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Half of US kids will get food stamps, study says
CHICAGO - Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-11-02
Chinese parents crowd hospitals, fear tainted milk
SHIJIAZHUANG, China - Thousands of parents anxious over tainted baby milk powder rushed their infants to hospitals for health checks on Thursday as the government said that a fourth child had died in the scandal that has engulfed one-fifth of the nation's formula makers.
Nations:Hong Kong China Activities:2008 China Milk Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-09-18
China faces serious challenges on grain supply: premier
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China faces serious challenges in ensuring it will have enough grain to feed its population in the decades to come, with urbanisation and climate change two major problems, Premier Wen Jiabao said.
People:Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(AFP)
2008-07-03
Calif officials: Bureaucracy failed abused boy, 5
LOS ANGELES - The little boy's body was a study in pain. He was covered in cigarette burns, including to his genitals. He couldn't fully open his hand because it had been burned on a stove. His tooth was broken with a nerve exposed. And he had been made to sit in his own urine and feces, authorities say.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-20
Global quandary: How to feed a growing planet
In the lakeside capital of the central African country of Burundi , 40-year-old Lucie Nahimana on Thursday fed her family of six "black flour," a low-quality cassava root that many here have resorted to eating because they can't afford anything else.
Nations:Philippines Burundi Somalia Afghanistan Cameroon Nigeria People:Kofi Annan Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(McClatchy)
2008-06-19
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