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Fact Sheet: Understanding Global Hunger
Hunger is not having enough nutritious food. To end global hunger, nutritious food needs to be affordable and available to everyone. Learn about the meaning, causes, and solutions to global hunger.
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Fact Sheet: Child Malnutrition
Adequate nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is vital for proper brain development. Malnutrition can have long-term impacts on a child’s life, including their ability to learn in school and grow properly.
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General who led overthrow of Egypt’s first elected government and is now the defacto ruler to run for president of Egypt
by David D Kirkpatrick New York Times March 26, 2014
CAIRO — Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, the defense minister and military officer who led last summer’s takeover of the elected government in Egypt, formally announced on Wednesday that he was resigning from the army and running for president as he moved to consolidate his power....
529 Egyptians sentenced to death over the killing of a police officer
by David D Kirkpatrick New York Times March 24, 2014
MINYA, Egypt — A crowd gathered outside a courthouse in the town of Matay erupted in wailing and rage on Monday when a judge sentenced 529 defendants to death in just the second session of their trial, convicting them of murdering a police officer in anger at the ouster of the Islamist president. ...
El Salvador ex-rebel’s presidential victory confirmed
by BBC News March 17, 2014
El Salvador's electoral court has confirmed the victory of former left-wing rebel Salvador Sanchez Ceren in a tight presidential run-off election....
Egypt’s military expands its power over the economy
by Abigail Hauslohner Washington Post March 16, 2014
CAIRO — In the shadows of a harsh political crackdown, the military that overthrew Egypt’s first democratically elected president last summer is positioning itself to become the country’s uncontested economic power....
Obama was right: To boost the economy, spread the wealth, two new IMF studies indicate
by Christopher Ingraham Washington Post March 13, 2014
Two recent reports from the International Monetary Fund – one just out today – make a compelling case that not only is inequality bad for economic growth, but redistributive policies might also actually be good for it....
Chiquita merger reignites fears of a disappearing banana crop
by Marisa Taylor Al Jazeera America March 10, 2014
Chiquita Brands International, the U.S.-based global produce company that’s perhaps best known for bananas — as well as for its catchy logo featuring the First Lady of Fruit — announced Monday that it would acquire Fyffes, its Irish rival. The two companies will become one before the end of 20...
Egyptian authorities detain thousands amid crackdown on dissent
by Erin Cunningham Washington Post March 10, 2014
CAIRO — At his office in downtown Cairo, defense lawyer Mahmoud Belal chain-smokes Marlboro Reds and gulps cups of bitter Turkish coffee — fuel to help him juggle constant phone calls and pleas for help amid a vast government crackdown on dissent....
Mexico targets gang that infiltrated the mining industry
by Paulina Villegas New York Times March 5, 2014
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has stepped up its effort to crack down on one of the most powerful and feared criminal organizations in the country, with arrests and seizures this week aimed not at drug trafficking or extortion but at the gang’s lucrative infiltration of mining and smuggling iron ore to C...
Crop diversity decline threatens food security
by Mark Kinver BBC News March 3, 2014
Fewer crop species are feeding the world than 50 years ago - raising concerns about the resilience of the global food system, a study has shown...
Syria crisis: Thousands waiting for food in Yarmouk (video)
by BBC News February 25, 2014
The BBC's Lyse Doucet has travelled to Yarmouk, the Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus, Syria, where people are desperate for food....
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