Food prices still high for world's poorest: UN
AFP - 54 minutes agoFood prices remain stubbornly high in the developing world despite a strong cereal harvest this year, and 31 countries need emergency aid, the UN food agency warned on Tuesday.
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Food prices still high for world's poorest: UN
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 44 minutes agoFood prices remain stubbornly high in the developing world despite a strong cereal harvest this year, and 31 countries need emergency aid, the UN food agency warned on Tuesday.
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UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food
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UN chief welcomes Lebanon's newly formed government
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Famine and conflict risks confront south Sudan: UN
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UN: Gaza Needs Construction Material Before Winter
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UN health agency set to receive 50 million H1N1 vaccines for developing countries
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Colombia seeks UN help, Chavez readies for 'war'
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Gateway to the UN System''s Work on Climate Change - Gateway to the UN System''s Work on Climate Change
United Nations - Mon Nov 9, 3:00 pm ET"Copenhagen can and must be the turning point in the international fight against climate change," said Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Colombia turns to UN, OAS after Venezuela war talk
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Climate finance hits snag before key UN summit
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Today's Burning Question: Quirky Un-Turkey
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UN sites in 'thrax scare
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UN guard from Miami killed in Afghanistan hailed as hero
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Human Rights First: U.S. Must Lead UN to New Action on Darfur
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