By Louis CharbonneauTue Apr 22, 2:59 PM ET
As many as 300,000 people may have died in the five-year conflict in Darfur, a dramatic increase over earlier estimates of 200,000, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
By Jeremy LovellTue Apr 22, 2:53 PM ET
A "silent tsunami" unleashed by costlier food threatens 100 million people, the United Nations said on Tuesday, and aid groups said producers would make things worse if they curbed exports.
By Aweys Yusuf and Abdi Sheikh Reuters Monday, April 21, 2008; 1:11 PM
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali rebels seized two more towns on Monday and corpses lay outside a Mogadishu mosque as the death-toll from battles between Islamist-led insurgents and allied Ethiopian-Somali troops rose to at least 85.
The Associated Press Monday, April 21, 2008; 5:51 AM
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan said that a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead anywhere in Indian is ready for wartime use after troops launched it on Monday during a field exercise.
Major retailers limiting purchases of flour, rice, cooking oil
By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun | April 21, 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Many parts of America, long considered the breadbasket of the world, are now confronting a once unthinkable phenomenon: food rationing.
