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The Hungry Look Towards Rome for Answers

Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on June 4, 2008 – 1:20 pm -

The primaries are over! Now is the time to solve the real problems as world leaders gather in Rome for the second day of talks on food price escalation and, with luck, to settle on a common strategy to deal with the crisis, the FAO has put a price on eradicating hunger: $30bn. Yep! That’s for one year.

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Tags: Ahmadinejad, Community, FAO, Jacques Diouf, Mugabe, Rome, UN, World Food Conference
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