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U.S. policy seen as factor in Somalia famine deaths
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It was the catastrophe everyone knew was coming yet no one seemed able to stop. According to analysts, a violent Islamist militia was partly to blame for thousands of deaths in Somalia's food crisis from 2010 to 2012,...
Tags: Mercy Corps, Wars and Interventions, Somalia, United Nations, Religious Conflicts
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Fierce lobbying counters White House push for food aid reform
Reuters* White House seeks biggest change in aid since Cold War * Opposition began work months ago on Capitol Hill * Reforms have mostly detractors, few supporters in Congress By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - A White House plan to modernize...Tags: Pakistan, Shipping Service, Washington, DC, Mike Johanns, Tom Vilsack
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In Theory: Should there be morality in the markets?
Q. At a time of near-record food prices, Pope Benedict XVI has denounced speculation in commodities markets as “immoral” and called food and water “a basic human right.” According to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Skin, United Nations, Judaism, Ethics
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hCG diet leaves some hungry for less
When Lynn Patterson resolved to lose weight early this year, she took a hormone normally associated with pregnancy, not dieting.
The 53-year-old Catonsville nurse went on the hCG diet, named for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone that is produced...Tags: Chemical Industry, Education, Human Body, Placebo, Physical Conditions
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Mail Call - Aug. 18
“I see old John Boehner did it again. He’s getting rid of an institution down in Congress, the page program. Said he’s going to save $5 million a year — a whole $5 million. Wow, John, you’re supposed to save jobs, not...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Syria, Medicare, John Boehner, Tea Party Movement
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Maryland relief agencies combat famine in Africa
Waves of refugees arrive daily to Kenya, some having walked weeks through unforgiving desert with virtually no possessions, and yet local relief workers report optimism among the millions threatened by the historic famine and drought spreading through the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Safety at Work, Natural Disasters, Indigenous People, Disasters
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Crisis in the horn of Africa
The world has been slow to react to the growing specter of famine in Somalia, despite repeated warnings by the United Nations and aid organizations that millions of people are at risk. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that nearly 4 million...Tags: Elections, Relief and Aid Organizations, Somalia, United Nations, Weather Warnings
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Weather offers hot challenges
We’ve been asking for it and we finally got some heat. And once again, it was the humidity that got to us. With cool, wet weather this spring, last week was a real test. Air conditioning was a necessity for those fortunate enough to work inside. ...Tags: Russia, Tomatoes, Disasters and Accidents, Summer Squash, Zucchini
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NKorea food shortage worst in years despite farms
SUNAN, North Korea (AP) — It’s an unlikely sight: hundreds of ostriches, a bird native to sunny Africa, squatting and squabbling in the morning chill on a sprawling farm in North Korea. Even stranger: In winter, some wear quilted vests....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea, Foreign Aid, Sausages
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God at Auschwitz
In the autumn of 1942 Dr. Victor Frankl of Vienna, Austria, his wife, and his parents were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. His father died there in 1943. Later they were transported to Auschwitz, where his mother died, and then to the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Psychology, Nazi Party, Human Interest
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Closing Comments: It's Hot
KIAHHot as hades outside huh?! To help put it in perspective, throughout the horn of Africa, in countries like Ethiopia and Kenya, as many as 11-million people are at risk of severe malnutrition or starvation as the region faces the worst drought conditions...Tags: UNICEF, Disasters and Accidents, Islam, Water Restrictions, Human Interest
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Aug 5, 2011
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