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WORLD NEWS FOODCRISIS 16 MCT
Women sell vegetables as trucks are unloaded in the central market in Bujumbura, Burundi on June 19, 2008. The increase in fuel prices has led to a sharp increase in food prices globally and has made vegetables and staple foods very expensive in a country such as Burundi where nine out of 10 people live on less than $1 per day. (Evelyn Hockstein/Evelyn Hockstein / MCT)

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