A Colossal Leap of Faith In Fight Against Famine
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EBERSWALDE, Germany -- Few people raise bigger bunny rabbits than Karl Szmolinsky, who has been producing long-eared whoppers since 1964. His favorite breed, German gray giants, are the size of a full-grown beagle and so fat they can barely hop.
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In the over 20 years I spent in Africa, I saw a lot of desolation and more than enough barren camps erected to house civilians displaced by war and famine.
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From the destruction that swept over south Asia claiming more than 115,000 lives, hope is emerging in one stricken country that relief efforts are diverting a path to civil war.
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An unprecedented global aid operation gathered steam to save survivors of Asia's tsunamis as signs crept up of disease in the overflowing morgues after the disaster that claimed more than 127,000 lives.
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The vanguard of a relief effort converged on the stricken nations as millions of survivors grew increasingly desperate.
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PRAGUE, Dec 13 (IPS) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has been  spearheading the country's efforts to see the world  recognise Ukraine's 1932-1933 famine as an "act of  genocide against the Ukrainian people." Russia begs to  disagree.
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Thanks to quick thinking, blind luck and an outboard motor that somehow started on the first pull, orphans and their caretakers joined the ranks of countless survivors of the epic earthquake and coastal disaster that so far has claimed the lives of some  76,000 people in Sri Lanka and 11 other countries. This is their story.
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Wheat prices surge to record levels on international markets, triggering the threat of rising bread prices.
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TO THE EDITOR:           As persons who are deeply concerned about hunger and poverty in our nation and throughout the world, my wife and I are joining with members of Bread for the World and other organizations in raising questions about the farm bill now being considered by Congress.
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Ayaan Hirsi Aliâs brave and inspiring memoir traces her journey from Mogadishu, Somalia, to the Dutch Parliament and beyond and âfrom the world of faith to the world of reason.â
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With a famine less than 50 years in its past, China remains sensitive about using food for fuel.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Relief workers used  everything from helicopters to elephants to reach survivors and  shift the rubble of wrecked towns eight days after giant waves  struck Asia, triggering one of the biggest aid efforts in  history.
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India's government launched an ambitious food-for-work program Sunday aimed at moving millions of poor farmers back from the brink of starvation by helping them feed themselves.
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ROME -- The world is losing the battle against hunger, with the number of malnourished people in developing nations estimated at more than 800 million people and rising, according to a UN report yesterday.
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A QUARTER of a billion people in some of the worldâs poorest and most populous countries in East Asia have been lifted out of extreme poverty by rapid economic growth over
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Good rains and improved seeds boost crop production in Ethiopia but emergency assistance is still needed.
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GURGAON, India -- Pushing his cart through the gleaming, air-conditioned aisles of one of India's first supermarkets, Vikrant Mehta was relieved to buy his family's potatoes, mango chutney and hair oil "all under one roof."