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Adventurer
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 Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: UN chiefs hold food crisis summit |
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UN chiefs hold food crisis summit
Imogen Foulkes
BBC News, Berne
Global rice prices have risen by more than 90% in the past year
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due to announce details of new measures to tackle the global food crisis.
The announcement is expected after a meeting of UN aid agency chiefs in the Swiss capital Berne.
The UN estimates up to 100 million of the world's poorest people now need food aid due to soaring food prices.
The cost of staple foods like rice, grain, oil and sugar are all at least 50% higher than they were this time last year.
In the short term, the World Food Programme needs an extra $755m (�380m), as its original budget for 2008 will not be enough to cover rising prices and increased demand.
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Czarjorge
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Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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| I am incredibly intoxicated on both mediocre and quality cerveza, and though that might color my opinions the '2012=end of the world' theory is seeming more and more plausible. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| '2012=end of the world' theory |
Is that the Maya date for the end of the world? I try to keep up with most of the significant predictions but there are so many I tend to get confused. The Maya one seems most probable. |
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