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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10426

26 July 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/horn of africa
€27.8 million in immediate aid, €60 million to come

Brussels, 25/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - All eyes are on the Horn of Africa and the response is underway in Europe and across the world to save the lives of the 12 million people in the face of worsening famine, in particular in Somalia. Ahead of the extraordinary FAO meeting in Rome on 25 July, the organisation's Director General Jacques Diouf called for $1.6 billion to be made available urgently for the coming year. On Saturday, the Commission announced that it was making €27.8 million in...