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May 28, 2008
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How Ethanol Fuels the Food Crisis
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Food prices are rising rapidly across the globe, threatening many of the world's poor with starvation. In this update to their May/June 2007 article, "How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor," C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer argue that the heavily subsidized ethanol industry is exacerbating the food crisis and harming the environment.
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Mugabe's Last Stand
May 8, 2008
On March 29, Zimbabweans voted in presidential and parliamentary elections. More than a month later, the government of Robert Mugabe released results of a "recount," showing a narrow opposition victory that fell short of the 50 percent required to avoid a runoff. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) claims that it won an outright majority and that the government had ample time to distort the election results. . . . Read more
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Blame the Banks
April 9, 2008
Sebastian Mallaby's Foreign Affairs article defending hedge funds appeared in January 2007, before the onslaught of credit market turmoil. More than a year later, hedge funds still appear to need allies wherever they can get them. . . . Read more
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Tibet's Tiananmen?
March 26, 2008
On March 14, anti-Chinese riots erupted in Lhasa, Tibet. Chinese security forces suppressed crowds with teargas and bullets in what has become the most violent confrontation there in two decades. The Tibetan government-in-exile claimed Chinese forces killed over 100 people, while Beijing claims only 19 have died. Tibet's exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, urged his followers and the Chinese to refrain from violence while the Chinese government blamed him directly for fomenting the unrest. . . . Read more
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