World Bank warns about food prices
                   
iht.com     May 20, 2008            

A top World Bank official warned Tuesday that global poverty levels could surge over the next three years due to rising food costs and predicted no letdown in the price of rice. Already, rising food and fuel prices over the past two years have pushed some 100 million people back into poverty,... [read full story]                

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