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BBC WorldNews report · Oct 19, 6:00 AM
Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza
The number of people helped by the UN agency in the Palestinian territory will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.
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Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza
BBC World and The Straits Times describe the same event in different terms.
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What happened The number of people helped by the UN agency in the Palestinian territory will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.
The headline split BBC World frames it as "Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza". France 24 frames it as "World Food Programme to end aid for half a million in Gaza due to funding shortfall".
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Dawn PakistanNews report · Oct 19, 9:08 AM
UN agency to end monthly aid to 500,000 people in Gaza over funding shortfall
The World Food Programme said Monday it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, despite acute needs in the war-battered Palestinian territory. Wit...
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The Straits TimesNews report · Oct 19, 7:55 AM
World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, citing funding shortages
CAIRO/GAZA, Oct 19 - The UN World Food Programme has said funding shortages are forcing major cuts to its aid programme in Gaza, leaving about 500,000 people without monthly food support in...
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France 24News report · Oct 19, 7:33 AM
World Food Programme to end aid for half a million in Gaza due to funding shortfall
The UN World Food Programme has warned that funding shortages will leave about 500,000 people in the Gaza Strip without critical food aid in a territory where two thirds of the population r...
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