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URGENT action must be taken to tackle the soaring cost of food that is plunging poor nations into crisis, according to a new Oxfam report.
As world leaders prepared to meet in Rome for an emergency United Nations food summit, the charity called on governments to draw up a global action plan to tackle the disaster.See the full content of this document
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'Act Now or 290m People Go Hungry' Oxfam Warns
With world food prices up 83 per cent on three years ago, Oxfam estimates 290 million people are struggling to afford to eat.
The report said the crisis dwarfed the number of people affected by even the largest natural disaster, suc...See the full content of this document
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