UN: Record 1 billion go hungry

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"NAIROBI, Kenya – Parents in some of Africa's poorest countries are cutting back on school, clothes and basic medical care just to give their children a meal once a day, experts say. Still, it is not enough.

A record 1 billion people worldwide are hungry and a new report says the number will increase if governments do not spend more on agriculture. According to the U.N. food agency, which issued the report, 30 countries now require emergency aid, including 20 in Africa.

The trend continues despite a goal set by world leaders nine years ago to cut the number of hungry people in half by 2015.

"It's actually a world emergency that calls for action from both developing and developed countries," said Otive Igbuzor, the head of international campaigns for ActionAid International."

source AP - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091014/ap_on_re_eu/eu_un_world_hunger

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1. Hey, but the Dow's back over 10,000!

What's the problem?

:sarcasm:

[Joe the Liberal]

2. k&r. n/t

[orpupilofnature57]

3. If we were really in a Jihad for good against evil ,thats where we'd be.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

4. K&R