Home
All|
Business |
Technology |
Environment |
Health & Fitness |
Lifestyle |
Entertainment |
Travel |
Politics & Society |
Sports |
RSS
Colombians live in a country that has many resources to produce food. We have plenty of water, the possibility of having all sorts of crops and a variety of animals that are a food source but we are starting to worry about scarcity and the rising cost of...
Related Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
3
Stars 
(0)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is near the end of his political career. And after years as Mayor of Jerusalem and Israel’s leader, Mr. Olmert has finally...
made popular 7 hr. ago
It is so incredibly rare that you would think Siamese twin fish attached at the stomach would never survive.
But at eight months old, these two Nile Tilapia fish in...
made popular 8 hr. ago
The New York Times reports that the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is being linked the the Afghani heroin trade. Ahmed Wali Karzai is being identified as...
made popular 9 hr. ago
The American-led NATO effort in Afghanistan has encountered tough times. The Taliban is operating a fierce insurgency. The Taliban have become so effective that Afghani...
made popular 10 hr. ago
The Democrats remain the only political party to consistently insist on more effective labor market policies for unemployed youths in Nigeria, while opposing...
made popular 11 hr. ago
Its been said that Jesus Crist spent his last days in Kashmir Valley.He learnt about Indian spirtuality and Buddhism here.
made popular Oct 5 2008
When I first started writing here, I promised myself to try my best to keep my other blog going. So far, I have been keeping my promise. I am not posting stuff there as...
made popular Oct 4 2008
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East stated that 20,000 women were raped, including infants and the elderly. Rapes were often performed in public during...
made popular Oct 4 2008
The ’savior’ arrives, but will it work?
Did you light a cigarette at the usual smoking area of your favorite coffee joint yesterday? And then did the same...
made popular Oct 4 2008
Bible tells us that when Adam and Eve disobeyed the command that they not eat the forbidden fruit, God did not immediately punish them. The first thing the ALL-Knowing...
made popular Oct 3 2008
Google Inc., which is celebrating its 10th birthday this month, unveiled a $10 million effort to implement ideas that can “change the world by helping as many...
made popular Oct 2 2008
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday stated that he had in the preceding months, since late 2007, been trying to reach out and attempt to co-opt the Taliban, a...
made popular Oct 2 2008
The problem with democracy is that it is an unjust, intolerant, elitist system perpetrating inequality in the world! and any one can just get up and start a world war...
made popular Oct 1 2008
“More power to users” has been the aim ever since the Instablogs network was launched and there had been many additions in order to accomplish that. While getting...
made popular Oct 1 2008
In the third part of this series, Pakistani analyst Khawar Mehdi tells Pepe Escobar how al- Qaeda after 9/11 reorganized and established itself in North Waziristan in...
made popular Oct 1 2008
The main reasons behind the fall of the rupee are an increased demand for dollars due to a spurt in crude oil prices and the flight of foreign funds from the Indian...
made popular Sep 30 2008
“Don’t worry if you get caught in India. The Indian state will provide you lawyers, human rights organisations would go to town chanting that your human rights have...
made popular Sep 30 2008
India on Tuesday inked a civil nuclear agreement with France, a country that depends overwhelmingly on nuclear power, as Paris became the first capital to sign up to do...
made popular Sep 30 2008
Being the deity of the cosmic fort (Durg) she called “Goddess Durga”. Mother Durga is the embodiment of the divine energy and the creative power. According...
made popular Sep 30 2008
A patient treated for agonising abdominal pain received this surprising news in the hospital’s paperwork: “Based on your visit today, we know you are...
made popular Sep 30 2008
All Stories
Most Recent
Most Popular
Most Commented
Whatever happens with the ongoing negotiation impasse in Zimbabwe, there are social realities that no agreement will be able to reconcile. Even if the process of...
made popular Oct 1 2008
Here comes as a shocker bomb from the US: It seems two Asian emerging giants are responsible for the food crisis all over the globe. First, it was Condoleeza Rice, the...
made popular Sep 13 2008
Drought has once again hit Ethiopia triggering another humanitarian crisis in the country. Ethiopia first caught the attention of the international community 24 years...
made popular Sep 13 2008
Somewhere in the world today, one man or woman (or both) are going to tuck into the finest linens that money can purchase after wining and dining in the finest of...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Food and fuel scarcity is rising high day-by-day. There is a vast gap between the demand and supply of these necessary products. We need an urgent balance to check the...
made popular Jul 15 2008
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.
made popular Jul 4 2008
In a sudden display of urgency and anxiety the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity has announced that it is targeting zero deforestation in the ASEAN...
made popular Jun 21 2008
President Museveni speaking at the commonwealth heads of government conference on reform of international institutions in London re-affirmed that the current global...
made popular Jun 11 2008
Across the Pacific, where so many already depend on aid to survive, governments are nervously planning how to best fight the looming threat of hunger.
made popular Jun 6 2008
At the U.N. Summit held on World Environment Day yesterday, leaders across the world pledged to cut trade barriers and promote agricultural productivity to fight the...
made popular Jun 6 2008
I don’t know whether or not to agree with Australia’s foreign Minister Stephen Smith that Mugabe’s presence at the World Food summit in Italy is obscene.
I am in...
made popular Jun 5 2008
Amplified by the current food crisis, food-deficit countries (countries that can not produce sufficient food for their own production), are now looking beyond their...
made popular Jun 5 2008
I would usually try to say something witty. Something clever or penetrating. This topic is just a little too serious for my usual intellectual flippancy.
I do not...
made popular Jun 4 2008
The dramatic increase in global food prices by 83% over the past three years has literally brought the world to its knees. Envoys from 26 Latin American and Caribbean...
made popular May 30 2008
The world has suddenly been taken unawares by a food crisis. On a local level we are all witness to rising inflation levels where food prices have shot up. Family...
made popular May 20 2008
If you’re the type who worries about the air miles travelled by fruit and veg, then these beauties aren’t for you.
Because they have travelled a little...
made popular May 13 2008
The Jatropha plant is one of the most environment friendly sources of bio fuel
The X-Prize foundation is mostly known for its often eye catching and headline grabbing...
made popular May 12 2008
Inflations means paying more for goods than what you were paying earlier. Not only essential goods see a hike, non-essential items like cigarettes etc would also cost...
made popular May 9 2008
Related Tags
bio-fuel Biofuel China clean fuels crude oil deforestation Environment Ethanol Food Global Hunger India inflation Jatropha Politics & Society Price Rise U.S. UN United States X prize 