globeandmail.com: 'Perfect storm' brewing for food riots, UN warns
 
BARBARA SURK

The Associated Press

April 9, 2008 at 4:13 AM EDT

DUBAI — The recent outbreak of food riots is a warning sign that rising food prices could cause unrest and instability across the world, the UN's top humanitarian official said yesterday.

Combined with the negative impact of climate change and soaring fuel prices, a "perfect storm" is brewing for much of the world's population, said John Holmes, the United Nations undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief co-ordinator.

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