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Global land grab: Foreign investors are scooping up vast tracts of farmland in some of the world’s hungriest countries to grow crops for export

by Terry J. Allen Truthout August 26, 2011

A 21st-century land rush is on. Driven by fear and lured by promises of high profits, foreign investors are scooping up vast tracts of farmland in some of the world’s hungriest countries to grow crops for export....

For the past decade, hundreds of Afghan war widows have convened on a slope known as Tapaye Zanabad (the hill that women built) building mud hovels by hand and living as a community of sisters.  Photo: Washington Post

Afghan widows form community on Kabul hill

by Joshua Partlow Washington Post August 15, 2011

The hills of this capital stand as monuments to men in battle, topped by crumbling forts and rusted tanks, ancient ramparts and gleaming tombs of kings. One is different but no less a testament to war. It is known as Tapaye Zanabad — the hill that ...

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Indigenous Bolivians march against Amazon road through their homeland, a pristine forest reserve

by BBC News August 15, 2011

Hundreds of Amazonian Indians in Bolivia have begun a long march in protest at the construction of a road through a pristine rainforest reserve....

When food shortages mean conflict

by Christian Parenti Salon July 19, 2011

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Pope says selfish economic models at root of world hunger

by John Thavis Catholic News Service July 1, 2011

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