1. Nevertheless, many who attended a recent food summit in Rome expressed fears that a food crisis is looming. 2. President Megawati Sukarnoputri is scheduled to visit Europe next month to hold talks with regional leaders and attend an international food summit, a palace official said Thursday. 3. Although hosted by a U.N. agency, the November food summit is considered a mixed gathering run by private and government groups. 4. Among issues likely to surface at the food summit are access to markets for poor farmers and the use of genetically modified foods. 5. But unlike previous U.N. world gatherings, the food summit was actually able to bury the big squabbles beforehand. 6. Cuban leader arrives in Rome for food summit and likely meeting with pope. 7. Cuban leader Fidel Castro plans to come to a food summit in Rome next week, the head of the U.N. food agency said Friday. 8. Diouf has proposed to put off a world food summit, initially scheduled in November, until June. 9. He attended the United Nations food summit in Rome and then went onto Paris. 10. Patasse has been in Italy for the U.N. food summit, which was ending Sunday night. |