21.   Before leaving for Rome, where he is to attend the World food summit, the ousted Afghan leader held a meeting with Rafsanjani, officials said.

22.   Big differences have emerged at the second UN food summit over how to reduce the number of people going hungry.

23.   Cuban President Fidel Castro blasted a UN food summit in Rome on Saturday for ignoring the full dimensions of suffering that hunger is causing worldwide.

24.   Diouf, who will chair a food summit in Rome next month, said the meeting would help provide a more global vision of the food security challenge.

25.   Other issues are the creation of an African economic community, the world food summit scheduled for later this year and foreign debt.

26.   Saudi Arabia, which is participating in the world food summit, said Saturday it is now self-sufficient in many foodstuffs and is even exporting several food products.

27.   Sources said reservations should be minimal because countries had agreed not to turn the food summit into a re-opening of GATT or WTO trade talks.