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U.N. says North Korea needs millions in food aid

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02-Sep-2008
        
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By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea needs $503 million (281 million pounds) in food aid between now and November 2009 to avoid famine, which could be hampered by China's unwillingness to grant food export licences, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Tony Banbury, the WFP's regional director for Asia who has just spent a week in the reclusive country, said North Korea risked sliding... [read full story]                    

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