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A UN food summit promised late yesterday to relieve hunger threatening one billion people, but anti-poverty campaigners said rich countries needed to commit to long-term action to boost food output and free up trade.

President George Bush has released $200m (€249) in emergency aid to help nations where surging food prices have worsened hunger and sparked violent protests.

The US has ordered the recall of a massive 64,000 tons of beef as unfit for human consumption.