UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says food prices around the world are reaching emergency proportions. In two years, t - je 15.04.2008 10

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says food prices around the world are reaching emergency proportions. In two years, global prices for wheat have risen by 180 percent, the cost of a bowl of rice has skyrocketed within just a few months. In recent weeks, food-related riots have broken out in a growing list of countries, including Egypt, Pakistan, and Haiti, where five people were killed in violence last week. Here's a look at the devastating effect of high prices on countries that import the bulk of their food staples. +++SYN+++++