wow.gm - As world leaders meet in New York at a special Summit on poverty, aid agency Oxfam slammed the lack of urgency by the international community in tackling the ongoing food crisis now affecting close to one billion people. Oxfam said that while the rich world had deep pockets when it came to bailing out banks, the needs of the poorest have been sidelined. Oxfam calculations reveal that so far close to US$13 billion has been pledged for 2008 to help poor countries cope with the increase in food...» view full story