UN: High Food Prices Triggering Global Unrest

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Food Prices: Up, Up and Away -- Time Magazine

The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report this week that food prices reached an all-time high in January. The Food Price Index rose 3.4% in January to 231, surpassing June 2008 levels that sparked food riots and hoarding from Haiti to the Philippines. Prices of all commodity groups except meat — cereals, oil, dairy and sugar — gained over prices in December.

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Food prices triggering global unrest: UN --AFP
France, FAO see food crisis risk as prices soar -- Reuters
Global food prices hit record high -- Al Jazeera
Record world food prices spur warning -- Boston.com/AP
World Food Prices Hit New Record -- Voice of America
Food Prices Worldwide Hit Record Levels, Fueled by Uncertainty, U.N. Says -- New York Times
World food prices at record high: UN -- CBC
Food prices at twenty year high -- BBC (Audio)
U.N.: Global food prices surge 3.4% in January -- Market Watch
India's food inflation shoots up to 17.05% -- Economic Times
Food Costs At Records as U.N. Warns Of Volatile Era -- New York Times/Reuters