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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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Women stand for equality in Tahir Square
by Kathy Lally Washington Post February 18, 2011
CAIRO - Women think as differently as they dress here, but they have emerged from the barricades agreeing on one thing: This is their moment in history, and they cannot afford to lose it. ...
Egypt’s missing stir doubts on military’s vows for change
by Liam Stack New York Times February 17, 2011
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Egyptians say military discourages an open economy—military runs many businesses, pays no taxes, employs conscripted labor, buys public land on favo...
by David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times February 17, 2011
CAIRO — The Egyptian military defends the country, but it also runs day care centers and beach resorts. Its divisions make television sets, jeeps, washing machines, wooden furniture and olive oil, as well as bottled water under a brand reportedly named after a general’s daughter, Safi....
Food prices pushing millions into poverty
by Howard Schneider Washington Post February 16, 2011
Rising food prices pushed tens of millions of people into extreme poverty last year and are reaching "dangerous levels" in some countries, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Tuesday as he released new data showing that the cost of grain and other staples is near a historic high. ...
Unrest spreads in Middle East to Bahrain, Yemen, Iran, Libya, and Iraq
by Neil MacFarquhar New York Times February 16, 2011
From northern Africa to the Persian Gulf, governments appeared to flounder over just how to outrun mostly peaceful movements, spreading erratically like lava erupting from a volcano, with no predictable end. ...
Bahrein citizens return to protest in Pearl Square after security forces stop attacking
by Michael Slackman New York Times February 16, 2011
MANAMA, Bahrain — Thousands of jubilant protesters surged back into the symbolic heart of Bahrain on Saturday as the government withdrew its security forces, calling for calm after days of violent crackdowns....
Egypt army sets six-month blueprint, but future role is unclear
by David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times February 14, 2011
CAIRO — The military officers who have governed Egypt since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak on Friday have laid out a brisk six-month timetable in which to draft constitutional amendments, submit them to a referendum and elect a new government, stirring debate about the military’s long-ter...
Mubarak family riches attract new focus
by Neil MacFarquhar, David Rohde and Aram Roston New York Times February 12, 2011
After Hosni Mubarak’s younger son, Gamal, left his job as an executive with Bank of America in London in the mid-1990s, he joined forces with Egypt’s largest investment bank. Today he has a significant stake in a private equity company with interests throughout the Egyptian economy, from oil to ...
MUBARAK STEPS DOWN Egypt’s military officially takes control as crowds in Cairo erupt in jubilation
by Michael Slackman and Anthony Shadid New York Times February 11, 2011
CAIRO — An 18-day-old revolt led by the young people of Egypt ousted President Hosni Mubarak on Friday, shattering three decades of political stasis here and overturning the established order of the Arab world. ...
see Haiti’s growing momentum towards democracy: The possible return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and a pushback against the electo...
by Mark Weisbrot guardian.co.uk February 5, 2011
It didn't get much attention in the media, but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did something quite surprising on Sunday. After taping interviews on five big Sunday talkshows about Egypt, she then boarded a plane to Haiti. Yes, Haiti. The most impoverished country in the hemisphere, not exactly...
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