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The price of cocoa is also trading near record levels. cocoa is up 28% since the beginning of this year, largely because of the political instability in the ivory coast that's led to a vul churl halt in exports. meanwhile, the price of sugar is close to a 30-year high. prices have doubled since last may following poor harvests in brazil, india, and china, and a series of natural disasters in australia's sugar cane region. nowhere are the sky high sugar prices more evident than in south america. in bolivia, people are standing in long lines for food, food that most cannot afford and the future ...

Country's poor don't see anything of the oil wealth. >> reporter: like other rich oil nations, libya has a so-called sovereign wealth fund. it's invest in a number of italian firms including eni and defense firm fimnemanica and persson. and it was going to double the oil infrastructure back to the levels not seen since the 1970s. now that will surely depend on whether oil companies go back in. jim bolton, cnn, london. libya's capital city appears calm but tense wednesday when a fuel truck overturns and exploded wednesday morning, many assumed it was a rebel attack. pro-gadhafi demonstrators ...

Reserves primarily to boost food production and lower prices. the idea is to also create a stock pile of agricultural products like sugar and rice that you would who be available in case of a world food short amg. what's clear is something needs be done and soon. rafael romo, cnn, atlanta. the bolivian president evo morales has pledged to build new houses to thousands of people left homeless after a megamud slide. the country is being hammered by heavy rainfall this week. let's go to our meteorologist with more on that. it's been terrible what they've had to go through there, jenn. >> they p...

The credit card and saying, going forward, we're not going to do more spending. but these are -- these this is money that we've borrowed. these are commitments that we've made. >> the -- and protection in the -- >> produce long-term debt with the real plan to cut future spending tore economy will not recover. meanwhile, house members have reached an agreement to prevent a government shutdown. plus cnn's samantha hayes tells us it's only a temporary deal. >> the nays are 91. >> lawmakers in the house passed a bill on tuesday that will fund the federal government for two more weeks, through marc...

First mubarak and now ali. by the looks of it, this crowd very emboldened and ready to keep marching saying they want their freedom. they want change. mohammed jamjoon, cnn, sanaa, yemen. >> pretty amazing stuff. we also saw growing protests and violence in libya today. thousands took to the streets to support -- to show their support for and opposition to strongman moammar gadhafi. at least 20 people were killed in libya's second largest city during clashes with security forces. we have late word from that city that more than 50,000 demonstrators are camped out for the night. we want to bri...