This is probably only an excuse, most other commodities are down. There is more and more evidence emerging that food prices are being manipulated (more than usual).
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Thousands of garment workers rampaged through industrial areas of the capital of Bangladesh on Friday, smashing vehicles with bamboo poles and setting fire to at least two factories in violent protests ignited by a deadly building collapse this week that killed at least 324 workers.
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The question is whether groups receiving federal money to combat AIDS abroad may be required to adopt policies opposing prostitution. This might set a precedent that would force any group to comply with any government policy.
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Was applying for Channel 4 investigative journalism programme
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German Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen called Sunday for a thorough probe into allegations that foreign seasonal workers hired in Germany by US online retail giant Amazon were harassed and intimidated.
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EU civil servants called a strike on Tuesday over calls to slash pay and conditions. The UK, Germany and the Netherlands, want to trim the amount spent on staff. It amounts to six percent of the bloc’s budget
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The Kremlin plans to set up a non-governmental organization in the United States to monitor the fate of Russian children adopted by American families, a news report said Thursday.
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The separatist group says it wants talks over the return of ETA prisoners to the northern Basque region.
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The case underscores the prime fear long expressed by Assange supporters about the Swedish justice system. Warg was extradited from Cambodia after that nation received a suspicious large amount of Swedish aid.
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A former member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leadership council believes that the success of Kurds in Syria is dependent on agreement among the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and PKK.
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