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U.N. Warns Food Shortage Will Continue Up To 2010

All Headline News: United Nations World Food Program (WFP) head Josette Sheeran warns that the agency is already taking precautionary measures by rationing food aid to address worldwide food shortage and the increasing commodity prices which is expected to continue up to 2010. She said that millions of the world's poorest people will buy less food, less nutritious food or be forced to depend on aid if no concrete action is taken. WFP latest data showed that prices of some food rose by up to an ... Read »
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