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                                <title><![CDATA[ Chemical analysis of rice among 4 measures to address crisis ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ Strict action will also be taken against any party found engaging in illegal activities related to rice. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Why is Opec cutting oil output? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Somalia's drought killed 43,000 last year, study shows ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The research found that half the deaths were children younger than 5, and that the crisis could prove worse than Somalia's last major drought in 2017 and 2018. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Electricity bill increase pushes crisis weary Sri Lankans to the brink ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2023 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The power price increase is the latest measure to clinch a loan to tackle a crisis that evolved from the confluence of the pandemic battering its tourism-reliant economy, rising oil prices and populist tax cuts. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Australia floods crisis set to worsen amid forecast for more rain ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Despite the wild weather having eased, major flood warnings remain across wide swaths of southeast after the region received more than a month's total rainfall over two days last week. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Britons turn to electric blankets and candles as winter looms ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Market research released shows that grocery inflation hit another new record of 13.9% in September, deepening the cost-of-living crisis, while data shows people are investing in items to help them save cash. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Europe burns cash to help businesses in deepening energy crisis ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Russian President Vladimir Putin added to the energy price pain, sending oil and gas prices higher by announcing a partial military mobilisation. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EU seeks US$140 billion to insulate consumers from energy crisis ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ European governments have responded with measures ranging from capping consumer electricity and gas prices to offering credit and guarantees to power providers at risk of collapse. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EU to propose crisis measures to curb energy price spike ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ European governments have already ploughed hundreds of billions of euros into tax cuts, handouts and subsidies as they attempt to contain an energy crisis. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ UK weighs huge support package as Europe battles energy crisis ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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