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...Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continue to call for her release. So far, the case's presiding judge has not been moved, calling the fast a ploy for propaganda purposes. One judiciary spokesman denied the news altogether: "She is in good physical condition and not on a hunger strike," Ali Reza Jamshidi told the country's official news agency on April 28, two days after Saberi's 32nd birthday and a week after she told her parents she had stopped eating. (The Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders said Saberi was briefly hospitalized after she began refusing water...
...fifth in recent months of a member of Hungary's 600,000-strong Roma community. Hungarian police believe that a small group of killers is targeting Roma, who are also known as gypsies and remain one of the most marginalized and neglected groups in Europe. (Read: "Child Migrants on Hunger Strike...
...FARROW on hunger strike for Darfur. Darfur to Farrow: "Well, if you're not going to eat that...
Global health experts addressed the potentially devastating implications of global hunger and encouraged students to raise local awareness at a symposium held in the Science Center yesterday evening. Participants in the four-person discussion, entitled “The Ingredients of Food Security,” included Howard A. Zucker, the former assistant director-general of the World Health Organization, along with colleagues in economics, political science, and humanitarian outreach. Zucker began the event by asking attendees to consider the amount of food that goes to waste during an average restaurant dinner. “Now just imagine...
...performers (including our own Chester French). Don’t miss out on the Hot Air Balloon rides! ($20) Sunday, May 3, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., Harvard Square, Free 5.Making a difference with your reading period free time: Help Project Bread make strides toward ending hunger in Massachusetts. The 2009 Walk for Hunger roams from the Boston Common into Newton, Watertown, and Cambridge and back again for a total of 20 miles, but participants may start at any checkpoint. Registration is at www.projectbread.org. Sunday, May 3, Check-in closes at 9 a.m., Boston Common, Free