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Our Unsustainable Table: Another Global Food Crisis?
Fifty-seven-million Americans don't get enough to eat, and massive amounts of food go to waste. At the same time much of the world depends on American agri-business. Is going local a better way? Also, tensions on the Korean Peninsula soar after the North attacks. On Reporter's Notebook, were US and Afghan leaders tricked into bogus talks about peace with a Taliban imposter?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenFifty-seven-million Americans don't get enough to eat, and massive amounts of food go to waste. At the same time much of the world depends on American agri-business. Is going local a better way? Also, tensions on the Korean Peninsula soar after the North attacks. On Reporter's Notebook, after months of secret talks about ending the war in Afghanistan a supposed "senior Taliban leader" turns out to have been a fraud.
Banner image: A Russian man shovels grain at a farm in Vasyurinskoe on August 13, 2010. Suffering its worst drought in decades, Russia has seen 10 million hectares (25 million acres), or a quarter of arable land destroyed in its worst drought on record. Photo: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesTensions on the Korean Peninsula Soar after North Attacks
For the first time since the Korean War, North Korea fired artillery shells on South Korea's civilian territory today, killing two soldiers, wounding residents and setting fire to houses on Yeonpyeong Island. North Korea says it was responding to shells fired at sea during a South Korean military exercise.
Read the story8 minDoes the World Face Another Food Crisis?
Two years ago, a combination of natural events and economic conditions drove food prices so high that food riots erupted in many parts of the world. While the ravages of 2008 aren't yet over, this year, there's concern that the same thing may be happening again. The UN says: Be Prepared.
Read the story36 minFake Taliban Leader Exposed in Afghanistan
A month ago, General David Petraeus said secret talks with a "senior Taliban leader" showed that the US-led offensive was generating enough pressure that peace might be possible.
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