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Land and People
A source on food, farming and rural society
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Famine
"Ethiopia, perennially one of the world's hungriest nations, now faces what Oxfam, one of dozens of international aid organizations responding to the crisis,
calls
"a toxic cocktail."" (Thanks Anna)
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nose in the wet
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prays to the gods
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Rami Zurayk
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