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Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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FEATURE
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Thai farmers guard fields as rice prices soar
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BANGLANE, Thailand: Crime had never really been a problem in Takham
Uthao’s impoverished rice farming village in central Thailand
until prices for his crop began hitting record highs.
The price of Thai rice jumped 50 percent last
month to levels never before seen, turning the output from
Takham’s paddy fields into a far more valuable commodity just as
the harvest was getting underway.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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UN press freedom prize goes to
crusading Mexican journalist
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PARIS: Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro will be given the
Unesco World Press Freedom Prize for her work exposing political
corruption and organized crime, the UN cultural body said Wednesday.
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Pop meets Pope: US readies rock-star welcome for
Benedict XVI
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WASHINGTON: When Pope Benedict XVI visits the United States next
week, the conservative octogenarian will be regaled with a welcome
befitting a rock star, which is odd, considering his well-known
distaste for pop culture.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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HANOI: Education and media campaigns on food safety must be
raised, local newspaper Vietnam News quoted Vietnamese Deputy Prime
Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung as saying on Thursday.
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