TIMOR-LESTE: Rice price hike leads to government subsidies
                   
irinnews.org     May 20, 2008            

DILI, 20 May 2008 (IRIN) - It is 8am and Star King in Dili, Timor-Leste's capital, is about to open. For most of the year, Star King, a dimly lit warehouse that sells tinned milk, noodles and cooking oil, is a store among a dozen just like it. But today police have been called to help manage the... [read full story]                

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