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Leading Chinese dissident, Liu Xiaobo, gets 11 year term for subversion after he helped draft a petition known as Charter 08 that demanded the right to free speech, open elections and the rule of law Andrew Jacobs New York Times December 24, 2009 With harsh sentence of Liu Xiaobo, China threatens democracy and human rights activists and signals to the West that its concerns don't matter much Andrew Jacobs New York Times December 25, 2009
In audit, China finds large ($35 billion) and widespread corruption by government officials David Barboza New York Times December 29, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems
In Indonesia, middlemen mold outcome of justice by persuading corrupt police officers, prosecutors and judges to drop a case against a client for the right amount of money Norimitsu Onishi New York Times December 19, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: Harmful economic systems
Pastoralism unraveling in Mongolia due to low wool prices and high number of goats, creating environmental damage Sarah J. Wachter New York Times December 8, 2009
Street children sleep on the path of one of Dhaka’s roads, Bangladesh. Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
Bangladesh: over half of all children living in poverty IRIN News December 3, 2009
Amid droughts and failed crops, a cycle of poverty worsens in India Mark Magnier Los Angeles Times December 1, 2009
Lakshmi H.S., 19, checked medical records at a Rural Shores outsourcing center in the Indian village of Bagepalli, where she has worked for the last six months. Photo: Lynsey Addario/New York Times More photos
Rural Indian workers, earning $60 a month, get a chance to do work outsourced from the United States Lydia Polgreen New York Times November 12, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: Trade and hunger
Groundbreaking birth control bill that would make family planning services more widely available to poor people has powerful enemies in the Philippines Carlos H. Conde New York Times October 25, 2009
North Korea's military gets priority over civilians for essential supplies. It also keeps the government in power. Photo: AP
UN envoy calls North Korea's human rights record abysmal, saying one-third of the country's population was going hungry needlessly, principally because of its 'military first' policy BBC News October 22, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems
Taliban attack on a university shuts all Pakistan schools BBC News October 21, 2009 Pakistan aid places US in the middle of a division between Pakistan's civilian government and its military Jane Perlez New York Times October 12, 2009 Pakistanis balk at US aid package--viewed as infringement on national sovereignty Karen DeYoung and Scott Wilson Washington Post October 8, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance
Indonesia quake deaths pass 1000 BBC News October 1, 2009
China spreads aid in Africa, with some catches (corruption, secrecy and long term indebtedness of the borrowing country) Sharon LaFraniere and John Grobler New York Times September 21, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance
Naramaya Chimoria, 72, keeps an eye on some children. In a role reversal, the older refugees tend to rely on the younger adults — who are more likely to speak English — to navigate the city. Photo: Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times
Bhutan refugees find a toehold in the Bronx Kirk Semple New York Times September 24, 2009
The murky process of hereditary succession in North Korea seems to be suspended for now due to leader's improved health Blaine Harden Washington Post September 11, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems and how they oppress people
Web censoring widens across southeast Asia--technical means, coercion and intimidation are used in efforts to suppress criticism. China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam are among countries doing so. James Hookway Wall Street Journal September 14, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems and how they oppress people
The murky process of hereditary succession in North Korea seems to be suspended for now due to leader's improved health Blaine Harden Washington Post September 11, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems and how they oppress people
In poorer nations, energy needs trump climate issues Emily Wax Washington Post September 9, 2009
Below normal monsoon rains have been responsible for the drought. Photo: AP
Drought puts focus on puts focus on a side of India left out of progress--small farmers and farmworkers Jim Yardley New York Times September 4, 2009 Half of India affected by drought--rice production may decrease by 10 percent BBC News August 11, 2009
Burma court finds pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi guilty BBC News August 11, 2009
Food is scarce in Afghanistan. Here two students at a mosque school in Kandahar sort pieces of dried naans, or unleavened bread, given to them by soldiers nearby. Photo: BBC
Some pictures of ordinary life in Afghanistan BBC News August 2009
Help coming? An Indian family cooks on a New Delhi street. The country is launching an ambitious bid to improve delivery of food subsidies by issuing a national identity card. Photo: Newscom
