UN cuts Darfur food aid in half, saying it lacks funds

BERLIN -- The UN's World Food Program is cutting in half the emergency food rations it provides to about 3 million people in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan because of a ''severe lack of funding," especially from the wealthy nations of Europe, officials said yesterday. (Full article: 1120 words)

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