UN providing extra 1.2 billion in food aid
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The United Nations has announced it will provide an additional $US1.2 billion dollars of food aid for the 60 nations hardest hit by rising prices.
The head of the UN's World Food Program, Josette Sheeran says the number of people in severe poverty could double unless action is taken soon.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, has told a food summit in Rome that the world is duty bound to act immediately.
