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Fight hunger with knowledge. In this short video, World Hunger Education Service’s Steve Hansch explains global hunger, discusses a few causes, and tells you how to get involved in humanitarian work.
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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.
Global Hunger: Children
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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Global Hunger in the News
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Surge in drug violence puts prosperity at risk in Monterrey, Mexico’s richest city
by Nick Miroff and and William Booth Washington Post March 10, 2011
When American baseball executives were looking for a place to move the struggling Montreal Expos franchise five years ago, Mexican investors brought them here, to this booming metropolis two hours south of the Texas border....
Egyptians desperate for democracy, but wary of US assistance in part because most past US aid has gone to the military and been interpreted by Egyptia...
by Kathy Lally and Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post March 5, 2011
CAIRO - For years, the United States tried to offer democracy-building help here but was thwarted by an Egyptian government that was committed to the opposite....
Headquarters of Egypt’s widely feared security agency overrun in Cairo
by William Wan and Liz Sly Washington Post March 5, 2011
CAIRO - Hundreds of protesters stormed the headquarters of Egypt's widely feared State Security Investigations agency in Cairo on Saturday and began sifting through thousands of potentially inflammatory documents, marking another step toward dismantling the administration of ousted President Hosni M...
Gaddafi adresses loyal crowd in Tripoli; many protesters shot
by Al Jazeera February 25, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has appeared in Tripoli's Green Square, to address a crowd of his supporters in the capital....
Swiss freeze Qaddafi assets: How dictators stash their cash 101
by Stephen Kurczy Christian Science Monitor February 25, 2011
Boston — Switzerland on Thursday announced it was freezing any assets in its banks belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, yet another blow to the embattled strongman who faces increasing pressure to step down....
Feeding the world: Will there be enough food as world population grows to nine billion?
by The Economist February 24, 2011
THE 1.6-hectare (4-acre) Broadbalk field lies in the centre of Rothamsted farm, about 40km (25 miles) north of London. In 1847 the farm's founder, Sir John Lawes, described its soil as a heavy loam resting on chalk and capable of producing good wheat when well manured. The 2010 harvest did not seem ...
Bengazi, Libya: Citizens protest 42 year rule of Gaddafi—security forces respond, killing 200
by Al Jazeera February 20, 2011
Anti-government protesters in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have reportedly seized army vehicles and weapons amid worsening turmoil in the African nation....
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood promotes moderate path, but is mistrusted by the West and some in Egypt
by BBC News February 20, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood - the biggest opposition force in Egypt - is mistrusted in the West and by some in Egypt. The BBC's Tarik Kafala investigates its platform and activities....
Egypt’s army helped oust President Mubarak
by BBC News February 19, 2011
The full picture of the exact role played by the Egyptian army in forcing President Hosni Mubarak to step down has yet to emerge....
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