Food crisis drives Afghans to desperate hunger in Kabul
In Kabul markets hungry Afghans scavenge bread scraps as prices soar. A Pashtun woman supporting a 14-member household pays for stale crusts, saying since the Americans arrived nothing is cheap. WFP warns malnutrition deaths may rise amid drought and reduced harvest. officials note 70 percent crop loss in two provinces.
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The AP reports Hispanics now comprise about 60 percent of federal powder cocaine offenders, a shift from past perceptions that whites dominated. Data show Hispanics rose from 40 percent in 1992 to 58 percent in 2006 while whites fell to 14 percent. Federal focus on international trafficking, not casual users, drives this pattern.
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