Big Asian rice buys raise spectre of scramble for supply
BANGKOK - Fresh demand for rice in two big Asian countries is sending a worrying signal the region's main staple may join a surge in prices for other grains, worsening Asia's spiralling food inflation.
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Dutch lawmakers approve Afghan training mission
AMSTERDAM - The minority Dutch government won parliamentary support on Friday for a small police training mission in Afghanistan, a year after the previous government fell over the question of whether to withdraw troops.
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Indian onions travel long, costly road to table
PIMPALGAON, India - At one of India's biggest wholesale markets, 65-year-old Ganpat Sakharam Jadhav sold his 2-tonne onion harvest on a recent day at 13 rupees (29 U.S. cents) per kilogram, and he wasn't happy. (Compiled by World Desk Asia, +65 6870-3815)
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