L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - The G8 summit will pledge $20 billion over three years, $5 billion more than initially expected, to boost agricultural investment and fight hunger, Italian G8 sherpa Giampiero Massolo said on Friday.
The summit leaders are due to release a statement shortly on global food security.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last week's failed plot to bomb a U.S. passenger jet has exposed lingering fissures within the U.S. intelligence community, which had information from interviews and clandestine intercepts but did not put the pieces together, officials said.
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