Surging food prices bite across Asia | From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest, experts warn. | A billi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)The Manila Times
US help could save thousands of lives | ONE April day in 1991, the world awoke to the news that a devastating cyclone and tidal wave had struck the coast of Bangladesh. As bodies washed ashore by the thousand and the death toll rose to 13... (photo: US Navy file/PHAN Nicholas Morton)The Australian
It's time for an aid intervention | WHAT are we waiting for? Where now is liberal interventionism? | More than 100,000 people are dead after a cyclone in the Irrawaddy Delta and the UN has declared that up to 2 million people, deprive... (photo: U.S. Department of State / )The Australian AidBurmaMillionPhotosUN
Foodie paradise found: Penang PENANG, Malaysia - There's fresh crab, live from the tank, and bowls of miniature clams ready to pop out of their shells for sauteing in a spicy sauce with garlic and lim... (photo: Creative Commons / nourtarek)Orlando Sentinel FoodMalaysiaPenangPhotosTourism
Yet to grow our own food | MALAYSIA spends 70.4% more on food imports compared to the value of its exports. | We are a net importer of food and our major food imports are cereals (RM4.5bil), coco... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)The Star BusinessFoodMalaysiaPhotosTrade
