U.N. Agency OKs Plan to Feed 2.6 Million Refugees
<i> Reuters</i>
ROME —
The United Nations’ largest food agency said Friday it had approved about $125 million in food aid for more than 2 million refugees in the Third World.
The World Food Program, part of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, said 346,000 tons of grains and other foods would be used to feed 2.6 million refugees and 830,000 people displaced by civil strife in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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