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Sacks of donated flour are stacked in a World Food Program (WFP) warehouse April 21, 2008 in the West Bank Palestinian town of Beit Sahour. The UN food agency said the world faced a "silent tsunami" of soaring food prices, plunging as many as 100 million people into hunger. WFP head Sheeran has called on governments to make emergency allocations to offset the rising costs associated with procuring and delivering food.
| Apr 24th 2008 5:30PM
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