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UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid

May cut food shipments to 73M hungry

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 24, 2008 4:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – A United Nations food program has issued an extraordinary emergency plea for an extra $500 million in aid, warning that shipments to the world's hungry may be rationed if the money can't be raised over the next month, reports the Financial Times. The World Food...   Read full story »

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