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Vale Norman Borlaug: he “saved more lives than any man in human history”

AP / Monday, 14 September 2009

Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug has passed away, age 95. His work to create a high-yield wheat crop helped double world food production between 1960 and 1990 and is credited with saving a billion people from starvation.

What price a cuppa?

Crikey / Glenn Dyer / Thursday, 3 September 2009

Afternoon tea is about to get a whole lot more expensive, with milk, tea and sugar prices are all at or near multi-year highs.