News stories by Sherazad Hamit

  1. FILM: Shattering the Myth of 'Agrarian America'

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    'How is it that you can buy a 99-cent cheeseburger but not even a head of broccoli?' wonders Michael Pollan, author and co-narrator of the new documentary 'Food, Inc.'.

  2. SRI LANKA: U.N. Probes Civilian Deaths as Guns Fall Silent

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The Sri Lankan government, which has claimed military victory against a 26-year-old brutal insurgency in the country's northern and eastern provinces, will be battling charges of violating humanitarian law at a special session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva next week.

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