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...McCloskey, external-affairs counselor for Catholic Relief Services: "The situation will remain fairly desperate over the coming year. The harvest is better, but the number of people in need will remain high." Another problem is that little has been done to make African agriculture more resilient. Few of the drought-prone countries have grain reserves, and a lack of rain next year could easily wipe out this year's gains. "The emphasis is still on feeding the person, not helping him to produce," says Saouma...
...Sport After five years of touchdown drought, Notre Dame Coach Gerry Faust resigns, and Minnesota's Lou Holtz gets...
...matter how they spend the rest of the day, millions of people around the world start it off with a cup of coffee. Almost one-third of that coffee is grown in Brazil, where the worst drought of the century has recently devastated much of the crop. As a result, caffeine lovers will probably soon be forced to pay more for their morning jolt...
...rise in coffee prices could be slowed if other coffee producers, including Indonesia, Colombia and the Ivory Coast, increase exports. The International Coffee Organization, a 75-nation cartel, will meet in London this week to discuss the world market situation in the face of Brazil's drought...
After 13 years of chasing the Ivy title, the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team finally reached its goal this season. The Crimson, which last won the championship in 1992, beat out rival Princeton, winners of eight championships during Harvard’s title drought...