UN: Record 1 billion go hungry

AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/14/09 | Tom Malti and Ariel David -ap

[NormsRevenge]

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.

[Chickensoup]

Their leaders should be hanged.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!

Better them than me!!!!!!!!!

Now if the eco-nazi’s would let the water flow in central kalifornica, we could feed them.

Sorry, but the libs have spoken and you don’t get any. Besides, you cost to much for healthcare anyway.

[dfwgator]

That is why my Mom always told me that folks were starving in China when I didn’t eat my canned spinach.

To which I'm sure reply was, "Well them send this to them."

[GreyFriar]

minorities and women affected the most

[max americana]

OK, so how much guilt and finger-pointing will the UN do now..oh wait, it’s Bush’s fault.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Reminds me of "will Bush commit to ending hunger".

Hunger is a key motivating force behind human advancement.

I do some of my best work when I'm hungry. Hunger is a real force for change.

How about we end thirst too? And maybe sexual desire?

Then we'll be at one with the freaking cosmos perhaps?

Damn UN eastern religionists.

[Soothesayer9]

Just to echo Sam Kinison, “Move where the food IS!! Ohh!!

[cranked]

Someone call Bono.

[myknowledge]

Depopulation in the works.

[myknowledge]

Let the Chinese do what they want with Africa. After all, they’re the new colonizers of the third-world black hole.

[myknowledge]

Is it nothing to you?
Starving Children Eat Bugs
The Poor
Eating Mud Cookies to Survive!
Plenty of food — yet the poor are starving! 18,000 Kids Starve to Death Every Day!

[MsLady]

Ok, I couldn’t remember which country that was happening in.

[Cronos]

I think Sam Kinison had the solution....”MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!!”

You mean, you want them to come to the USA? Where there's so much surplus food, 66% of the population is overweight or obese?

[Cronos]

If they want guns and ammo, we can talk, but no more “ humanitarian aid”, which inevitable gets diverted to the despots military and their private accounts in Zurich.

I agree.

[MaxMax]

That's right, I completely forgot about China's involvement in Africa.
We'll never hear much about it in the media.