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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: starvation

starvation stories: 28 news summaries

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9M% Inflation Crushes Zimbabwe

As cash becomes worthless, citizens
face starvation

Jul 18, 08 9:56 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

UN Chief Urges 50% Boost
in Food Production

Ban warns of further riots, starvation if high prices aren't contained

Jun 3, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - UN chief Ban Ki-Moon today called for a 50% rise in world food production by 2030 to fight starvation and civil unrest as the population grows. He spoke at the World Food Security conference in Rome, where world leaders are working to address the highest commodity prices in decades. Such... More »

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United Nations • Rome • starvation • food prices • Ban Ki-Moon • world food summit • food production

 Food Crisis Is 'Mass
 Murder': UN Envoy 

Official blames multinationals for surging food prices

Apr 20, 08 4:02 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Food Crisis Lurks in Soaring Prices, Says
IMF Chief

Predicts widespread starvation, conflict

Apr 13, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Jailed Woman Left for 4 Days

Illegal immigrant lived without food or water; bailiff a 'broken man'

Mar 11, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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illegal immigrant • prison • starvation • Adriana Torres-Flores • bailiff • courthouse

Hedgehog Lobby Sways McD's

German group convinces giant to replace McFlurry lids that trapped spiky critters

Feb 27, 08 2:26 PM CST
(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... More »

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Germany • McDonald's • starvation • hedgehogs • McFlurry • Friends of the Earth Germany • British Hedgehog Society

Kashmir Snow, Cold Threaten Pashmina Goats

Thousands in stranded herds will die without fodder air drop

Feb 6, 08 10:37 AM CST
(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... More »

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India • starvation • Kashmir • goats • Pashmina shawls • nomads • wool

UN Report: Climate Change Will Hit Poor Hardest

Poorest will be hit hardest

Apr 6, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Expect floods, droughts, fires—and resulting starvation, conflict, and mass migration—as climate change becomes more pronounced, says a U.N. report released today. And expect the poor to get hit the hardest, as deserts get drier, deltas flood more often, and small islands are overwhelmed. More »

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China • climate change • Russia • environment • United Nations • Saudi Arabia • pollution • hunger • drought • global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • science • migration • United States • flood • starvation • fossil fuel

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