"We have had a steady increase in the number of people who seek emergency food assistance, " Flowers tells a visitor.

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's World Food Program decided to double the amount of emergency food assistance it was providing to fight hunger in North Korea.

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There are the lower income components of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).

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In the hope of helping Gorbachev retain power, President Bush will evidently use the occasion of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) to promote Western "emergency" financial, food and technology assistance to the Soviet regime.

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