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 The Manila Times
Surging food prices bite across Asia
| From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest, experts warn. | A billi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Asia BIo Fuel Food Inflation Photos |
 The Australian
Search for victims as tornadoes kill 18
| SENECA, Missouri: A tornado that spun across the Oklahoma-Missouri border killed at least 18 people as severe storms raked the the US midwest on Saturday, injuring many and mangling buildings in the... (photo: NOAA / Saperaud)
Climate Disaster Missouri Oklahoma Photos |
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 The Australian
News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated
| Will Hutton, in The Observer, on why it is a bit premature to concede the 21st century to China or India | THE fashionable view is that the US economy is a busted flush... (photo: AP Photo / kalpana)
China Economy India Photos US |
 Examiner
Tornado death toll climbs to 14 in Missouri
SENECA, Mo. (Map, News) - Crews continued searching for survivors and culling through the wreckage of demolished homes Sunday after a killer tornado swept through this sp... (photo: creative commons / )
Calamity Disaster Missouri Photos Tornado |
 Houston Chronicle
Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear
TOOLS | BISMARCK, N.D. - Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good for business - if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country are dusting off their old two-wheelers - or ... (photo: Public Domain Photo / PeteJMitchell)
Bicycle Gas Photos Prices Transportation |
 San Diego
Scientists probe recent coyote attacks in California
LOS ANGELES - The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park - but it was still dangerous. It snapped its jaws on the girl's buttocks and h... (photo: GFDL)
Attacks Coyote Photos Scientists Wildlife |
 San Diego
Wisconsin remains tops in cheese competition with California
MILWAUKEE - Cheeseheads don't need to be bleu: Experts say predictions that California will soon overtake Wisconsin as the nation's top cheese producer are unlikely to co... (photo: WN / James)
Business Cheese Food Market Photos |
 Examiner
High demand, price of rice good news to US farmers
WILLIAMS, Calif. (Map, News) - Dipping its left wing, a canary-yellow biplane makes a sharp turn and dives over a flooded field, showering rice on the shallow water fifte... (photo: Creative Commons / miya)
Agriculture Economy Food Photos Society |
 Turkish Press
Obama builds momentum after superdelegates win
| Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama speaks to reporters in Bend, Oregon. Obama surpassed Hillary Clinton for the first time in the fight for the all-important ... (photo: AP / Elaine Thompson)
Election New York Photos Politics US |
 The Wichita Eagle
Notable moments in Clinton's quest
The Associated Press | 2007 | "I'M IN" | -Jan. 20: Hillary Rodham Clinton announces she's running for president from a perch on her living room couch. "Let the conversati... (photo: Creative Commons / David Quinn from Little Rock, United States)
Election New York Photos Politics US Washington |
 San Diego
Alcoholics could be pushed to treatment
SAN DIEGO - Parks, maybe. Alleys, for sure. Doorways are always an option because they provide cover. | Hard-core alcoholics forced off San Diego beaches because of the r... (photo: WN / patricia)
Alcohol Ban People Photos Police |
 San Diego
It's nearing sink or swim time for city and its kids
Children grow up so quickly these days. | One minute they're out on the front lawn, selling lemonade to neighbors. The next, they're off at San Diego State, selling drugs... (photo: Public domain / )
Drugs Kids Photos Police School |
