UNITED NATIONS - A United Nations food program has issued an emergency appeal for donations as the amount of food aid sent abroad from the United States is plunging. The World Food Program, which feeds about 73 million people worldwide, is seeking funding to close a $500 million gap caused by global spikes in food and fuel prices, the United Nations said in a release issued in New York.
[food and fuel prices - who could have guessed]
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
U.N. food program seeks $500M
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