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...years of neglect took their toll on the world's farmers, laying the groundwork for a crisis. During the Green Revolution in India, for example, crop yields routinely grew at 4% to 6% a year; by the late 1980s, the annual increase had fallen to 2% or less. At the same time, demand for food increased. As consumers in high-growth giants such as China and India became wealthier, they began eating more meat, so grain once used for human consumption got diverted to beef up livestock. Making matters worse, land and resources also got reallocated to produce biofuels. Once...
Palestinian peace activist Dr. Izzeldin M. Abuelaish said yesterday that Israelis and Palestinians must communicate with each other to lay the groundwork for a lasting peace...
...country that followed the 2008 elections as if it was one of their own in the race. Observers in Indonesia believe a visit next year will not only give the President more time to spend here with his family, but will allow the two countries to prepare the groundwork for a much-anticipated "comprehensive partnership" that could be announced while he is here. A resumption of the Peace Corps is expected to be announced, along with other promises of financial aid. "This is going to be a new type of relationship and will have some meaning like 'Most Favored Nation...
...started a facebook group, and after two weeks, we had 25 guys coming,” Eggers said. “We would start out with basic drills, and every week was alternating between two days of striking and one day of groundwork, or the other way around...
...concern to us," he said after meetings in Beijing. Coincidentally - or not - the Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea has just returned from his own meetings in Beijing. A leading North Korea watcher in Seoul, Cheong Seong Chang, a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute, believes the groundwork is being set for Beijing-hosted three-way talks among the U.S., North Korea and China, at which the Chinese will "sneak out of the room, leaving the two sworn enemies" to talk. (See pictures of the rise of Kim Jong...