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  • June 2008

    • Big US Food Shipment Marks Korea Progress

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 30, 08 1:56 PM CDT

      Big US Food Shipment Marks Korea Progress

      After a major US food shipment arrived yesterday, North Korea has approved a plan for the UN's World Food Program to expand aid delivered to the country, and has agreed to allow UN monitors more access to track where the food ends up, the Washington Post reports. "This marks a major advance in the way we work in this country," an official said. More »

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      United Nations  • North Korea  • World Food Program

    • Leaders Rip Mugabe's 'Obscene' Trip to Food Talks

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jun 3, 08 3:06 AM CDT

      Leaders Rip Mugabe's 'Obscene' Trip to Food Talks

      British and Australian ministers have blasted Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's attendance at a world food summit in Rome, charging him with turning his nation from the breadbasket of Africa into a country plagued by food shortages, reports the BBC. They also criticized him for using food aid given to ZImbabwe to further his own political goals. More »

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      United Nations  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • food shortage  • World Food Program  • food aid

  • May 2008

    • Burma Relents on Foreign Docs, Aid Workers

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 19, 08 7:21 AM CDT

      Burma Relents on Foreign Docs, Aid Workers

      Two and a half weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, Burma finally agreed today to allow foreign medics and disaster experts into the battered country, reports the BBC—but only from ASEAN member nations. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon also plans to jet to Burma on Wednesday to bring additional pressure to bear to speed relief to save thousands of children from starving to death. More »

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      United Nations  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • Ban Ki-Moon  • military junta  • World Food Program  • Irrawaddy Delta  • Yangon  • aid workers  • Than Shwe  • Save the Children  • ASEAN

    • UN Resumes Food Aid to Burma

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 9, 08 10:59 AM CDT

      UN Resumes Food Aid to Burma

      The UN World Food Program reversed its decision to cut off food shipments to cyclone-stricken Burma, Reuters reports. The WFP had stopped the flow of aid this morning after the junta confiscated a two-plane food shipment. Nonetheless, "discussions continue with the government of Myanmar on the distribution of the food that was flown in today and not released to WFP," said WFP’s communications director. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • military junta  • World Food Program  • food aid

    • Irate UN Cuts Burma Off After Junta Seizes Aid

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 9, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      Irate UN Cuts Burma Off After Junta Seizes Aid

      An enraged UN has shut off all further cyclone aid to Burma after its military junta seized two planes carrying a massive food shipment, CNN reports. “This is another example of them actively getting in the way of relief getting to the victims,” said the UN's Asia World Food Program director. The junta has also frustrated the UN by refusing to let aid workers enter the country. More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • World Food Program  • humanitarian aid

    • Burmese Junta Still Blocking Cyclone Aid

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 9, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      Burmese Junta Still Blocking Cyclone Aid

      Emergency supplies for some 1.5 million Burmese desperately in need of help are ready to be flown into the cyclone-stricken regions—but the military junta is still blocking delivery. Only two UN planes have been allowed to land in Burma. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tried unsuccessfully to telephone Burma's top general to make a personal appeal to allow more relief supplies to get through, reports the Washington Post . More »

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      United Nations  • Burma  • Myanmar  • disease  • Cyclone Nargis  • junta  • Ban Ki-Moon  • hunger  • Irrawaddy Delta  • emergency aid  • World Food Program  • Save the Children

    • First Major Aid Finally Reaches Cyclone Survivors

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 8, 08 5:33 AM CDT

      First Major Aid Finally Reaches Cyclone Survivors

      A single United Nations plane laden with relief supplies has finally landed in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region—six days after a pulverizing cyclone killed an estimated 100,000 people, AP is reporting. Three other UN planes are expected to land later today, but flights operated jointly by the US and Thailand remain grounded as officials continue to negotiate with Burma's reluctant military leaders to allow foreign aid into the stricken region, Reuters reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Condoleezza Rice  • Myanmar  • cyclone  • World Food Program  • Irrawaddy Delta  • humanitarian aid

  • April 2008

    • UN Compares Food Crisis to 'Tsunami'

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 22, 08 12:41 PM CDT

      UN Compares Food Crisis to 'Tsunami'

      Rising food prices are creating a crisis every bit as deadly as the tsunami of 2004, and the situation requires a similar response, the UN says. Political and business leaders from around the world gathered today in London and heard the head of the World Food Program, Josette Sheeran, call for "large-scale, high-level action by the global community," the Telegraph reports. More »

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      Gordon Brown  • food prices  • biofuel  • World Food Program  • World hunger

    • UN May Cut Food Rations for Schoolkids

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 19, 08 12:38 PM CDT

      UN May Cut Food Rations for Schoolkids

      Food rations for hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren may be cut because of surging crop prices that have widened the World Food Program’s funding gap to $750 million, Reuters says. The UN food aid agency also blamed the situation on high fuel prices and reductions in new crop plantings. “The world’s misery index is rising,” the program’s top exec warned. More »

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      United Nations  • food prices  • farmer  • crops  • wheat  • World Food Program  • rice

  • March 2008

    • UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Mar 24, 08 4:59 AM CDT

      UN Pleads for $500M in Food Aid

      A United Nations food program has issued an extraordinary emergency plea for an extra $500 million in aid, warning that shipments to the world's hungry may be rationed if the money can't be raised over the next month, reports the Financial Times . The World Food Program feeds some 73 million people in 80 countries. More »

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      United Nations  • oil price  • European Union  • Canada  • hunger  • Easter  • World Food Program  • USA

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