Cuba spat makes US farm bill a political football
The annual US farm spending bill, thanks to a sharp-edged debate over allowing food and medicine sales to Cuba, is becoming the foreign policy football of the year for Congress.

Soaring gas prices prompt a debate -- Is it gouging or the govt?
The heartland of America, where sport-utility vehicles rule the road and everyone from farmers to big-city commuters depends on cheap gas, is having a flashback to the nightmare days of oil-price shocks andgas lines, and Washington is getting worried.

`Soya cultivation has given women a decisive role in family affairs'
Soyabean farming has not only improved the financial status of farmers, it has also given women a decisive role in family affairs in the `soya state' of Madhya Pradesh.


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