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'Please Give My Dad A Job,' Writes Twelve-Year-Old In Oregon

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.23.2009 | Impact

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As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. A 12-year-old girl in ...

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Ethiopia Pleads For Food For 6.2M People

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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The Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people....

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25th Anniversary of Ethiopian Famine: Has Anything Changed?

Louis Belanger | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Oxfam, Food Aid, Ethiopia, Humanitarian Aid, Famine, Oxfam America, World News
Louis Belanger

During the years since the 1984 famine, things had begun to change in the area around Korem, and these changes made it possible for a young woman like Merzeneb to think about pursuing new options in life.

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G-8 Promises $20 Billion in Agricultural Aid: Real Change or Business as Usual?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, G8, Gmos, Agricultural Development, Agriculture, Africa, Sustainability, Group-of-8, Food Aid, International, Barack Obama, Food Security, Green News
Paula Crossfield

One can't help but wonder if by requesting this money from the G8 in the name of charity we are instead trying to promote our own economy.

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GAO Report Highlights Costs of U.S. Food Aid Restrictions

Kimberly Ann Elliott | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Kimberly Ann Elliott

Congressional restrictions on U.S. food aid raise the costs of delivering it by as much as a third and delay it reaching hungry people by up to 100 days.

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Rising Prices Slash Amount Of Food Aid Bought By US Gov't

The New York Times | CELIA W. DUGGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Soaring food prices, driven in part by demand for ethanol made from corn, have helped slash the amount of food aid the government buys to its lowest ...

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