Surging food prices bite across Asia

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What is this article about?

• Economic Indicators,
• Intergovernmental Organizations,
• International Relations,
• Finance, Banking & Insurance,
• Food, Beverage & Tobacco,
• Social Problems,
• Investing & Markets,
• War, Terrorism & Civil Disorder,
• Civil Protest & Disorder,
• Agriculture & Forestry,
• Economic and financial crises,
• Crop Production,
• Poverty,
• Wheat Markets,
• International Trade,
• Demographics,
• Inflation Figures,
• Protest & Demonstration,
• World food crisis,
• Commodity Markets,
• Food,
• Rice Markets,
• Pea & Bean Farming,
• Grains & Soybean Markets,
• Rioting & Looting,
• Agriculture,
• Economy,
• Wheat Farming,
• Investing,
• Imports,
• Government,
• Soft Commodities Markets,
• Grain Farming,
• Rice Farming

Who was mentioned in the article?

• Rajat Nag,
• Damien Kingsbury,
• Wen Jiabao,
• Pervez Musharraf

Which companies were mentioned in the article?

• Thomson

What organizations were involved?

• United Nations,
• World Food Programme

Geography:

• Bangladesh,
• Indonesia,
• Thailand,
• Nepal,
• Japan,
• Singapore,
• North Korea,
• Australia,
• Afghanistan,
• Taiwan,
• India,
• South Korea