WFP Official: World 'In The Eye' of Food Crisis Storm
                   
voanews.com: Executive Director of the World Food Program Josette Sheeran (r) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., 14 May 2008 voanews.com
voanews.com     May 14, 2008            

The head of the World Food Program warns the global food crisis is a storm and that the world is now "in the eye of that storm." Josette Sheeran (r) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, 14 May 2008 WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday the... [read full story]                    


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