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Zimbabwe's President Mugabe leaves the podium during a U.N. crisis summit on rising food prices at the FAO in Rome
03 Jun 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe leaves the podium during a U.N. crisis summit on rising food prices at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome June 3, 2008. World leaders opened a conference on the global food crisis on Tuesday with the World Bank and humanitarian agencies demanding action to curb soaring prices that could push up to 100 million people into hunger. REUTERS/Nikola Solic (ITALY)
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