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Iceland said that it had agreed to cover European depositors at failed banks, breaking an impasse that had held up the dispersal of billions of dollars in international aid.

Sudan is capitalizing on high global food prices at a time when millions there barely have enough to eat.

Sudan is capitalizing on high global food prices at a time when millions of people in its Darfur region barely have enough to eat.

Resolving the global food crisis could cost as much as $30 billion a year and wealthier nations are doing little to help the developing world, United Nations officials said.

Resolving the global food crisis could cost as much as $30 billion a year and wealthier nations are doing little to help the developing world, United Nations officials said.