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UN Ready to Tackle Hunger

Ban plans task force, calls on donors to deliver on sorely underfunded pledges

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2008 10:52 AM CDT

(Newser) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is putting together a task force to deal with an "unprecedented" world crisis that's left 100 million without enough food, the BBC reports. Ban also called on donors to follow through on pledges for the World Food Program,...   Read full story »

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