Libya says Nato air raids killed more than 700 civilians

The Libyan government says Nato air raids have killed more than 700 civilians since bombing began in March. Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said more than 4,000 people had been wounded, but gave no evidence to confirm his figures. Nato has denied killing large numbers of civilians, saying its air strikes are to protect Libyans from Colonel Gaddafi's forces. Four powerful explosions were felt in the centre of Tripoli on Tuesday night, Libyan state media reported. Planes were heard flying over the capital, but it was not possible to determine the targets of the raids. Read more .......

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Perfect storm looms for world's food supplies

Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world's food system, warning that in a couple of decades, millions more people would be gripped by hunger due to population growth and climate-hit harvests. A "broken food system" means that the price of some staples will more than double by 2030, battering the world's poorest people, who spend up to 80 percent of their income on food, the British-based aid group predicted. "The food system is buckling under intense pressure from climate change, ecological degradation, population growth, rising energy prices, rising demand for meat and dairy products and competition for land from biofuels, industry, and urbanization," Oxfam said in a report. It added: "The international community is sleepwalking into an unprecedented and avoidable human development reversal." Read more at Yahoo News

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