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Spanish aid worker in Africa released by militants
Seeded on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:18 PM EDT (adn.com: Alaska)
A Spanish aid worker who spent 100 days as a hostage of al-Qaida's North African offshoot arrived home tired and grateful after being released Wednesday, and said she hopes two colleagues abducted with her in Mauritania will follow her soon.
Kidnapped French aid workers freed in Darfur
Seeded on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:14 PM EDT (Google)
Two French aid workers abducted in the Central African Republic and held for four months were on Sunday freed in Darfur, the Sudanese region gripped by civil war and a wave of kidnappings.
Last kidnapped aid worker freed in Sudan
Seeded on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:11 PM EDT (ABC)
The last captive aid worker in the Sudan, an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who was kidnapped in Darfur last October, has been freed.
Aid workers shouldn't think that they are above criticism
Seeded on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:09 PM EDT (Home News)
I remember looking at the cargo in the aircraft's hold and thinking to myself this must be some kind of sick joke.
Hunger: 10 Reasons To Face The Challenge
Seeded on Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:32 AM EDT (WFP.org)
Most people think of malnutrition as not having enough to eat. But for many of the world's one billion hungry people, the problem is that they get too few of the minerals and vitamins that would allow them to thrive, physically and mentally.
CBC News - World - Attacks in Nigeria left 500 dead: reports
Seeded on Mon Mar 8, 2010 11:21 PM EST (CBC)
Nigeria's ethnic and religious violence worse than the events of 2008.
Video - Women: the Front Line Against Hunger
Seeded on Tue Mar 2, 2010 5:24 PM EST (YouTube)
International Women's Day 2010 on March 8 - Empowering women can break the cycle of hunger and poverty. Daily, women are on the front line against hunger. (Share this video with others?)
Niger: once-taboo topic of hunger spoken again
Seeded on Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:07 PM EST (msnbc.com)
They are simple words humanitarian workers in Africa use often but dared not speak in this impoverished nation: hunger, starvation.
The new face of cleantech in China
Seeded on Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:20 PM EST ()
"There are surprising new opportunities for foreigners in smart grid, solar, wind and government spending, say panelists at the Cleantech Forum XXVI.
Today in history....in the fight against global hunger
Seeded on Thu Feb 25, 2010 7:41 PM EST (Examiner)
It was on February 25th, 1946 that former President Herbert Hoover was called again into action. Hoover was fishing when he received a message that President Harry Truman wanted him to come to Washington, DC at once.
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