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UN Compares Food Crisis to 'Tsunami'

International help needed before situation deteriorates

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 22, 2008 12:41 PM CDT

(Newser) – Rising food prices are creating a crisis every bit as deadly as the tsunami of 2004, and the situation requires a similar response, the UN says. Political and business leaders from around the world gathered today in London and heard the head of the World... Read full story »

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