Dear friends,
Rocketing prices threaten to starve millions and make us all less secure -- sign the emergency petition for action to stop the world food crisis |
http://www.avaaz.org/en/world_food_crisis/12.php
Sources
1. BBC: "How to stop the global food crisis":
http://news.bbc.co.uk
2. "The New Economics of Hunger"
http://www.washingtonpost.com
3. Zainab Bangura, Foreign Minister of Sierra Leone, video message to Avaaz members
http://www.avaaz.org
4. Chinese news citing World Bank figures:
http://www.cctv.com
5. Reuters: "Rising food prices to top UN agenda:
http://www.reuters.com
6. "Rising Food Prices" by Alex Evans (Chatham House report):
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk
7. UN scientific report on fixing the world food system:
http://news.bbc.co.uk
8. The Guardian: "Credit crunch? The real crisis is global hunger", George Monbiot:
http://www.guardian.co.uk
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