Firms to invest in food production for world's poor Stephanie Strom New York Times May 17, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report on foreign assistance

Doubling direct foreign aid could hurt US contractors Nick Taborek Bloomberg News/Washington Post May 20, 2012 See Hunger Notes special report on foreign assistance

In Kakola, Uganda the United States has been training troops for deployment to Somalia. The current class of 3,500 Ugandan soldiers, the biggest since the camp opened five years ago, is preparing to deploy to Somalia to join a growing international force composed entirely of African troops but largely financed by Washington.  Photo: Washington Post. View photo gallery

US trains troops for Somali fight Craig Whitlock Washington Post May 14, 2012  See Hunger Notes special report on foreign assistance

Extended jobless benefits cut in eight states Michael A. Fletcher Washington Post May 11, 2012

US lags in global measure of premature births Donald G McNeil Jr. New York Times May 2, 2012  Ethiopia: Too many deaths in childbirth The Guardian May 5, 2012 See other health and nutrition stories

Reasons abound for lack of job growth (jobs added in April 115,000; workers dropping out of job market 342,000; still unemployed 13,700,000) Catherine Rampell New York Times May 4, 2012 America's long-term unemployed: 'For those looking for work, it's very bleak' Dominic Rushe The Guardian  May 3, 2012 The future of work: trends and challenges for low-income workers Rebecca Thiess Economic Policy Institute April 27, 2012

4 years later, race is still an issue for some voters Sabrina Tavernise New York Times May 3, 2012

House bill offers $261 billion in cuts to programs helping struggling Americans in order to save military spending Jonathan Weisman New York Times May 7, 2012 Defense trumps poverty in Republican House David Rogers Politico May 2, 2012 Republicans' budgets imply deep cuts in programs helping the poor Ezra Klein Washington Post April 10, 2012  

CEO pay and the top 1%--How executive compensation and financial-sector pay have fueled income inequality Lawrence Mishel and Natalie Sabadish Economic Policy Institute May 2, 2012  

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Pakistan jails doctor who helped to find Bin Laden BBC News May 23, 2012 Fallout of Bin Laden raid: Aid groups in Pakistan are suspect Declan Walsh New York Times May 2, 2012  See Hunger Notes special report on foreign assistance

Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, UN warns BBC News May 16, 20012

Bonded labor in Afghanistan’s brick kilns is one of the most common forms of hazardous labor in the country. More than half of the brick kiln workers surveyed in a recent report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) were children. According to the ILO, the kilns rely on debt bondage: Workers and their families are tied to a kiln by the need to pay off loans taken out for basic necessities, medical expenses, weddings and funerals. Photo: IRIN View slideshow

Pakistan: Debt bondage or education? IRIN News May 23, 2012  Afghanistan: Debt bondage ensnares entire families IRIN News May 16, 2012 See Wikipedia debt bondage  See Hunger Notes special report World hunger pictures and stories

South Korean report details alleged atrocities at North Korea’s prison camps Chico Harlan Washington Post May 9, 2012

Food: Power to the people! IRIN News May 15, 2012  See the African Human Development Report 2012--Towards a Food Secure Future

Global mortality among children younger than five years declined by 26 percent between 2000 and 2010 - meaning that the lives of some two million children were saved - but this is still not enough for many countries to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing deaths in this age group by two-thirds by 2015. Photo: Guy Oliver/IRIN  

Child survival up, but not enough IRIN News May 11, 2012 See report See other health and nutrition stories

Solutions for a hungry world (online report) Alertnet May 2012

Charles Taylor, former Liberian leader, found guilty of war crimes Edward Cody Washington Post April 26, 2012 In pictures: Charles Taylor and the Liberia and Sierra Leone wars BBC News April 26, 2012

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