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The Right to Food and Nutrition 2015 released

by FIAN International October 12, 2015

With malnutrition affecting more than 2 billion people and obesity rates rising, the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2015 underscores the artificial separation of nutrition and sustainable food systems, which is resulting in vertical, technical and...

The Right to Food and Nutrition 2015 released

by FIAN International October 12, 2015

With malnutrition affecting more than 2 billion people and obesity rates rising, the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2015 underscores the artificial separation of nutrition and sustainable food systems, which is resulting in vertical, technical and...

Three win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on tropical diseases river blindness, filariasis, and malaria

by Brady Dennis and Lenny Bernstein Washington Post October 5, 2015

William Campbell’s eureka moment came in 1975, as he was testing a new medicine to fight parasites in domestic and farm animals. The Irish-born scientist realized a parasitic worm in horses bore an amazing resemblance to the parasite that causes ri...

International food security assessment: Past progress and prospects through 2025

by Stacey Rosen and Birgit Meade Amber Waves October 5, 2015

In 1996, the United States, the European Community, and 184 other countries gathered at the World Food Summit (WFS) in Rome and pledged to reduce the number of food-insecure people by half by no later than 2015. This declaration emphasized improving ...

International food security assessment: Past progress and prospects through 2025

by Stacey Rosen and Birgit Meade Amber Waves October 5, 2015

In 1996, the United States, the European Community, and 184 other countries gathered at the World Food Summit (WFS) in Rome and pledged to reduce the number of food-insecure people by half by no later than 2015. This declaration emphasized improving ...

The Islamic State justice system is brutal and often arbitrary, according to interviews with people who live there or recently fled. In this photo, a man accused of stealing sits in a jail cell with his hand cut off. (Photo obtained by The Washington Post)

Life in the Islamic State: Spoils for the rulers, terror for the ruled

by Kevin Sullivan Washington Post October 1, 2015

The white vans come out at dinnertime, bringing hot meals to unmarried Islamic State fighters in the city of Hit in western Iraq....

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