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SUDAN / ABYEI GHOST TOWN (3.34) (02 July 2008) - Fierce fighting in Abyei over a month ago which left nearly one hundred people dead is now a ghost town, save for Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), the U.N. and a new battalion of Joint Integrated Units tasked with securing the town after the departure of SAF and SPLA forces leave from locations they hold. UNMIS

LIBERIA / SOARING COSTS (2.05) (02 July 2008) - World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick calls on leaders of the world's richest countries and major oil producers to act now on surging food and oil prices. Zoellick says the world is entering a "danger zone" and about ten billion U.S. dollars are needed to meet the short term needs of the places and people hit hardest. The Bank is already helping in countries like Liberia with a $10 million grant. WORLD BANK

UN / MOTTAKI (1.38) (02 July 2008) - At a press briefing today, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki downplays the possibility of war in the Persian Gulf. UNTV

UN / BAN KI-MOON WRAP (3.29) (02 July 2008) - Climate change and the global food crisis were at the top of the agenda as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began his three-day visit to China. The Secretary-General also made a brief visit to the site of the Beijing Olympic Games, 37 days before their inauguration. UNTV