are said to be unable to reach parts of the west where forces loyal to disputed President Laurent Gbagbo have been losing ground.France has circulated a draft resolution at the UN calling for sanctions against Mr Gbagbo.This follows a calls for UN sanctions and tougher action to oust him by West African leaders.
Sudan preventing food, health care from reaching Darfur, Catholic Relief says
The Sudanese government is preventing aid organizations from delivering food and health services to hundreds of thousands of people in the conflict-ridden Darfur region of the country, according to one of the largest remaining groups there.
Shady dealings helped Qaddafi build fortune and regime–Colonel Qaddafi’s family and his government have accumulated billions of dollars with the help of international corporations
WASHINGTON — In 2009, top aides to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi called together 15 executives from global energy companies operating in Libya’s oil fields and issued an extraordinary demand: Shell out the money for his country’s $1.5 billion bill for its role in the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 and other terrorist attacks.
