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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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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...
Egypt’s ire turns to confidant of Mubarak’s son
by Kareem Fahim, Michael Slackman and David Rohde New York Times February 4, 2011
CAIRO — As Egyptians turned their anger on symbols of the state late last month, torching police stations along with the headquarters of President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party, they reserved a special hatred for a garish building with black tinted windows in an upscale neighborhood, setting fire...
The US government and other foreign powers praise election decision
by Johnathan M. Katz Associated Press/Washington Post February 3, 2011
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Haiti panel announces candidates for runoff presidential election–government candidate dropped after charges of vote fraud, foreign government p...
by William Booth Washington Post February 3, 2011
Many Haitians sighed with relief Thursday after election officials announced that former first lady Mirlande Manigat will face Michel Martelly, a carnival singer known as "Sweet Micky," in a runoff presidential election next month....
Mubarak says he won’t run for President again
by David D. Kirkpatrick and Mark Landler New York Times February 2, 2011
WASHINGTON — Last Sunday at 2 p.m., a blue-and-white Air Force jet left Andrews Air Force Base bound for Cairo. On board was Frank G. Wisner, an adroit ex-diplomat whom President Obama had asked hours before to undertake a supremely delicate mission: nudging President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt out of...
NGOs in Haiti face new questions about effectiveness—complaints concern poor coordination, high turnover and lack of transparency
by William Booth Washington Post February 2, 2011
IN PORT-AU-PRINCE In the days after the earth shook and the government collapsed, the municipal nursing home here became one of the most desperate sights in Haiti, as old people lay swaddled in dirty sheets, huddled in cramped tents, begging visitors for water....
Largest crowds yet demand change in Egypt
by Anthony Shadid and David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times February 1, 2011
CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak declared Tuesday night that he would step down in September as modern Egypt’s longest-serving leader, but that did not go far enough for the hundreds of thousands who poured into Tahrir Square in a sprawling protest that cut across entrenched lines of piety, class...
Rich, poor, and a rift exposed by unrest
by David D. Kirkpatrick and Monda El-Naggar New York Times January 30, 2011
CAIRO — As the government of Egypt shakes from a broad-based uprising, long-simmering resentments have burst into open class warfare....
Army lets protests proceed
by Griffe Witte Washington Post January 29, 2011
CAIRO - Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators swarmed central Cairo on Saturday in the largest demonstration yet against the rule of the country's longtime autocratic leader, President Hosni Mubarak. The crowd went unchallenged by troops, who, in extraordinary scenes unfolding around the ...
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