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• Flooding stirs chaos, desperation in Haiti
GONAIVES, Haiti - Floodwaters frustrated efforts by Argentine peacekeepers to distribute food at orphanages marooned by Tropical Storm Hanna on Thursday. They hunkered down in their base as desperate people begged for food and water outside the gates ...
• Ethanol, once darling, is losing some luster
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Ethanol's wild ride has brought it quickly from political golden child to scapegoat for everything from soaring food prices and world hunger to pork-barrel spending. This week, the Republican Party in its national platform called ...
• Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast
These places throughout the world where Third World populations live within a meter of sea level and grow a lot of their food within a meter of sea level, they're the ones who are really going to be hurt," Pfeffer said.
• Critics dispute Michelin regard for Tokyo food
A couple stand in front of a Japanese restaurant during a lunch hour in Tokyo, Japan. Paris might still be good if you've got a big wad of cash and want the best of the best. But Tokyo is really where it's at food-wise. TOKYO - Paris might still be ...
• Jobs data highlight voters' top concern
For now, the best hope is that the Federal Reserve’s deep cuts in interest rates will help pull the housing market out of its slump before higher food and energy costs spark a persistent bout of inflation.