The world price of rice and other grains gave few signs of doubling, threatening political stability in Africa and Asia and mocking earlier G8 commitments to reducing global poverty.

世界大米和其他粮食的价格也无任何会出现现在这样翻番的迹象。这些都威胁了非洲和亚洲的稳定，也是对以前八国峰会宣扬的致力于降低世界贫困的使命的一莫大讽刺。

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The initiative must be a means to harness all energies sustainably to boost political commitments in favour of people of African descent.

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Once liberated from its associations with certain fundamentally political commitments, however, religion, unlike those other grounds, will probably greatly increase its appeal and power.

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Without increased political commitments and international support, various countries are likely to miss the EFA goals by 2015, some of them by a wide margin.

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