The U.N.'s Roman food fight

The United Nations food summit in Rome is a "critical test" of whether global leaders can push reforms necessary to help the world feed itself, said The Christian Science Monitor. With Zimbabwe's tyrant Robert Mugabe in attendance, said Anne App

What happened

World leaders are gathered in Rome for a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization summit to to address soaring food prices, which have caused riots and increased starvation in poorer parts of the world. (BBC News) Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are both attending, amid widespread criticism. Neither was invited to the opening official dinner. (Reuters)

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