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Food Crisis and Biofuels

In Tokushima

On one hand, there are a number of starving people in the world, especially in the developing nations. On the other hand, many people in the developed countries feed a lot of grain to cattle to produce meat, and they are eager to have biofuels so that they can drive more cheaply because of the high petrol price today.

Cambodia

Southeast Asia Report 20: Guest House in Takeo

Guesthouse in Takeo

I talked to a man without an arm when we were seeing sunset from the terrace of our guesthouse. Even though he could not speak English, we had great languages in common. It was off course gesture. He was about 40 and lost his arm when he got sick roughly 30 years ago.