Word: hungered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ring was blown by a top Russian diplomat in Brussels who has been singing like a canary to the CIA since defecting to the West last year; he spilled details of an elaborate and expanding Russian network based in the Belgian capital. The case demonstrates the Kremlin's hunger for foreign military and industrial secrets despite the end of the cold war. "They would feel absolutely naked without an espionage service," says a senior British diplomat. "Their innate suspicion of foreigners demands...
...video for the homeless smacks of a Saturday Night Live sketch gone horribly tasteless. Only those fortunate enough to wander into a vcr-equipped shelter will ever view the tape. Moreover, advocates for the homeless argue that the video signals a dangerous complacency in tackling the issues of hunger and poverty. But to her critics Dunlap has one reply: "Get real!" The video, she insists, acknowledges a serious public health issue and aims to save lives...
According to U.N. experts, almost 300,000 Somali, Ethiopians, Sudanese and Ugandans have already reached Kenya; that number could double in a few months. One of the worst droughts in modern African history has added to the fear and hunger that warfare began. More than half the refugees are Somali, fleeing westward from continuous battles among their country's clans and subclans. From the north trek thousands of starving Ethiopians, and from the northwest Sudanese are fleeing from Khartoum's national army and the southern rebel forces it is pushing before...
...what? The economy, still allergic to Belaunde, went blooey again." I wish that the millions of Peruvians who struggle to make a living on a daily basis knew that the causes of their problems are simple enough to warrant the laughter of university students as they are dying of hunger...
...India's Medha Patkar is a passionate critic of big dam projects, especially the one scheduled for the Narmada Valley, which will submerge 245 villages and uproot 100,000 people. Taking a leaf from Mahatma Gandhi's book, she has organized hunger strikes, demonstrations, sit-ins, roadblocks and rallies. A measure of her success: the World Bank has ordered an independent review of the environmental impact of the Narmada dam and plans for resettling villagers, prompting foreign investors to delay releasing fresh funds...