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UN Calls Food Crisis the 'Silent Tsunami'
News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:42 PM EDT
Article Source: The Washington Postadvertisement
More than 100 million people are being driven deeper into poverty by a "silent tsunami" of sharply rising food prices, which have sparked riots around the world and threaten U.N.-backed feeding programs for 20 million children, the top U.N. food official said Tuesday.
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 | World Faces 'Silent Tsunami' of Rising Food Prices, U.N. Food Official Says | The Washington Post | Tue Apr 22 | 1 |
 | UN secretary-general calls food price rise a global crisis | Associated Press | Sun Apr 20 | 3 |
| UN food chief urges crisis action | BBC News | Tue Apr 22 | 0 |
| Assessing the global food crisis | BBC News | Wed Apr 23 | 1 |
| World food crisis hits home | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Wed Apr 23 | 95 |
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