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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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Western forces attack Libya, establish no-fly zone; Arab League objects to severity of attack
by Al Jazeera March 20, 2011
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, has said the military operation in Libya called for by the UN Security Council is not aimed at regime change - adding that a "stalemate" could well exist, leaving Muammar Gaddafi in power....
Egypt approves constitutional changes by overwhelming vote
by Al Jazeera March 20, 2011
Egyptians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a package of constitutional amendments, according to official results released on Sunday evenin...
Obama demands pullback of Libyan troops; Tripoli declares ceasefire
by William Branigin, Liz Sly and Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post March 18, 2011
President Obama demanded Friday that the Libyan government move beyond its declaration of a cease-fire in response to a U.N. Security Council resolution and pull its troops back from cities recently captured from rebels....
Battle for control rages in Libya—Gaddafi forces inch towards opposition stronghold of Benghazi while wrangle over UN decision on no-fly zone crawls
by Al Jazeera March 15, 2011
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader's forces and rebels are fighting for control of the oil town of Brega as the battle for eastern Libya edged closer to Benghazi, the so-called "rebel capital" in the east....
Libyan forces rout rebels as West’s effort for no-flight zone stalls
by Anthony Shadid New York Times March 15, 2011
AJDABIYA, Libya — Behind tanks, heavy artillery and airstrikes, forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi routed a ragtag army of insurgents and would-be revolutionaries who were holding the last defensive line before the rebel capital of Benghazi on Tuesday....
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....
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