The world grapples with shortages and rising prices in food

 
UN aid debate: Give cash, not food?

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The United Nations World Food Program meets Tuesday in Rome to discuss the global food crisis.
Briefing: Lessons from past food crises

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World leaders gather in Rome Tuesday for a UN food crisis conference. What does history teach about how to handle such shortages?
Rising price of rice keeps U.N. scrambling to feed world's hungry

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From Kenya to Cambodia, the World Food Program's offices are struggling to meet their budgets in the face of price increases, sometimes having to suspend vital programs.
 

 
 
Leaders at Wednesday's summit in Nicaragua blamed US trade policies for the region's food crisis.

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Correspondent Tim Rogers
 
Amid expectations of a record harvest, prices decline. Cambodia lifted its export ban this week.
 
Worried about high food prices, Congress tries to push the biofuel industry to use nonfood crops.

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Contributor Nicholas Benequista
 
In Sharm el-Sheik Sunday, the president chided Arab leaders for lagging behind on democratic progress, in sharp contrast to a speech in which he praised Israel.

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Contributor Nicholas Benequista
 
Tight supplies reflect population boom and neglect of farming.

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Correspondent David Montero
 
In Sharm el-Sheik Sunday, the president chided Arab leaders for lagging behind on democratic progress, in sharp contrast to a speech in which he praised Israel.

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Reporter Brad Knickerbocker
 
In Sharm el-Sheik Sunday, the president chided Arab leaders for lagging behind on democratic progress, in sharp contrast to a speech in which he praised Israel.
 
In 2008, Venezuela's inflation rate is projected to be 25 percent - second only to Zimbabwe's.

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Reporter Sara Miller Llana
 
In Sharm el-Sheik Sunday, the president chided Arab leaders for lagging behind on democratic progress, in sharp contrast to a speech in which he praised Israel.
 
In Sharm el-Sheik Sunday, the president chided Arab leaders for lagging behind on democratic progress, in sharp contrast to a speech in which he praised Israel.

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Correspondent Chris Johnson