FAO, IMF anticipate more civil unrest and protests because of soaring food prices

Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:30 UTC

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North Africa and Middle East civil unrest can be expected to spread to several other countries if as anticipated the FAO Food Prices Index for January 2011 confirms the December 2010 tendency when the “basket” of food staples reached a new peak. Read full article

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briton
right so lets get this straight, the experts think all the unrest and riots may be down to food prices, so the fact that in those countries mentioned ,
demonstrating against a dictator has nothing whatsoever to do with it and thereby irrelevant,
what a load of western political bollxxks, I think
Jan 31st, 2011 - 09:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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xbarilox
The IMF, FAO, UN, WB, G20, etc. etc. etc. So, a guy in Washington D.C. decides if a family in Yemen will starve to death.
Jan 31st, 2011 - 10:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Agreed
deport all these politicians and we can all be happy.
And the politicians, let them fight over the scraps
Feb 01st, 2011 - 12:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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