A British tourist has died of suspected food poisoning at a luxury hotel at Lake Garda, northern Italy. Geoffrey Appleyard, 71, from Evesham in Worcs, died early on Sunday after falling ill after …
Militants ambush Pakistani food convoy; 6 dead
Militants in Pakistan attacked a convoy carrying food into a violence-plagued region on Thursday and murdering a driver, but five of them were killed when security forces retaliated, an official said. …
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Egypt: Rising Food Prices Lead to Family Planning Campaign
Highlights - Staple food prices continue to rise, creating more unrest in Egypt - Government pushes new family planning campaign to limit fertility rates - Rising prices, stagnant wages, and …
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UN sets out food crisis measures
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to seize an "historic opportunity to revitalise agriculture" as a way of tackling the food crisis. Mr Ban told a UN-sponsored summit in Rome that …
World Bank approves $1.2 bln funding for food crisis
World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in loans and grant financing to expand its assistance to poor countries struggling with the effects of soaring fuel and food …
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Red Cross warns of food riots over soaring prices
The Red Cross warned Tuesday of a possible surge in "food-related violence" because of soaring prices that are increasing hunger around the world. Most of the debate surrounding the global food crisis …
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Thousands protest ‘dollar’ food hikes in Somalia
Riots sparked by skyrocketing food prices and the rejection of Somali shillings by local vendors were met with bullets in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, last week. Security forces killed at least five …
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UNICEF warns millions in Somali "food insecure"
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that more than 2.6 million Somalis are currently considered "food insecure," and this number could climb to 3.5 million, almost half of the Horn of Africa …
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Nicaragua: Experiences Major Food Shortage
Highlights - Nicaraguan citizens greatly affected by food shortage and rising inflation - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega leads Latin American summit on food crisis - Leaders propose various …
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Somalia: Food Prices Set Off Second Day of Unrest
Hundreds of young people in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, lobbed stones at shops and cars and set tires ablaze in a second day of violence over soaring food prices. The protests have also been driven …
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