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** FILE ** An unidentified child carrying AN empty plate of food stands outside their house at the Ruga area of Abuja, Nigeria, in this July 17, 2006 file picture. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday, April 14, 2008 that the rapidly escalating global food crisis has reached emergency proportions and threatens to wipe out seven years of progress in the fight against global poverty. He called for short-term emergency measures in many regions to meet urgent food needs and avoid starvation and longer-term efforts to significantly increase production of food grains. (AP Photo/George Osodi, file)