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Japan gives $50 million to food crisis (AP)



Passersby wait to cross an intersection in front of a price board indicating regular gas is sold at 190 yen (US$1.79) per liter (0.26 gallon) and the high-octane gas at 200 yen ($1.88) per liter at a gas station in Tokyo Thursday, July 3, 2008. Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - Japan announced Friday it will provide $50 million in new emergency food aid to help developing countries cope with the impact of soaring food prices.





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