Erstellt am: 10. 8. 2012 - 13:50 Uhr

The most elaborate spy hoax ever?

Reality Check: How "Operation Stone" persuaded fleeing Czechs they had reached the west when they hadn't, and how rising world food prices could be controlled with the right policies.

Rob Cameron reports from Prague on the investigation into the elaborate hoax set up to catch defectors during the Soviet era. Between 1948 and 1951, "Operation Stone" set up fake boarder posts close to the German border to catch would-be defectors. The hoax was carried through in immaculate detail and led to the arrests of not only a large number of escapees, but also their friends and accomplices.

World food prices

Drought has caused the a sharp rise in world food prices according to a UN report.

Alexandra Strickner of Attac Austria looks at the impact of this, what can be done to help countries in need and the measures that are needed to prevent such dangerous instability in food prices..

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