Word: hungered
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...thing that there was so much publicity about the real case? I think it satisfies a certain desire or hunger in the populace. It depends what you think news...
...fight global warming? Would you revamp America's border and port security, to fight terrorism? Would you sign Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce and Tim Duncan for the Philadelphia 76ers? (My personal choice.) Most of us might would make such a decision based on emotions - witnessing the pain of hunger, or experiencing the fear of nuclear terorrism. But what if there were a way to calculate the exact value of global priorities, a way to figure out just how much human suffering we could alleviate per dollar spent...
...Growing frustrations with the military come as Bangladesh is reeling from a colossal crisis in food security. The price of rice has soared 60-80%, a rise that spells hunger for millions. "This is not even a question of choice for the poor," says the AL's Razzaq. It's a global problem, but Moeen knows all too well that in this case, as he says, "bread is as important as freedom." The caretaker government has frantically tried to address the crisis, draining waterlogged lands for cultivation and growing alternate crops like potatoes in between harvests. But little...
...Extreme hunger, and the scenes of desperation it causes, is shockingly common. WFP, the U.N. food-aid agency, reaches more people than any other humanitarian organization in the world. It plans this year to feed about 90 million in 78 countries; almost all of the recipients hover on the brink of starvation. Here in Karamoja, in Uganda's semi-arid northeast corner, food distribution is now a daily ritual. In its 45-year history, WFP has handled war, famine and just about every other kind of disaster, natural or made by man. But Karamoja is pretty typical. After years...
...designed to fight the deeper roots of hunger. (Within the U.N. that task falls to other agencies, like the Food and Agriculture Organization and the U.N. Development Program.) But WFP can help. Its Food for Assets plan gives rations to displaced persons in northern Uganda who work to build and run local fish farms. Procurement officers can buy locally at above-market prices if they show that it helps to develop the country's agriculture. And, across the world, WFP feeds about 20 million schoolchildren each year. That service is designed both to help students concentrate in class...