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AFP, Paris

France will double its food aid this year, spending 60 million euros (100 million dollars) as part of its response to the world crisis over soaring food prices, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Friday.

"We must act urgently to strengthen food security at a time when 37 countries are going through a very serious food crisis," Sarkozy told a major meeting on climate change in Paris.

"We cannot remain indifferent to the unrest among those people who, in the developing countries, can no longer satisfy their hunger."