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NEWS ABOUT: Togo

Togo stories: 2 news summaries

Somali Pirates Release Togo Ship, Score
$100K Ransom

Tanker was to deliver food aid to Somalia

Apr 20, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Somali pirates have released a Togo-flagged cargo ship that was to deliver food aid to their own country, the BBC reports, but only after securing a ransom rumored to be $100,000. “Somali traders were involved in the release,” a pirate source told Reuters. They paid “not... More »

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Somalia • release • pirates • ransom • cargo ships • food aid • Togo

 World Bank
 Offers $1.2B
 in Food Aid 

Millions at risk of starvation

May 30, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The World Bank is offering an emergency $1.2 billion in aid to several nations in a desperate bid to stave off starvation for millions of people, reports the BBC. The money is being offered to Haiti, Liberia, Djibouti, Togo, Yemen and other nations identified as at immediate risk from... More »

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United Nations • World Bank • Robert Zoellick • food prices • food shortage • Togo • Tajikistan • world food summit

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