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A Somali woman collect food aid at Jowhar refugee camp, Somalia, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007.
Aid   Food   Photos   Somalia   UN		  The New York Times 
U.N. Food Agency Suspends Aid to Southern Somalia
Tue 5 Jan 2010
LONDON - The United Nations World Food Program said Tuesday it was suspending aid deliveries to a million people in southern Somalia because of "rising threats and attacks on humanitarian operations,... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (podium) opens the UN's World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy. Mr. Ban discussed various measures to combat the hunger which afflicts one billion people worldwide, from providing food aid to investing in agricultural development.
Africa   Foods   People   Photos   Somalia		  Star Tribune 
UN stops food aid to 1 million people in southern Somalia after threats, attacks
Tue 5 Jan 2010
GENEVA - The U.N. food agency says it is stopping aid distribution to about 1 million people in southern Somalia because of attacks against staff and "unacceptable" demands by armed groups.... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Afghan National Police (ANP) officers distribute humanitarian goods in the Maywand district of the Kandahar province of Afghanistan Dec. 6, 2009.  BBC News  Tue 5 Jan 2010
Afghan aid fails to feed the hungry

By Peter Greste BBC News, Parwan province, Afghanistan It is not hard to see why Alla Gul is upset. Her two-year-old daughter cries weakly in her arms with barely enough energy to eat.... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Dayton Mitchell)
Afghanistan   Aid   Photos   Poverty   War
Filipino Children - Kids - Poverty - Poor - Malnourished - Squatter's area - Cavite - Philippines  Pravda RU  Tue 5 Jan 2010
UNICEF: Cuba free of child malnutrition

The existence in the developing world of 146 million underweight children under 5 contrasts with the reality of Cuban children, recognized worldwide for being oblivious to this social evil. These... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Children   Cuba   Malnutrition   Photos   Unicef
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New Chief Minister of Jharkand State, Madhu Koda, left, is congratulated by Governor Syed Sibtey Razi at the swearing-in-ceremony in Ranchi, India, Monday, Sept.18, 2006. DNA India Mon 4 Jan 2010
Aide spills the beans on Koda's misdeeds to Enforcement Directorate
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has got a shot in the arm in its investigation against the alleged murky deals of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda.... (photo: AP / Sasanka Sen)
Delhi   India   Media   Photos   Politics
The World Health Organization, the Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and dozens of other institutions today launched the International HIV Treatment Access Coalition to expand access to anti-retroviral drugs in poor and middle-income countries. National Post Mon 4 Jan 2010
Rights groups laud end of U.S. HIV/AIDS travel ban

Agence France-PresseJanuary 4, 2010 12:03 PM The ban on HIV-positive foreigners entering the United States had been in place since 1987. President Barack Obama announced... (photo: WHO file photo)
Disease   People   Photos   Society   US
KLdy1 - Drugs - prescription drugs - Pills - Tablets - Medicine - medication - supplement - pharmacy. (dy1) Yahoo Daily News Mon 4 Jan 2010
AIDS drug cocktails saving lives: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Taking a cocktail of powerful AIDS drugs appears to have cut the average death rate by half in a group of people infected with HIV, the... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Disease   Health   Medical   Photos   Society
Japan Airlines The New York Times Mon 4 Jan 2010
Japan Airlines Shares Jump as More Aid Is Sought
TOKYO - Shares of Japan Airlines jumped 31 percent Monday as the government looked to secure funds to prevent the carrier from running out of cash as it awaited a... (photo: GFDL / Communi core)
Airlines   Bankruptcy   Business   Japan   Photos
Pope Benedict XVI, left, is cheered by faithful during his visit to the Lady of Peace Church in Amman, Jordan Friday, May 8, 2009. The Examiner Mon 4 Jan 2010
Pope aide visits woman who knocked down Pontiff at Mass (video)

Pope Benedict XVI arriving at MassAP/Pier Paolo Cito... (photo: AP)
Aid   Christmas   Photos   Pope   Woman
Poverty - Street Children - Mendicants - Beggars - Philippines Inquirer Sun 3 Jan 2010
Beating urban poverty

Most Read Business Cebu pins energy hopes on efficient bulbs Asean scraps duties on 8,000 products Give it time From serving time to serving causes India, China eye RP... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
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