The Earth Policy Institute is working to raise awareness of the risk of catastrophic food shortages -- before it’s too late. Its proposed solution targets carbon emissions and key social problems that lead to overpopulation and instability. <br /><br /> Read more about Plan B <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/lester_brown_q_a/2331451.html"><b>here.</a></b>
Scenes of unrest in Libya, innocence in Georgia, and snow in the Afghan capital.
A week dominated by protests around the world.
Inspired by popular revolts in Tunisia and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa, organizers urged Iraqis to turn out all over the country on February 25 to protest rampant corruption and a lack of basic services in an event they called "Day of Rage." Deadly clashes were reported between demonstrators and security forces, as many thousands of Iraqis turned out to rebuke the government but not seek to oust it, according to organizers.
Pictures and billboards of the Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi are ubiquitous in Libya.
A new oriental bazaar has been opened outside the city of Ashgabat, built in the shape of Turkmenistan's traditional "Akhal" carpet pattern.
Protests erupt against governments across the Middle East, from Iran to Libya.
Several hundred protesters gathered in central Moscow on February 12 to participate in a sanctioned "Day of Wrath" opposition rally.
A series of shots taken by Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Cairo Ahmed Ragab sheds light on daily life in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the site of mass antigovernment demonstrations.
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