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EU approves 1 billion euro fund to help poor countries suffering from food shortages
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The EU has approved the creation of a special euro1 billion (US$1.26 billion) emergency fund to help poor countries cope with food shortages. The European Union assembly says no more than 35 priority countries should be...Tags: European Union, Food Industry
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Zimbabwe villagers face starvation
The child's name is Godknows, and his mother smiles softly when she explains the choice: Only God knows whether he will live or die.
"I'm leaving everything in God's hands because the child is always ill," she whispers.
Godknows is 2 but looks like a...Tags: Civil Rights, Robert Mugabe, Epidemics and Plagues, United Nations, Charity
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Off the tourist path
Detroit Free PressThis was the place, or close enough. "Can you imagine, your grandfather grew up near here!" I shouted to my husband, waving my hand around vaguely in the dismal rain. "I mean, his house could have been on this very spot!" Expectant, we stood upon the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Vehicles, Family Vacations, Bing Crosby, Radio Industry
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Closing the curtain
Former President Jimmy Carter, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela were refused entry to Zimbabwe on Saturday. It's no mystery why: President Robert Mugabe doesn't want more witnesses to the...Tags: Robert Mugabe, Disasters, Jimmy Carter, National Government, Health Insurance
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Winter brings hunger
The Associated PressThe farmer squats barefoot on packed earth in front of his two-room mud house. He has looked at his bags of wheat, he says, and counted the days. Ghulam Sakhi, 50, says his family will run out of food in mid-January — only a third of the way...Tags: Government, Hamid Karzai, Family, Heads of State, Food Industry
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A desperate winter of hunger looms in Afghanistan
The Associated PressThe farmer squats barefoot on packed earth in front of his two-room mud house. He has looked at his bags of wheat, he says, and counted the days. Ghulam Sakhi, 50, says his family will run out of food in mid-January -- only a third of the way through...Tags: Government, Hamid Karzai, Family, Heads of State, Food Industry
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Opium poppy harvest declines 6% in Afghanistan
Reporting from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, and The United Nations -- After seven years of extraordinary expansion, Afghanistan's harvest of poppies used to produce opium has declined by 6% from a record high in 2007, according to the annual opium survey by...Tags: Arable Farming, United Nations, Defense, Guerrilla Activity, Terrorism
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Mourning, remembering Soviet-era famine tragedy
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko attends a memorial Saturday as Ukraine marked the anniversary of the start of Holodomor, a Soviet-era famine that killed millions. But the solemn events were overshadowed by fierce opposition from Russia. The Kremlin is...Tags: Government, Genocide, Massacres, Population
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Alleged cult member ordered released
The Associated PressOne of five alleged cult members accused in the starvation death of a toddler has been ordered released from custody pending trial. The attorney for Steven Bynum said her client should get out of jail sometime today. A judge ordered him released on his...Tags: Prosecution, Assault, Crimes, Police Arrests, Murder
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The information fortress known as North Korea
For months, North Korea watchers have played a frustrating guessing game: Is leader Kim Jong Il healthy? Incapacitated? Or even dead?
Many speculate that the reclusive 66-year-old has been sidelined by a stroke, while the government in Pyongyang...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Civil Rights, Defense Equipment, Walter Mondale, Central Intelligence Agency
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North Korean facade of self-sufficiency can't hide signs of hunger
Along the sides of the road, people comb through the grass looking for edible weeds. In the center of town, a boy about 9 years old wears a tattered army jacket hanging below his knees. He has no shoes. Sprawled on the lawn outside a bathhouse, poorly...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Vehicles, Relief and Aid Organizations, Transportation
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Food shortages driving hunger in North Korea
Tribune NewspapersNAMPO, North Korea — Along the sides of the road, people comb through the grass looking for edible weeds. In the center of town, a boy about 9 wears a tattered army jacket hanging below his knees. He has no shoes. Sprawled on the lawn outside a...Tags: Food Industry, Population
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