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UN introduces new food supplement against Somalia child hunger »
Posted by: ameliog 10 months, 4 weeks ago in Family
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said the new type of supplement - called Plumpy'Doz - will be distributed to more than 100,000 of the ...
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Why aid-addicted Africa remains in deep poverty »
Posted by: ameliog 10 months, 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Over the last 50 years Western governments have paid out more than £400 billion of tax payers’ money in aid to Africa, but according to ...
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Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmland »
Posted by: berkeley 9 months, 4 weeks ago in News
Gaza 's 1.5 million people are facing a food crisis as a result of the destruction of great areas of farmland during the Israeli ...
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Africa Hunger Crisis seen still tied to Politics »
Posted by: WikiMap 6 months ago in Political News
Agricultural experts looking at Africa's enduring problems with food shortages and famine say hunger is unlikely to be solved there unless political stability returns ...
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U.N.: One billion worldwide face starvation - CNN.com »
Posted by: memestryker 1 week, 4 days ago in News
The United Nations launched an online appeal for individual donations to fight hunger as donor nations tackle an economic crisis and, for the first time ...
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Chinese Urbanites Drop Chopsticks for 'Western' Food »
Posted by: ZagatBuzz 3 weeks, 2 days ago in News
Proud as they are of their own cuisine, Chinese consumers – especially young urban consumers – are developing a powerful hunger for foreign food.
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Backwards Priorities: $20 Billion to Bank of America, Nothing For Food Banks | Politicususa »
Posted by: capj71 10 months, 1 week ago in News
The House Appropriations Committee released their initial version of the $825 billion stimulus package, and not surprisingly it contains no money for food banks, which ...
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What Hunger Insurance Could Teach Us About Health Insurance »
Posted by: populist 6 months ago in Health & Fitness
To understand what lies at the heart of the failure of our current health-care financing system, imagine, if you can, what the world would be ...
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A "Perfect Storm" Threatens The World Food Supply »
Posted by: Revelation1412 8 months, 1 week ago in News
As world food reserves sit at a 50 year low, many experts are warning that we are now facing a "perfect storm" that will dramatically ...
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Mind over matter »
Posted by: ameliog 1 week, 5 days ago in Health & Fitness
Think you can outsmart a genius?
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Here’s your chance to try - and if you succeed, you’ll get a lot more than an ego ...Read (34) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at nypost.com
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Pope speaks out against greedy money-men who sparked credit crisis »
Posted by: ameliog 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
The pontiff launched a fierce attack on the financial institutions responsible for the economic downturn, and said their actions were directly linked to world poverty ...
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In the North, Afghans Fight Hunger, Not the Taliban »
Posted by: monicachenoa 9 months ago in News
SANG-I-KHEL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United States' decision to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan will mean little to the people of northern Sang-i-Khel village whose ...
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The 'Fat Map': Putting World Hunger Into Perspective »
Posted by: ZagatBuzz 1 week ago in News
Hunger now scars the lives of over 1 billion people -- a new record.
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U.N. seeks $230M to fight Kenya hunger - CNN.com »
Posted by: travelcn 3 months ago in News
Kenya needs $230 million over the next six months to feed millions affected by drought, the United Nations said in a new report.
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The City that Ended Hunger :: Belo Horizonte, Brazil »
Posted by: berkeley 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of ...
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