Hungry Haitians storm presidential palace in expanding food riots

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Hungry Haitians stormed the presidential palace Tuesday to demand the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, and UN peacekeepers chased them away with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Food prices, which have risen 40 percent on average since mid-2007, are causing unrest in many countries, including Haiti, which is one of the poorest in the world.
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UN: Food Costs Threaten Haiti Stability
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The international effort to stabilize Haiti is extremely fragile and becoming even more so because of soaring food prices and declining living standards that have sparked riots, the U.N. envoy to Haiti said Tuesday.
Hedi Annabi called for urgent food aid for the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, noting that close to 80 percent of Haiti's people live on less than $2 a day and are seriously affected by the global increase in prices for basic food items.

The unrest began last week when Haitians burned cars and attacked a U.N. police base in the southern city of Les Cayes, killing at least five people. The protests spread this week to the capital, Port-au- Prince.
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