UN Sees More Hunger, Unrest Over Food Inflation

Reuters: Record high food prices and resulting inflation are set to continue until at least 2010, fuelling a "new hunger" across the globe and anarchy on the streets of poorer nations, a top UN official said. Josette Sheeran, executive director of the United Nations’ World Food Programme, said the world’s economy "has now entered a perfect storm for the world’s hungry" caused by high oil and food prices and low food stocks. "Our assessment is that the current …


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