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Stories for April 21st 2008

  • Monday, April 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    UN Continental shelf committee received Mexican submission

    The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf dealt with the submission presented by Mexico, the ninth it has received so far. This was the twenty first session of the Commission and was held at UN headquarters from 17 March to 18 April.

  • Monday, April 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Lula da Silva blames farm subsidies and oil for food crisis

    Brazilian president Lula da Silva, currently visiting Ghana, blamed rising oil prices for the current global food crisis, saying that bio-fuels had nothing to do with the problem, as some have suggested. He insisted escalating oil prices are pushing up freight costs, which in turn affects world food prices.

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