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Jacques Diouf
Poverty is the other pro-life issue
The United Nations food summit meeting in Rome this week has been addressed from such opposites as Pope Benedict XVI and Muammar Gaddafi, but most all ...
 Worldwide hunger a national security issue for the United States
The US Department of Agriculture released a report Monday stating one in six American households had ...
 UN official questions world's hunger commitment
The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money ...
UN food chief stages hunger strike ahead of summit
The U.N. food chief said Saturday he was chilly but otherwise slept OK after his first night on a hunger strike to draw attention to the plight of the ...
UN chief to fast to spotlight 1 billion hungry
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is planning to join a 24-hour fast to spotlight the plight of the more than one billion people around the world who ...
UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children
Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by UNICEF ...
UN agency calls for global fast against hunger
The head of a U.N. food agency called on people around the world Wednesday to join him in a day of fasting to highlight the plight of undernourished ...
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Michael Stone
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