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Peter Smerdon, a spokesman for the United Nations World Food Program, on aids workers in Somalia who are fleeing the country
Monday, Jul. 21, 2008

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  • PETER SMERDON,
  • a spokesman for the U.N.'s World Food Programme, on rescue workers in Somalia who are fleeing the country during a time of drought, skyrocketing food prices, crippling inflation and intensifying street fighting
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