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World Food Day: More than One Billion People Suffering from Hunger

Ann M. Veneman | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Drc, Hunger, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Children, Unicef, Millennium Development Goals, G-8 Summit, Malnutrition, World Food Day, Veneman, Impact News
Ann M. Veneman

On this World Food Day more than one billion people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, an increase of 100 million in just over a year.

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Why Do We Want to Be Famous?

Robert Fuller | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Princess Di, Dignity, Dignitarian Society, Nobody, Malnutrition, Oscar, Marilyn Monroe, Fame, Malrecognition, Elvis, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Somebody, Rank, Rankism, Emmy, Living News
Robert Fuller

When strangers ply us with questions like "And you are?", "Who are you with?", or "Where did you go to school?" they are likely sizing up our power as belied by our affiliations.

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Hunger's Perfect Storm Is Back

Josette Sheeran | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Malnutrition, Hunger, World Hunger, Nutrition, World News
Josette Sheeran

A hungry world is a dangerous world. And the world is hungry right now. Let's not wait for more riots to erupt and people to die to realize that we are losing a generation to hunger.

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Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015

James D. Weill | Posted 08.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Malnutrition, Hunger, Childhood Hunger, Children, Children's Health, World Hunger, Home News
James D. Weill

More than 12 million children -- nearly 17 percent of all children in the country -- live in homes that are struggling with hunger, hindering them from growing, learning and succeeding in school.

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African Obesity An Underestimated "Silent Killer"

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Cameroon, River Blindness, Africa, Foreign Affairs, Africa Silent Killers, African Obesity, Nigeria, Malaria, Malnutrition, Liberia, Obesity, HIV/AIDS, Starvation, South Africa, Silent Killers, Famine, Advocacy, World News

A troubling paradox reported out of Africa presents a new "silent killer" to join the ranks of HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, malaria, and river blindness: o...

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Just What the Doctor Ordered: Clean Energy, Public Health, and Climate Change

Frances Beinecke | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Darfur, Global Warming and Health, Lancet Study, Heat Wave, The Lancet, Malaria, Malnutrition, Global Warming, Arctic, Green Energy, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Climate change has been called "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." The clean energy bill that is moving through the House right now is just what the doctor ordered.

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STUDY: Loss Of Appetite In Eldery Linked To Depression

Rodale News | Emily Main | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Elderly, Malnutrition, Aging, Depression, Nutrition, Living News

That sappy greeting-card commercial, in which an 8-year-old boy cheers up his older neighbor with a card "just because," may be on to something. A new...

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Zimbabwe's Poor Healthcare System Causing Humanitarian Crisis

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe Healthcare, Cholera Outbreak, Morgan Tsvangarai Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs, Cholera Zimbabwe, Malnutrition, Hiv, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, Zimbabwe Cholera, Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak, HIV/AIDS, Morgan Tsvangarai, Cholera Epidemic, Humanitarian Crisis, Physicians for Human Rights, Cholera, HIV/AIDS Africa, Robert Mugabe, Health Care, Aids Zimbabwe, Advocacy, Healthcare Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, World News
NYCity News Service

The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has created a humanitarian crisis where people are already suffering from a crippling hyperinflation and severe food, fuel and currency shortages.

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India Child Hunger Rates Horrific Even As Economy Grows

New York Times | SOMINI SENGUPTA | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

Read More: Child Malnutrition, India Children, India, Malnutrition India, India Child Malnutrition, India Child Hunger, Malnutrition, Hunger India, Indian Children, Child Hunger, India Hunger, World News

Small, sick, listless children have long been India's scourge -- "a national shame," in the words of its prime minister, Manmohan Singh. But even afte...

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Dirt Poor Haitians Eat Mud Cookies To Survive

WorldFocus | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

Read More: Poor Haitians, Poverty, Caribbean, Haiti Malnutrition, Dirt Cookies, Malnutrition, Hungry Haitians, Haiti Poverty, Haitians, Haiti Mud Cookies, Starvation, Haiti Poor, Hunger, Haiti, Haiti Dirt Cookies, Worldfocus, Mud Cookies, World News

The small island nation of Haiti relies heavily on food imports, but with prices soaring, some Haitians are resorting to eating mud. The cookies --...

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Power of ONE at the ONE Power 100

Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Power 100 Summit, End to Hunger, World Hunger, FEED, Lunch, Malnutrition, Lauren Bush George W. Bush, Student Activists, Philanthropy, Amazon.com, Hunger, Global Hunger, Lauren Bush, Activism, Un, Child Hunger, UN World Food Progamme, World News
Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson

The movement to fight global hunger is growing and students are driving it, one action at a time. We hope others will be inspired to use the Power of ONE to change the world.

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Erdogan, Peres, and the Soufflés of Davos

Sandy Tolan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Protocol, Turkey, David Ignatius, Red Cross, European Union, Malnutrition, Obama, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Peres, Soufflé, Bush, Erdogan, Davos, Gaza, Sarkozy, Dov Weisglas, Food Insecurity, Israel, Washington Post, Ban-Ki Moon, World Economic Forum, Davos 2009, Food, Comedy News
Sandy Tolan

In conclusion, allow me to emphasize that if your nation wants to join the ranks of the civilized (read: European Union, with Israel as a kind of honorary member), it would be incumbent upon you to observe the rules of engagement in future Davos fora.

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U.N. Food Summit Ends Without Plan

The New York Times | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Starvation, Biofuels, U.N., United Nations, United Nations Food Summit, Malnutrition, Green News

A three-day United Nations conference on spiraling food costs concluded late on Thursday with the delegates calling on countries and financial institu...

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