With one in four Indians hungry, India is emerging as the world center for hunger and malnutrition, report says BBC News July 31, 2009 India's new antipoverty measure: a national ID card that will eliminate a patchwork of local IDs and facilitate the delivery of subsidized food and other services to poor people Mian Ridge Christian Science Monitor July 26, 2009
Mumbai (Bombay) faces acute water shortage BBC News July 7, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report Global issues: hunger, the environment, and climate change
Many kiln workers are children, like 6-year-old Samia, who molds clay into balls for bricks. Photo: Pamela Constable Washington Post
Pakistan's kiln workers bricked in by debt: families on ancient assembly lines 'can never earn enough to leave' Pamela Constable Washington Post July 3, 2009
US drone strike kills 60 in Pakistan Pir Zubair Shah and Salman Masood New York Times June 23, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report on development and military assistance
China intent on requiring internet censor software Edward Wong and Ashlee Vance New York Times June 18, 2009
Eleven refugee camps have been set up around
the North West Frontier Province. Camps face challenge in accommodating the
displaced that represent for Pakistan the largest exodus of people in 60 years
Photo: AFP
Taliban stir rising anger of Pakistanis Sabrina Tavernis New York Times June 4, 2009 Pakistan seeks aid for 2 million displaced Al Jalazeera May 21, 2009 500,000 refugees flee fighting between Pakistani army and Taliban in Swat valley Al Jalazeera May 11, 2009 See photo slide show The Times May 13, 2009
India's Congress party set to form government after electoral victory BBC News May 20, 2009
These were the scenes as Sri Lankan troops moved in on the last patch of territory held by the Tamil Tigers, a 2.5 acre patch of ground where the rebels were surrounded and cut off from the sea. Photo:HO/AFP/Getty Images
Death of rebel leader marks end of years of fighting in Sri Lanka Emily Wax Washington Post May 19, 2009
Sri Lankan government forces have shelled a hospital inside the conflict zone killing at least 45 people, Tamil Tiger rebel and hospital sources say. Photo: BBC
'More than 1000 civilians killed' in attacks on Sri Lanka safe zone--UN says feared bloodbath has become reality Gethin Chamberlain and Mark Tran The Guardian May 11, 2008
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Burmese democracy advocate faces military trial Thomas Fuller and Seth Mydans New York Times May 14, 2009
Eleven refugee camps have been set up around
the North West Frontier Province. Camps face challenge in accommodating the
displaced that represent for Pakistan the largest exodus of people in 60 years
Photo: AFP
500,000 refugees flee fighting between Pakistani army and Taliban in Swat valley Al Jalazeera May 11, 2009
An armed Pakistani Taliban stands beside the body of one of two policemen killed in the Buner district on April 7. Photo: Reuters
Taliban seize vital Pakistan area closer to the capital New York Times April 22, 2009
A rally in a West Bengal village for Mamata Banerjee, who has usurped the Communists and cast herself as the savior of the poor. Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
Communists, long supporters of the poor and landless in India's West Bengal State, face electoral threat over plan to take farmland for industrial use Somini Sengupta New York Times May 2, 2009
Indonesia: Making health facilities safe in disasters IRIN April 8, 2009
A 49-year-old man in the advanced stages of HIV has not told friends about his situation because of the social stigma attached to the disease. "The worst thing for me is the loneliness," he said. Two weeks after this photograph was taken, he died. For many people infected with HIV in developing countries, lack of nutritious food frequently speeds death, or, when anti-retroviral treatment for HIV is available, reduces the effectiveness of the treatment. Photo: International Herald Tribune
Dying, and alone, in Myanmar Seth Mydans New York Times March 31, 2009 Few resources, little hope, for those with HIV in Myanmar (Photo essay) New York Times March 31, 2009
FAO Graph showing proportion of the North Korean population that is undernourished
North Korea refuses US food aid BBC News March 18, 2009
Malnutrition in India is worse than in many African nations, stunting the growth of children like this girl in Shivpuri, photographed in November 2008. Photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
As Indian growth soars, child hunger persists Somni Sengupta New York Times March 13, 2009 India struggles with hunger Nancy Donaldson and Ruth Fremson New York Times (Audio slide show) (Among other virtues, an excellent brief description of how hunger affects children.)
Map: BBC
US finds new Afghan supply route BBC News February 20, 2009 How the U.S. lost a vital air base in Kyrgyzstan (opinion) Baktybek Abdrisaev Washington Post February 16, 2008 Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final.' Base serves as a vital supply route for US operations in Afghanistan BBC News February 6, 2009 New Afghan supply routes probed--Pakistan route through Kyber Pass increasingly under attack Martin Vennard BBC News December 31, 2008
Sri Lankan troops raise the flag in newly retaken village. Photo: AFP
Tamil Tigers suffer key loss in struggle with Sri Lankan government with Tamil control of separatist territory now in question Ethirajan Anbarasan BBC News January 2, 2009
Baby Drupta weighs only 5.5 lbs and coughs incessantly. Photo: BBC
Ignoring India's malnourished Soutik Biswas BBC News November 25, 2008