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Russian Drought Spurs Worldwide Food Price Hikes

By Scott MartelleSep 1st 2010 – 2:35PM
Alexey Sazonov, AFP / Getty Images

Alexey Sazonov, AFP / Getty Images

(Sept. 1) -- Severe drought in Russia has sent world food prices 5 percent higher in recent months, according to a new report by the United Nations, and though they remain well below the record levels reached during the 2007-08 world food crisis, the higher prices have already fueled deadly riots in Mozambique. Today...

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