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Rice comment on food shortage is cruel, says CPM

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Posted online: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 02:11:26


New Delhi, April 30: The CPI(M) on Wednesday condemned as “bad, indecent and cruel” US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s statement that the global food shortage was due to the improved diets of the people in India and China.

“The whole presumption is that the developing world is suddenly eating more than they were and suddenly they are not suffering from malnultrition as they were,” CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said here.

“The comments are bad and indecent and cruel,” he told reporters.

He said the United Nations has confirmed two days ago that the rise in food prices, besides being due to decline in production in some parts of the world, is essentially due to speculation trade.

“And the people making profit from this speculation are mostly companies from the United States of America. So they are the ones who are responsible for the rise in prices of foodgrains,” Yechury said.

Asked if the CPI(M) feels the Government should react to Rice’s comment, he said, “I don’t think it merits any reaction. I think it should be dismissed outright.” Rice yesterday said the “improvement in the diets of people in India and China” is forcing the governments in the two countries to keep food “inside”, which is a cause for the current global supply shortage.

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Rice Idiocy by drmadhani on 30 Apr 2008

Every one knows Rice of America is preoccupied with Judea Christian Islam brotherly murder

Communist should welcome by Bharat on 30 Apr 2008

Indian Chinese agent communists should welcome Rice's statement. Indian communism propagates poverty and hunger and they are happy with poverty and hunger. They feel proud with poverty and hunger. So, why eat a lot? You commies deserve starvation like Somalia and Darfur. Rice, why you still single? Is it because, you want to save the poor by not breeding children? Poor Rice and poor Indian commies.

Truth hurts by Sad Truth on 30 Apr 2008

If Americans were slim and maintained their weight by eating 150 fewer calories a day, $487 billion saved would have changed the world for better. Read at http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/Advice/WhatIfNoOneWereFat.aspx?page=1

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