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Is production of key global crops stagnating? Dec 24th 2012, 12:00 After decades of rapidly growing global agricultural output, production of four of the world's most important crops could be stagnating or even slowing in some regions, according to a new study published in Nature, a top scientific journal. The study, by the University of Minnesota's Deepak Ray and four others, examined millions of census reports from the last half century to gather their data. Read full article >> Thousands of Syrians leave Jordan for the front lines Dec 24th 2012, 11:59 MAFRAQ, Jordan — Encouraged by what they view as fatal setbacks to the Syrian regime, several thousand of an estimated 250,000 Syrian exiles in Jordan have left in recent weeks to join the rebellion in their homeland. Read full article >> U.S. civilian adviser killed by Afghan policewoman Dec 24th 2012, 08:32 KABUL — An American civilian adviser was killed by a female Afghan police officer at the country's police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, according to U.S. and Afghan officials. The incident appears to mark the first insider attack since October and the first ever carried out by a woman. Read full article >> Afghan students leave home to find a safe place to go to school Dec 24th 2012, 01:32 The first time insurgents burned down Hazratullah's school, he helped rebuild it with donated carpets and salvaged chalkboards. But when Taliban fighters returned with guns and gasoline, torching his makeshift seventh-grade classroom, Hazratullah decided it was time to leave. Read full article >>

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