Ukraine clouds global food price forecasts

The US Grain Council said in a recent statement that shipments from the Ukraine, which exports to North Africa, the Middle East and China, are “becoming increasingly difficult”.
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(IRIN) JOHANNESBURG, March 20, 2014 - The political crisis in Ukraine, the world’s third biggest exporter of maize, could affect global prices of the grain and global reserves in the 2014-2015 season, say experts.

The removel of dogs and cats by death at Sochi prior to the Olympics sparks heightened concern

Moscow: it is alledged that a band of intelligent dogs keep viciously attacking people.
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It's more than Sochi: Time to end overpopulation of dogs and cats, Becker College expert calls for positive change

(PRN/USN) WORCESTER, Mass., February 7, 2014 - The reported death sentence for thousands of stray dogs in Sochi, Russia, prior to the 2014 Winter Games, is just one example of a common practice worldwide, says Dr. Richard A. French, dean of the School of Animal Studies at Becker College.