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mon 4/28/2008

 
The price of rice is on the rise. A plate of beans, rice and tacos.prevnext

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The price of rice, a staple in half the countries around the world, has risen by nearly 70 percent since the beginning of the year. Josette Sheeran of the United Nations: "This is the new face of hunger – the millions of people who were not in the urgent hunger category six months ago, but now are."

 
 

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