UN food summit accord held up over Cuban concerns
Delegates in the closing hours of a three-day U.N. summit were trying to agree Thursday on a final document on how to tackle growing hunger and civil unrest sparked by skyrocketing prices of food and fuel. A vendor waits for customers at a vegetable market, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. As much as US$20 billion (euro13 billion) may be needed each year to increase food production to combat hunger worsened by soaring fuel and food prices, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Wednesday. A vendor transport bananas in a wheel barrow at a market, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. As much as US$20 billion (euro13 billion) may be needed each year to increase food production to combat hunger worsened by soaring fuel and food...
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