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U.S. Food for Peace and WFP feeding hungry Afghans

Many people are accustomed to having three meals a day. Imagine though if you were allowed just one meal a day for an extended period of time. How...
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Afghanistan hunger crisis deepens, donors not responding

The hunger crisis is dangerously escalating in Afghanistan. Drought has struck 14 provinces putting over two million people at risk of severe...
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Bigger bailout backed by G20

  • EU
  • October 15, 2011
The G20 group of finance ministers which are meeting today will back calls for alarger bailout fund to prevent contagion. This stance is similar to...
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Merkel strikes back as EFSF is ratified

Merkel calls for Tobin tax and rebuffs sugggestions by David Cameron for a "big bazooka" option. She said that those who criticize the...
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Scarlett Johansson visits Horn of Africa as Oxfam Ambassador (video)

Scarlett Johansson visits Horn of Africa as Oxfam Ambassador (video)On September 23, 2011, Hollywood actress and Oxfam Ambassador Scarlett...
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Charity work for Annie Lennox lands her prestigious OBE award

When celebrity singer Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart launched the band Eurythmics back in 1980, they started out slowly, but became a worldwide...
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HostelBookers is donating £10,000 and young travelers get to choose the charity

HostelBookers, a budget accommodation booking website, announced their plans to donate £10,000 (or over $16,500) to a charitable organization....
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Afghanistan: no time to lose on health, nutrition, and justice

My Mother's Day article on Afghanistan emphasized the urgent need for action on improving child health and nutrition. This is a country where...
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Shocking child malnutrition crisis in Pakistan

Neva Khan of the charity Oxfam says of flood-ravaged Pakistan, "millions of people are still facing flood water, shivering in temporary...
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Two quick ways you can tackle the global hunger crisis

Recent reports of hunger in Pakistan, Benin, Afghanistan, Yemen, Chad, Iraqand other countrieshighlight the daunting task of taking on the global...
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