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Street protests in Indonesia over soyabeans

By John Aglionby in Jakarta

Published: January 16 2008 02:00 | Last updated: January 16 2008 02:00

Indonesia was yesterday forced to take emergency action to calm street protests over record soyabean prices.

The record prices were triggered by US farmers opting to grow corn to supply the biofuel industry over soyabeans.

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