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Article: Canada pledges extra food aid
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 30, 2008
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Canada pledges extra food aid
OTTAWA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Canada will provide an extra 50
million Canadian dollars (50 million U.S. dollars) to the United
Nations World Food Program (WFP) to help combat the ongoing global
food crisis.
International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda made the announcement
at a press conference in Ottawa Wednesday, following the UN call for
an extra 755 million U.S. ...