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World Food Programme ramps up response in Yemen as hunger fears escalate, official says

By Antoni Slodkowski UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The acting chief of the World Food Programme on Monday said the agency was ramping up its response to the escalating crisis in Yemen, where Houthi fighters seized the country's Red Sea coast, displacing tens of thousands of people. Nearly 700 people have been killed and thousands injured, according to the UN, as the group made their…

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