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An Indonesian man plants rice outside Yogyakarta, Indonesia. World rice prices have risen sharply this year because of growing demand and poor weather in rice-exporting countries. Some Asian countries have curbed rice exports.

Behind the food riots: a debate on how best to farm
MEXICO CITY -- Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans.

Clinton spends Mother's Day campaigning in W.Va.
GRAFTON, W.Va. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton toured the birthplace of Mother's Day in rural West Virginia, offering Democrats a subtle reminder Sunday that her fading candidacy remains strong among women and blue-collar, white voters.


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•	22 dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. after new round of storms
	Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.

•	Lebanese violence spreads to mountains outside capital
	Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking the capital.

•	Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000
	Myanmar's monumental task of feeding and sheltering 1.5 million cyclone survivors suffered yet another blow Sunday when a boat laden with relief supplies -- one of the first international shipments -- sank on its way to the disaster zone.

•	Sudan cuts ties with Chad
	Sudan severed ties with Chad Sunday, accusing its neighbor of backing a rebel assault on the capital and raising the possibility of new border clashes that could worsen Darfur's humanitarian crisis.

•	Stifled by regime, Myanmar cyclone victims suffer in silence
	Apart from the sound of children crying, the town of Labutta is strangely silent. Traumatized by the ordeal of surviving Cyclone Nargis, few people have anything to say. But it is also fear bred by 46 years of repression by military regimes that keeps them quiet.

•	President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'
	President Bush spent months joking about being a father of the bride, but on Sunday he was downright wistful about giving his daughter Jenna away to her longtime beau.

•	Lawyer says young Philly jet-setter nearing plea in ID case
	A former college student accused of stealing people's credit to travel the world with her Ivy League boyfriend is nearing a federal plea deal, her lawyer said.

•	Sri Lanka elections marred by irregularities
	Allegations of fraud, voter intimidation and sporadic violence marred elections in Sri Lanka's east Saturday despite the government's claims they would be a celebration of democracy for the region recently liberated from the Tamil Tiger rebels.

•	Maine shipyard christens destroyer named for Vietnam POW
	The Navy's newest guided missile destroyer was christened Saturday with the name of a fighter pilot who spent 7 1/2 years in captivity in North Vietnam, received the Medal of Honor and served as presidential candidate Ross Perot's running mate.

•	Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time
	Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.

•	Zimbabwe election official: presidential runoff delay likely
	The runoff pitting President Robert Mugabe against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not take place in the next few weeks as required by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published Sunday.

•	Signs of normalcy in Iraq's Sadr City amid cease-fire
	Militants were withdrawing from the streets and shops were reopening in Baghdad's Sadr City on the first day of a cease-fire between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces following two months of intense clashes.

•	Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary
	On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world's most celebrated holidays probably wouldn't be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.

•	5 bodies, including 3 children, found in northeast Houston
	The bodies of five people, including three young children, were found Saturday afternoon on a sprawling property with several structures in northeast Houston, police said.

•	ANALYSIS: Myanmar set for political, economic shocks
	Military-ruled Myanmar, among the globe's poorest and most authoritarian nations, is reeling from a natural disaster of such magnitude that both the people's suffering and political aftershocks are certain to persist long after the last emergency aid has been doled out.

•	Lawyer's plight highlights perils of fighting China's system
	He wanted to go to church -- the only chance for a brief escape from house arrest. But Zheng Enchong knew the police by the elevator might stop him, so he decided to try something new.

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