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... us, which was the standard practice for parents of his generation. As a teenager, Dad sailed to Malaya to escape the famine in China more than 70 years ago. He survived the Japanese Occupation. For some years, he worked as a labourer. Later, he ... Comment?
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Ancient Toilet Reveals Parasites in Crusader Poop
... that medieval soldiers with a heavy parasite load would have been at increased risk of death from starvation during famine episodes such as long sieges or expeditions when supplies ran out," the researchers wrote. "This is because they would have ... Comment?
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Bellevue students go silent for World Vision
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... said Heldana Daniel. "We decided to make it a 30 Hours of Silence because World Vision was having a 30 Hour Famine, and we were donating the money to World Vision." Other organizations they considered were Free the Children and a missionary based in ... Comment?
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Yeast or Famine? St. Louis' bakery count is...(wait for it)...rising
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We're not sure how it happened - yeast in the water, maybe? - but the past year or so's batch of from-scratch bakeshops seemingly doubled the local baking-and-pastry scene in size. Comment?
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... the only options for Egypt are beggaring itself with massive food imports (until the foreign exchange runs out), or famine. Unless, of course, it decides on war - but its options are not very good on... more a oa o As the curtains swept open on the ... Comment?
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Congress Debates Limiting US Farmers' Role in Food Aid
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... than any other country, speed is not what it does best. Andrew Natsios witnessed this shortcoming firsthand during famine in Somalia in 1991. "I literally watched children die while we waited for food to arrive," he said at a congressional hearing ... Comment?
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... elite. The secession of Biafra in 1967 sparked a three-year civil war that left at least a million dead, mostly from famine and disease, before the military reintegrated Biafra into the federation. Nigeria's military governments were largely ... Comment?
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Uganda: Severe Food Shortage Hits Karamoja
... risks and food insecurity in Karamoja region' released recently. "Death has occurred in Kaabong as a result of famine," said Rose Nakabugo, an assistant commissioner disaster preparedness in the Office of the Prime Minister. She said Karamoja was ... Comment?
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PICKS: "Prelude Speaker: Contemporary Castletown"
... a powerful punch that resonates with the accumulated histories of both the house and the nation. Marianne Keating 's Famine Screen , 2013, is in the manse's Print Room, which also offers one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century print ... Comment?
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Lack of Food in Karamoja Claims Lives of 41 People
... in the area while 59 elderly people were saved from starvation. "Death has occurred in Kaabong as a result of famine," said Rose Nakabugo, an assistant commissioner disaster preparedness in the Office of the Prime Minister. She confirmed that ... Comment?
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Drought strikes Kabarole district, famine looming
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By Geoffrey Mutegeki Kyenjojo and Kabarole districts in western Uganda have also borne the blunt of the drought that has affected most parts of the country. Comment?
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Severe food shortage hits Karamoja
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... risks and food insecurity in Karamoja region' released recently. "Death has occurred in Kaabong as a result of famine," said Rose Nakabugo, an assistant commissioner disaster preparedness in the Office of the Prime Minister. She said Karamoja was ... Comment?
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Simonson Says: Adventures in commuting
... do. It's not your fault you're so convenient that you carry approximately the cargo size of an immigration ship from famine-era Ireland at 5 p.m. every day, or that you're so fast you kill more deer per day than made up the entire cast of "Bambi." I ... Comment?
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Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?
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... surprised. "There are certainly extreme circumstances where children starve to death - and I'm thinking of the recent famine in parts of Somalia," Howard says. "But the truth is that the vast majority of those numbers that we're talking about, are ... Comment?
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On Native GroundTIMID, Passive Reporters Produce Timid, Passive Journalism
... are somehow offended by an image of what war really looks like? Bodies are piling up around the globe from rape, war, famine, pestilence and environmental degradation. Perhaps it is to our credit that we reach out to understand the dark side of 21st ... Comment?
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Inauguration DayLIVE-Link Social Media to Bring Galas Home
... but so is surrender - of those things I know only a loving God can solve. The voices that cried out in the Irish famine, the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan massacres, the atrocities in Kosovo and the depredations in Darfur are ... Comment?
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North Korea: From Hyperinflation to Dollarization?
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... during this period (see the accompanying chart). These markets, which developed out of necessity during the famine of the 1990s, primarily exist to counteract shortages that result from state control of agriculture. Indeed, the United Nations has ... Comment?
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Mark Moore: The Strandbeest and the Hongerbeest
... not help but notice that Jansen was born just after one of the most noted and awful famines of modern times. This famine came to be called the Dutch Hongerwinter, a now infamous period for researchers in regard to how well it documented the impact ... Comment?
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In 'TransAtlantic,' The Flight Is Almost Too Smooth
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... other two history-based ocean crossings in this novel: Frederick Douglass visited Ireland in 1845 - during the Great Famine - on a lecture tour to promote his autobiography; and Sen. George Mitchell tirelessly flew back and forth from the U.S. to ... Comment?
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... when he looked into my sunken eyes and pale complexion mounted on a 6-foot tall 150-pound frame, all he could see was famine, pestilence, and bad publicity. So I invited, nicely, to stay home. --- Why don't you try that new restaurant around the ... Comment?
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