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Global food prices skyrocket

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Global food prices increased by the fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, the United Nations reports.

Food prices in May jumped 39.7% worldwide compared with the same month a year earlier. That's the largest gain since October 2010.

The increase was led by higher costs for vegetable oil, grain and sugar.

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