Mister Rehm said the high death rate is even more surprising because the large majority of adults around the world do not drink alcohol at all.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The Philippines this week said it is cutting rice imports because of high prices, even though the country lost more than a million tons of grain to typhoons this year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Developing agriculture in Africa has become even more urgent since the United Nations warned in a report earlier this month that governments must increase investment in agriculture because a billion people around the world are going hungry in sub-Saharan Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20