I read this story in World Magazine (February 10, 2007 edition) and could not stop laughing...
"The organizers of an anti-poverty summit (emphasis mine) held in posh digs in Nairobi, Kenya, turned away crowds of hungry street children who wanted nothing more than a morsel of food. As a response to rude treatment from organizers of the anti-capitalistic World Social Forum, dozens of languishing street children broke into the five-star hotel's food tent and gorged themselves on cuisine meant only for the anti-hunger elite. Each plate of food in the hotel sold for roughly $7 in a nation where many live on less than $2 every day. After a series of protests by street children as well as other locals, the organizers relented and agreed not to charge for the food."
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