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Food vs. Fuel Battle Flares at UN Summit

Egypt's Mubarak asks, should we be feeding people or cars?

By Jim O'Neill,  Newser User

Posted Jun 4, 2008 10:57 AM CDT

(Newser) – The battle over biofuels is raging at the UN’s food summit in Rome, with nations bitterly divided over whether growing corn and sugar cane for ethanol production is pushing food prices up and helping create disastrous global food shortages. On one side: Food experts...   Read full story »

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