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  • August 2008

    • Cult Starved Toddler Who Wouldn't Say Amen: Cops

      Baltimore Sun  |  Aug 12, 08 4:15 AM CDT

      Cult Starved Toddler Who Wouldn't Say Amen: Cops

      (Newser) - A toddler was starved to death in a religious cult for refusing to say "amen" at the end of meals, according to police. The body of the 2-year-old was stuffed in a suitcase when the 1 Mind Ministries cult fled from Baltimore to Philadelphia, authorities said. The toddler's mother and four others have been charged with murder. At one point the group gathered around the boy's body and "prayed for resurrection," authorities said. More »

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      murder  • Baltimore  • cult  • starvation  • toddler

    • As Darfur Starves, Sudan Exports Staples

      New York Times  |  Aug 10, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      As Darfur Starves, Sudan Exports Staples

      (Newser) - As the UN trucks in food to millions of starving people in Darfur, Sudan is exporting important staple crops to other nations, the New York Times reports. Critics charge the government profits on big agribusiness while receiving more free food in aid than any other nation in the world. But Sudanese officials claim it marks a move away from an oil-based economy toward agricultural self-sufficiency. More »

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      United Nations  • Sudan  • Darfur  • agriculture  • trade  • exports  • starvation  • food aid

    • Girl's Death Moves Philly Mayor to Tears, Fury

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Aug 5, 08 12:04 PM CDT

      Girl's Death Moves Philly Mayor to Tears, Fury

      (Newser) - Philly mayor Michael Nutter was visibly enraged today as he announced the suspension of seven city social workers who failed to prevent the starving death of a young girl, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Nutter was responding to a grand jury report that found the negligence of caseworkers abetted Danieal Kelly’s mother in neglecting the 14-year-old cerebral palsy patient as she wasted away to 42 pounds. More »

  • July 2008

    • 9M% Inflation Crushes Zimbabwe

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 18, 08 9:56 AM CDT

      9M% Inflation Crushes Zimbabwe

      (Newser) - The political violence that ravaged Zimbabwe has subsided since Robert Mugabe's sham reelection, but another devastation continues unabated: economic meltdown. Zimbabwe's inflation rate has now hit 9 million percent, and a $50-billion Zimbabwean note is worth just 34 cents and falling in American currency. The Guardian investigates the surreal economic landscape of what was once one of Africa's most prosperous nations. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • economy  • starvation  • black market  • hyper-inflation

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Food Crisis Is 'Mass Murder': UN Envoy

      Reuters  |  Apr 20, 08 4:02 PM CDT

      Food Crisis Is 'Mass Murder': UN Envoy

      (Newser) - A UN envoy called the world's food crisis "silent mass murder" today and blamed multinationals for "monopolizing the riches of the Earth," Reuters reports. Jean Ziegler, UN food rapporteur, chalked up surging food prices in poorer nations to biofuels, commodities markets, and EU subsidies—meaning the West is responsible for this "horror." More »

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      United Nations  • food  • food prices  • biofuel  • hunger  • starvation

    • Food Crisis Lurks in Soaring Prices, Says IMF Chief

      BBC  |  Apr 13, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      Food Crisis Lurks in Soaring Prices, Says IMF Chief

      (Newser) - Rising food prices may soon have dire global consequences with starving people rioting in the streets, warns the head of the International Monetary Fund. “Hundred of thousands of people will be starving,” he said yesterday at a meeting in Washington. “Children will be suffering from malnutrition, with consequences for all their lives.” Climbing food prices will lead to increased trade imbalances in developing countries, with major ramifications. More »

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      food  • protests  • food prices  • ethanol  • crops  • International Monetary Fund  • starvation  • price  • trade affairs

  • March 2008

    • Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      Arkansas Democrat Gazette  |  Mar 11, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

      (Newser) - An illegal immigrant was forgotten in a courthouse holding cell in Springdale, Ark. for 4 days without food, water, or a toilet, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. With only sparse furniture and a lightbulb in her cell, Adriana Torres-Flores slept on the floor and drank her own urine to survive. The bailiff who forgot about her until yesterday is now “a broken man,” the county sheriff said. More »

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      prison  • illegal immigrant  • starvation  • courthouse

  • February 2008

    • Hedgehog Lobby Sways McD's

      Der Spiegel  |  Feb 27, 08 2:26 PM CST

      Hedgehog Lobby Sways McD's

      (Newser) - Under fire from environmental groups in Germany, McDonald's plans to replace lids on its McFlurry dessert so as not to threaten hedgehogs—which were getting their heads trapped in the lids and starving to death, Der Spiegel reports. "We needed to find an opening that was big enough for a spoon but small enough that a hedgehog could not get inside," a spokesman said. More »

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      Germany  • McDonald's  • starvation

    • Kashmir Snow, Cold Threaten Pashmina Goats

      BBC  |  Feb 6, 08 10:37 AM CST

      Kashmir Snow, Cold Threaten Pashmina Goats

      (Newser) - The goats that provide the wool for those sought-after Pashmina shawls are in danger from heavy snow in Kashmir, the BBC reports. The goats' winter pastures are covered in snow and local officials have asked the Indian government to air drop goat fodder before the animals starve. Many thousands of the goats, whose wool is considering among the finest in the world, could be at risk of dying. More »

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      India  • starvation  • wool  • Kashmir  • goats

  • April 2007

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