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ADB Earmarks $500M For Food Crisis (AHN) (AHN) - Philippines-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Tuesday it has earmarked some $500 million on standby facility to provide immediate assistance to its member-nations hardest hit by the rising global food prices. - Wed, 7 May 2008 06:33:25 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Mugabe arrives in Rome for UN food summit - AFP CitizenMugabe arrives in Rome for UN food summitAFP - 1 hour agoROME (AFP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe arrived Sunday night in Rome where he will take part in a summit of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ANSA news agency reported.Could Wome Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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UN chief: Billions of dollars needed yearly to fight food crisis - Xinhua FinFacts IrelandUN chief: Billions of dollars needed yearly to fight food crisisXinhua - 52 minutes agoROME, June 4 (Xinhua) -- As much as 15 billion to 20 billion US dollars would be needed yearly to help fight the food crisis amid soaring prices, UN Secretary General Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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McCain blasts Senate for not halting earmarks - Los Angeles Times Seattle Post IntelligencerMcCain blasts Senate for not halting earmarksLos Angeles Times - Mar 14, 2008By Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, blasted his Senate colleagues today for failing Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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World Food Crisis Could Push Millions of People Into Poverty - Voice of America TopNewsWorld Food Crisis Could Push Millions of People Into PovertyVoice of America - 1 hour agoAnd I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about growing food problems around the world. Food prices are rising in many countries. Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bush proposes $770 million for world food crisis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called for $770 million in new U.S. food aid donations and other measures on Thursday as Washington seeks to stave off a food crisis threatening to envelop the developing world. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Bush Seeks More Food Aid for Poor Countries - New York Times Javno.hrBush Seeks More Food Aid for Poor CountriesNew York Times - 54 minutes agoBy STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday proposed spending an additional $770 million in emergency food assistance for poor countries, responding to rising food prices Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bush proposes $770 million for world food crisis
(Reuters) Reuters - President George W. Bush called for $770 million in new U.S. food aid donations and other measures on Thursday as Washington seeks to stave off a food crisis threatening to envelop the developing world. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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GTAIV shatters records with $500M in week-one sales - GameSpot Brisbane TimesGTAIV shatters records with $500M in week-one salesGameSpot - 5 hours agoTake-Two proclaims open-world actioner "largest launch in the history of interactive entertainment"; day-one sales top 3.6 million units, week-one sales over 6 million.Grand Theft Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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AHN - Expert Says Ethanol Is Helping Keep Oil Prices From Rising Further (AHN) - Soaring food prices have led to a global debate on the wisdom of using food crops as feedstock for biofuel production. However, Francisco Blanch, an analyst at Merrill Lynch told the Wall Street Journal that world oil prices would be 15% higher were it not for the expanded production of biof Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Food Report Criticizes Biofuel Policies - New York Times Mirror.co.ukFood Report Criticizes Biofuel PoliciesNew York Times - 18 hours agoBy ANDREW MARTIN Agriculture Secretary Edward T. Schafer is preparing to walk into a buzzsaw of criticism over American biofuels policy when he meets with world leaders to discuss the global Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Allergy-Free Food Market Expected To Reach $3.9 Billion In 2008 (AHN) (AHN) - Catering to the food requirements of the growing number of Americans with various kinds of food allergies has become a multi-billion industry in the U.S. - Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:16:58 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Palin Hits Obama on Earmarks - FOXNews AFPPalin Hits Obama on EarmarksFOXNews - 2 hours agoby Shushannah Walshe Governor Sarah Palin went after Barack Obama today for requesting earmarks while she touted her own budget cutting record at a rally here.Obama's campaign released a new ad today. CNN Politica Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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EU Tackles Global Financial Crisis At Saturday Paris Meet; U.K. Sets Up Emergency Economic Crisis Team (AHN) (AHN) - Before British Prime Minister Gordon Brown flies to Paris for the Saturday meeting of European leaders to tackle the global economic crisis, Brown will unveil members an emergency committee he has created to formulate plans on how Britain will face head on the crisis. - Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:15 Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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UN chief warns of civil unrest amid world food shortage - ABC Online The Gazette (Montreal)UN chief warns of civil unrest amid world food shortageABC Online - 43 minutes agoBy Europe correspondent Rafael Epstein United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon answers questions from reporters on September 18, 2007 at the United Nations in N Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Bank: Profits Soar For Agribusinesses, Food Speculators While Poor Struggle (AHN) (AHN) - Soaring agribusiness profits are coming at the expense of the world's poor unable to afford higher food prices, Asian Development Bank said. - Mon, 5 May 2008 10:51:00 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Africa: Food Summit Calls for More Investment in Agriculture - AllAfrica.com Africa: Food Summit Calls for More Investment in AgricultureAllAfrica.com - 2 hours agoThe Summit on soaring food prices, convened by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has concluded with the adoption by acclamation of a declaration calling on the international Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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North Korea 'faces food crisis' North Korea is facing a humanitarian crisis because of acute food shortages, the World Food Programme warns. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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AHN - Asian Development Bank To Aid Countries With Food Price Relief (AHN) - The Asian Development Bank has decided to provide monetary help to some of the Asian and Pacific countries to meet the cost of rising food prices. - Sat, 3 May 2008 11:28:00 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Asian Development Bank To Aid Countries With Food Price Relief (AHN) (AHN) - The Asian Development Bank has decided to provide monetary help to some of the Asian and Pacific countries to meet the cost of rising food prices. - Sat, 3 May 2008 11:28:00 GMT (AHN) Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |