...price of oil and commodities has hammered industries.and deepened fears of ... interest rates. Monopoly resource owners jack up prices to retain profits. ...for temporary food aid, subsidies and proposals for technical or market assistance.... transport and seizure of government buildings; mass marches and demonstrations facing ... state bailouts of banks and proposals for new regulations to save ...

...provide civil society input on global drug policy. Building on a series of regional meetings last year... like human rights and harm reduction." "We hammered out a pretty amazing set of suggestions as...CND should go in the next decade," said Jack Cole, executive director of LEAP. "I ... said, it also prevented discussion of additional proposals for alternative drug control policies, including one ...