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Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal
income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress.

The study by the Government Accountability Office, said about 68% of foreign
companies doing business in the U.S. avoided corporate taxes.

"It’s shameful that so many corporations make big profits and pay nothing
to support our country," said
Senator Byron Dorgan.

As food prices
soar world-wide it was reported recently on the BBC that ‘Ethiopia has launched an urgent
appeal to international donors for more than $300m (£154m) of emergency aid’.

According the news item, ‘a
total of 4.6 million people are now thought to need food aid, because of the
drought which struck most of the country in the early part of this year. In
some parts of the country, health centres and feeding clinics are already being
overwhelmed with large numbers of severely malnourished children. Existing
stocks of food aid will cover June, but the crunch will come in July.’