May 9, 2008, Gainesville Sun High Prices for Staple Foods Dip, but...
	HONG KONG After months of startling increases, the prices of rice, wheat, soybeans and several other foods have come down recently, a development that could ease some of the panic in global food...
	May 9, 2008, IPS CHINA:
	BEIJING, May 9 (IPS) - Rattled by rapidly rising global grain prices, China is looking at strategies to ensure long-term food security for its 1.3 billion people such as procuring farmland overseas and opposing the formation of any international grain price-fixing...
	May 9, 2008, Inter Press Service CHINA: Buying Farmland Abroad, Enusri...
	By Antoaneta Bezlova BEIJING, May 9 (IPS) - Rattled by rapidly rising global grain prices, China is looking at strategies to ensure long-term food security for its...
	May 9, 2008, Checkbiotech Drive 800 miles or feed a person for ...
	Arguments for and against using crops to make fuel are no longer focusing on energy ratios or 'independence from foreign oil' or feel-good...
	May 9, 2008, Energy Current Biofuel debate kicks up a storm in U...
	WASHINGTON D.C.: Members of the U.S. Congress are questioning the government's move to step up biofuel use in the country, in light of surging food...
	May 9, 2008, IAfrica.com Biofuels backlash
	Â' Rude food awakening Â' Prayer at the pump Â' No more mining deaths Â' Credit where it's due Â' The right risk Â' Organ failure Â' Bin Laden's biblical bridge Today, 09 May 2008 Yesterday, 08 May 2008 Aid agencies are facing an unexpected problem keeping Myanmar cyclone survivors...
	May 9, 2008, Chicago Daily Herald Global food shortage rooted in deteri...
	WASHINGTON -- Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted...
	May 9, 2008, Environmental Expert Food as fuel - are biofuels to blame?
	The United Nations has accused the US and the European Union of having taken the 'criminal path' by contributing to an explosive rise in global food prices through using food crops to produce...
	May 9, 2008, Signon San Diego Prices of rice, other staples droppin...
	HONG KONG After months of startling increases, the prices of rice, wheat, soybeans and several other foods have come down recently, a development that could ease some of the panic in global food...
	May 9, 2008, Seacoast Online Local businessman testifies against U...
	KITTERY, Maine A local businessman told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday that the government's push to find an alternative to foreign oil has led to rising grain prices that threaten his...
	May 9, 2008, Calibre Macro World Varsity Researchers Put Smiles On the...
	(The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX News Network) -- Farmers have a reason to cheer after discovery of a banana variety which is more resistant to...
	May 9, 2008, All Africa Kenya: Varsity Researchers Put Smiles...
	Samwel Kumba Nairobi Farmers have a reason to cheer after discovery of a banana variety which is more resistant to pests. Three scientists at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology led by Esther Kahangi have strengthened the popular tissue culture banana to resist devastating pest which...
	May 9, 2008, Brainerd Daily Dispatch Overlooked in the global food crisis:...
	WASHINGTON Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted...
	May 9, 2008, Daily Nation Varsity researchers put smiles on the...
	Farmers have a reason to cheer after discovery of a banana variety which is more resistant to pests. Prof Kahangi who is largely credited with the tissue culture banana- high yield variety that matures early- teamed up with Mr Peter Mwaura and Ms Catherine...
	May 9, 2008, South Asian Journal Biofuels backlash in US
	WASHINGTON: A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the...
	May 9, 2008, KFMB-TV Overlooked In The Global Food Crisis:...
	at 3:37PM WASHINGTON -- Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding. Now the problem is the dirt they're planted...
	May 9, 2008, Electronic Technology Microsoft and Hyundai-Kia Automotive ...
	Microsoft Corp and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group (HKAG) entered into a long-term agreement to co-develop new and innovative solutions based on the Microsoft Auto software platform, bringing the future of in-car technology to Hyundai-Kia drivers...
	May 9, 2008, The Brunei Times Why save panda, not the goat?
	THERE is a disturbing phenomenon in the conservation world unknown by most people. Millions of dollars are being spent to save the adorable panda, the untamed tiger and the majestic bald eagle but there is little effort, backed by a measly drip in the ocean of funds, to save a cow, a hen or a...
	May 9, 2008, Breitbart.com Biofuels backlash in US as food costs...
	A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the...
	May 9, 2008, International Herald Tribune High prices for staple foods dip, but...
	HONG KONG: After months of startling increases, the prices of rice, wheat, soybeans and several other foods have come down recently, a development that could ease some of the panic in global food...