More going hungry, UN food chief says
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UNITED NATIONS -- Some 18,000 children die every day because of hunger and malnutrition and 850 million people go to bed every night with empty stomachs, a "terrible indictment of the world in 2007," the head of the UN food agency said.
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a  conference on reducing the risks.
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Some 400,000 Mauritanians need food aid after last year's locust invasions, the UN says.
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THE HAGUE -- The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, led by the United Nations, told Dutch authorities yesterday to feed a hunger-striking Serb nationalist leader intravenously if it becomes necessary to save his life.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday admitted allegations about the UN&#39;s oil-for-food program
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation is celebrating world food day.
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Science and technology could do far more to end hunger and poverty than politicians realise, United Nations advisers say.
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The United Nations rushed hundreds more peacekeepers to storm-ravaged Gonaives to stem looting, while hundreds of weary Haitians lined up for food before daybreak Monday after spending a miserable night in the rain from Tropical Storm Jeanne.
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GONAIVES (Haiti) - Desperate Haitians in flood ravaged Gonaives are mobbing relief workers to steal food aid, prompting the United Nations to rush more peacekeepers in to stem the looting.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Hunger stalks survivors  of the tsunami in outlying villages of Indonesia, the United  Nations said, as the death toll from the Indian Ocean disaster  soared above 226,000.
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Changes in North Korea's economy have led to spiralling food prices many people cannot afford, the UN says.
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The UN warns of an epidemic as the number of tsunami and quake deaths soars above 55,000 and thousands remain missing. BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA -- Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on Indonesia&#39;s
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Thousands are going hungry in the Andean mountain region of southern Peru, says the World Food Programme.
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JERUSALEM -- The United Nations urged Israel yesterday to find a solution to a 13-day-old hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, reminding Israel of its obligations under international law and human rights conventions.
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The United Nations warns of food shortages. Hospitals refuse all non-emergency care to avoid running out of medicine. Power outages are widespread, and a lack of fuel for generators threatens water supplies.
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The UN says unrest in the Haitian capital has forced it to consider diverting food aid via the Dominican Republic.
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The World Food Programme is starting to airlift almost 100 more tons of food a day to Sudan's troubled Darfur region.