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Thailand's
King Bhumibol Adulyadej received the World Food Prize recently for
his tireless efforts to ensure the security of food supplies for
needy people around the world.
His Majesty
the King granted an audience to former Iowa governor Robert Ray at
Chitralada Palace in Bangkok. The World Food Prize Foundation
representative presented the monarch with the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Medallion.
The king
became the first Southeast Asian leader to receive the award, a
special honour reserved for heads of state and international leaders
for their great contributions to feeding people and enhancing human life.
The World Food
Prize Council of Advisors includes former US Presidents George Bush
and Jimmy Carter, Senator Elizabeth Dole, former Philippine President
Corazon Aquino.
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