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Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners have suspended the hunger strike which they have observed in Israeli jails since late April, one of their lawyers said.

• 25 июня 2014, 16:55

Soaring carbon emissions will amplify the risk of conflict, hunger, floods and migration this century, the UN's expert panel said Monday in a landmark report on the impact of climate change.

• 31 марта 2014, 11:11

Sydney advertising executive Patrick Richer led the typical Nairobi expatriate lifestyle, living in a home in a leafy part of the city, protected by high walls and round-the-clock security.

• 29 ноября 2013, 12:01

Survivors of a super typhoon that may have killed more than 10,000 people in the Philippines were growing increasingly desperate for aid Monday, as authorities struggled to cope with potentially the country's worst recorded natural disaster.

• 11 ноября 2013, 17:34

As Muslims around the world mark the Eid al-Adha holiday, sharing festive meals, children trapped in besieged areas around the Syrian capital are going hungry.

• 16 октября 2013, 14:22

Around three in 10 young children in Swaziland are stunted by hunger, and 270,000 workers are also physically affected.

• 31 июля 2013, 17:03

Despite economic crises and dwindling aid, the UN said Monday huge progress had been made towards meeting the so-called Millennium Development Goals.

• 01 июля 2013, 18:10

More than 150 doctors from the United States and Britain have written to President Barack Obama urging him to grant independent medical care to hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees.

• 20 июня 2013, 16:50

More than half of the 166 detainees held at the US-run Guantanamo military prison have joined a rapidly growing hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention.

• 22 апреля 2013, 18:21

More Guantanamo detainees have joined a growing hunger strike at the reviled US military prison, with nearly a third of the 166 war-on-terror suspects participating.

• 18 апреля 2013, 19:35

With small, silent steps, 10-year-old Borikely carefully picks her way through the tall grass of a Madagascar field in search of her dinner. She's hunting for grasshoppers, which she'll catch with a stick.

• 20 марта 2013, 10:51

Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans.

• 12 марта 2013, 18:41

Hunger and homelessness are on the rise in the United States, and cash-strapped cities and social services are being forced to turn needy people away empty-handed.

• 21 декабря 2012, 12:11

Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko agreed to end her hunger strike, her doctors said, more than two weeks after she began her protest over alleged fraud in polls won by the country's ruling party.

• 17 ноября 2012, 12:02

The institute released the project of sweet potato in Uganda and Mozambique. And now IFPRI is focused on Zambia and Southern Asian countries.

• 24 октября 2011, 10:53

The organization's mission is to feed those who suffer from hunger in the Washington, D.C. area. But unfortunately the level of donations dropped dramatically.

• 23 октября 2011, 12:45

It was developed by the University of California and the International Rice Research Center in the Philippines. Other crops are under research.

• 23 октября 2011, 11:39

Secretary Clinton made a statement on World Food Day. Food security is a foreign policy priority for the United States.

• 17 октября 2011, 10:36

About 1000 people gathered for the ceremony, which was held in Iowa State Capitol.

• 15 октября 2011, 11:57

WFP has been providing the most vulnerable people with e-cards. They can get 9 food items in selected shops.

• 13 октября 2011, 13:25