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U.S. aid could go further with reform: aid groups

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government could stretch its foreign aid budget to help more of the world's hungry if it overhauled its fragmented system for delivering the assistance, a food aid coalition said on Monday. (link)

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