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...warehouses hoarding rice, while over 50 Bangladeshi workers were injured in hunger riots as even their government was unable to buy any rice at all last week. Crowds in Thailand rioted so much over food shortages that government elections were postponed. Closer to the U.S., Haiti’s Prime Minister was forced to resign following hunger riots that killed 4 and injured 20, and the poor there are now eating mud patties mixed with oil and sugar because they cannot afford anything more...
Militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr aired his sternest threat yet to the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, vowing "open war" unless the U.S.-backed military assault on his followers ends...
...There are those who questioned whether or not the prime minister was prepared to go after militias that were associated one way or another with political elements in his coalition," Rice said. "I think he's answering that question...
...After its naval success against the Somali pirates, the French government called for the United Nations to create an international force to fight maritime piracy. French Prime Minister François Fillon said "France would naturally be ready to participate" in an UN-mandated force to "work to secure the waterways of this region...
...Bush Administration has praised Canada's conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, for his commitment to the war. But its toll has unnerved Canadian citizens and opposition leaders. A recent poll showed that 47% of Canadians wanted their soldiers to leave Afghanistan immediately, and only 17% supported maintaining a combat role...