The European Commission has said it will increase food aid by more than 117 million euros, to lessen the impact of rising food prices on the world's most vulnerable.
EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that in The cat's away... ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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