"This is not some gentle wake-up call - it's the same global alarm that's been screaming at us since 2008, " said Hannah Stoddart, Oxfam's head of economic justice policy, regarding the FAO data.

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It will be interesting to see if the rowdy elements in the notorious West Stand heed his words - there is nothing wrong with some gentle and humorous "Aussie baiting" which, after all, is what we get whenever we go to Australia.

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Already, Turkey's gentle realignment has carried some costs, most obviously to its relations with Israel.

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