Global For climate change and other environmental issues see Hunger Notes special report Global issues: the earth, the environment, and poor people US scrambles to address world food crisis Dan Eggen Washington Post April 26, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Food crisis Is depicted as 'silent tsunami'--sharp price hikes leave many millions hungry Kevin Sullivan Washington Post April 23, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Bush releases $200 million in emergency food aid Reuters April 15, 2008 UN body urges agricultural reforms to stave off food crisis Angela Balakrishnan The Guardian April 15, 2008 (You will leave this site.) World Bank tackles food crisis BBC News April 13, 2008 IMF head gives food price warning (You will leave this site.) BBC News April 13, 2008 (You will leave this site.) More world food and hunger crisis stories Leaders of Mexico and Canada back President Bush on trade Steven Lee Myers New York Times April 23, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See Hunger Notes special report Trade and hunger
A man places photographs of people murdered or missing, allegedly because of paramilitary groups, on the fence of the Costa Rican Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. Photo: William Fernando Martinez/Associated Press Cousin of Colombia's president arrested in death squad probe Juan Forero Washington Post April 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Former bishop wins Paraguay presidency, ending the Colorado party’s 62-year rule Alexi Barrionuevo New York Times April 21, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
In Sri Lanka, local government workers, like this man from the Colombo Municipal Council, are regularly deployed to spray insecticide in homes, gardens and along roadways islandwide. Photo: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN Eradicating malaria worldwide seen as a distant goal, at best David Brown Washington Post April 26, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Venezuela 'to tax oil windfall' BBC News April 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Exxon Mobil acts to freeze Venezuelan oil assets; Venezuela denies full freeze BBC News February 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See Hunger Notes special report: Global issues: harmful economic systems and 2007 Venezuela oil nationalization stories Ecuador’s leader purges military and moves to expel American base Simon Romero New York Times April 21 2008 (You will leave this site. Ecuador plans foreign bases ban, ending US base there BBC News April 2, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See Hunger Notes special report on development and military aid Court slows Bolivian reform BBC News March 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Militia groups claim to offer protection to poor communities Photo: AP Brazilians look to regional force to root out death squads Monte Reel Washington Post March 18, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Vigilantes take over Rio shanty towns Gary Duffy BBC News March 4, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Soaring food prices putting US emergency aid in peril Anthony Faiola Washington Post March 1, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Millions more face starvation because of rising food prices and large food aid budget deficit, UN says Julian Borger The Guardian February 26, 2008 UN warns over food aid rationing BBC News February 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Grain price increases hit poor countries BBC News February 14, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
The Colombian raid inside Ecuador left 17 rebels dead including FARC leader Raul Reyes. Photo: AP Leaders say Colombia crisis over BBC News March 8, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Ecuador and Venezuela cut ties with Colombia over cross-border raid BBC News March 4, 2008 (You will leave this site.) FARC aura of invincibility shattered Jeremy McDermott BBC News March 1, 2008
Colombians in Cali demonstrate against the FARC. Photo: AP FARC releases 4 of 40 political hostages it holds; thousands of other hostages still captive as well BBC News February 28, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Colombians in huge FARC protest BBC News February 4, 2008 Brazil unveils anti-poverty drive BBC News February 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Drug resistant TB 'at new high' BBC News February 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Nutritional supplements and education are helping to save the lives of displaced children in the Central African Republic. Photo: © UNICEF/Holtz Governments fail to invest enough to prevent malnutrition IRIN February 22, 2008 (You will leave this site.) US sanctions on businessman target Syria's inner sanctum Robin Wright Washington Post February 22, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems Fidel Castro announces retirement, ending 49 years in power BBC News February 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Grain price increases hit poor countries BBC News February 14, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Wealthy neighbors need Bolivia's gas Monte Reel Washington Post February 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
The rate of mangrove loss is higher than the loss of any other forest type. Mangroves protect coastal areas against erosion, cyclones and wind. Mangrove forests provide habitats for many animals like crocodiles and snakes, tigers, deer, otters, dolphins and birds. A wide range of fish and shellfish also depends on these coastal forests. Photo: FAO An alarming 20 percent of mangrove forest area has been destroyed since 1980 Food & Agriculture Organization February 8, 2008
A single crossing point allowed Palestinians to return to Gaza as Egyptian troops seal border. Photo AFP Egyptian troops seal border with the Gaza Strip, ending 12 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians. BBC News February 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Palestinians flooded over the border as the wall tumbled down. Photo: AFP
Gaza has been under an almost complete blockade for months. Photo: BBC Egypt reluctant to check Gaza's surge Ian Pannell BBC News January 23, 2008 Gazans flood through Egypt border after militants destroy parts of the border wall BBC News January 23, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Israel briefly eases grip on Gaza: EU, UN allowed to truck in limited supplies on fifth day of blockade Ellen Knickmeyer Washington Post January 23, 2008 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) Survey finds world freedom reduced in 2007 with one-fifth of countries showing declines Freedom House January 18, 2008 Suitcase of cash tangles US, Venezuela and Argentina in intrigue Simon Romero and Alexei Barronuevo New York Times January 9, 2008 (You will leave this site.) New study estimates 151,000 violent Iraqi deaths since 2003 invasion World Health Organization January 9, 2008 |
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