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I Know What You Did Last Summit
U.N. food summit ends without agreement on solutions |
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05 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:14 PM on 05 Jun 2008 A high-level three-day United Nations food summit ended Thursday without wide agreement on solutions to the world food crisis. At the meeting, delegates sparred over trade barriers, biofuels' role in keeping food prices high, agricultural subsidies, how food aid should be spent, and how much aid to give. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the conference by declaring that ... |
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