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Friday, June 6, 2008?
Day 6UN summit struggles to agree food crisis plan - 5/6/2008 news
ROME (AFP) - - World leaders struggled Thursday to agree an action plan to tackle the global food crisis, after three days of wrangling that has exposed strains over how to prevent hunger and poverty.In a draft summit declaration obtained by AFP, they vowed to use "all means" to help victims of soaring prices, which have stretched family budgets in rich countries and sparked famine and food riots in others.The wrangling over diplomatic language came after UN officials announced almost three billion dollars (two billion euros) of new aid to help ease the food crisis.
Those new pledges were welcomed, but UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned that up to 20 billion dollars a year would be needed. "We simply cannot afford to fail," he told the summit hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Food prices have doubled in three years, according to the World Bank, sparking riots in Egypt and Haiti and in many African nations. Brazil, Vietnam, India and Egypt have all imposed food export restrictions.
The recent headline news
- M'sia to raise petrol prices by 40% from Thursday
- Oil prices rebound to near S$168 a barrel
- Big energy consumers to gather in Japan as oil prices soar
- Stocks, oil slide as Asia hikes fuel costs
- Rising inflation expectations a concern: US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
- We are paying more and more for food items
- Food cost is going up
- Famine is rising and cause poverty
- Shortage of food and aid are sent to poor country
- Things are going more expensive because of the inflation
- Oil prices increase that causes everything to increase tremendously.
5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius,* and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”
*This was approximately one day’s wage for a worker.
This is talking about the 3rd seal leading to the 2nd coming of Jesus. I think I don't need to say much. You guys should be able to understand. Remember borrow time!
Haha put those stuff aside. Let talk about the lighter side. Few weeks ago I E-ballot the NDP tickets. Guess what, this morning they called me and congrats me of being ballot 4 actual day tickets!! Haha I waited for 4 years le! Lalalala.... Who want to go? LOL... :p
Grace and Peace 12:33 AM