Hunger

Hunger is the uneasy or painful sensation caused by a lack of food, and the recurrent and involuntary lack of access to food. Hunger may be a consequence of food security. and may produce malnutrition over time. The Food and Agriculture Organizaton of the United Nations estimates that 963 million people are undernourished worldwide.

Bloggers continue to bring attention to the political and economic aspects of world hunger. You'll find them blogging about hunger issues at sites like End Hunger Blog, Freedom From Hunger, Blog World Hunger and Hunger Matters.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Hunger”

• Review: the Hunger Games

  
  The Geeky Librarian — Authority: 106
  I picked up the Hunger Games after nearly everyone I knew with an interestest in YA fiction spent the better part of the last year telling me I had to read it.  I can see why it earned the adoration. At first glance the book isn’t anything that original, treading ground seen previously in such books as Battle ...
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• No consensus on Gorkhaland, talks to continue (Roundup)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on a Gorkhaland state but discussions to solve the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here after a three-hour tripartite meeting, marked by sharp differences, with the West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha ...
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• What are You Doing Tonight? Share a Little Comfort with Kraft!

  
  Woman Tribune — Authority: 127
  Who doesn’t love Kraft mac and cheese? I grew up on it, entered my young adult years making it in the middle of the night while pulling all-nighters either with schoolwork or with coding websites and blogging, which I started doing when I was 13 years old. And now even as an adult, it’s the only mac and cheese ...
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• Deconstructing Mobile: Show Me The Data About Mobiles, Rape, and the Congo

  
  MobileActive.org - A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact. — Authority: 120
  We have been rather quiet in our "Deconstructing Mobile" series as other projects have taken priority. We are picking up the thread again to continue to demystify the many myths surrounding mobiles in development and shed facts, evidence, and data on many of the over-hyped projects and ideas. One area with much ...
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• Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Have Yourself a Meaty Little Christmas

  
  Crib Notes — Authority: 506
  The world has sorely lacked a Christmas album that prompts uproarious laughter from children and stoned adults alike – until now
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• No Gorkhaland state, but talks to continue: home secretary (Third Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on the issue of a Gorkhaland state but discussions to find a solution to the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here Monday after a three-hour meeting with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the state government.“We had ...
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• Wordless: Giving and receiving… (21/12/2009)

  
  blog from OUR kitchen — Authority: 403
  summary: Giving and receiving; information about WFP, Menu for Hope VI, BloggerAid-CFF, WV Gifts to Canada and Canadian Aid organizations – to make this a not-quite-wordless not-quite-Wednesday post Because this isn’t Wednesday, I hope you’ll indulge me as I speak out, rather than remain wordless. (Ha. You know ...
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• No Gorkhaland state, but talks to continue: home secretary (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) There was no consensus on the issue of a Gorkhaland state but discussions to find a solution to the problem would continue, union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said here Monday after a three-hour meeting with the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) and the state government.“We had ...
  15 hours ago

• Aid groups to probe charges by Ethiopia opposition

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 685
  Source: Reuters * Aid workers say government controls system * Opposition says food used as political weapon By Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Aid workers in Ethiopia will investigate how ...
  18 hours ago

• Meeting of the minds

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 158
  I’ve been to high-level summits discussing global water and HIV/AIDS initiatives.  You know, the kind where you have tables with a little microphone and a bottle of water at each chair and huge podium up front with a logo the size of a stadium projected on the backdrop behind? The kind where 400 people in [...]
  21 hours ago

• Meeting of the minds

  
  The Just Life — Authority: 158
  I’ve been to high-level summits discussing global water and HIV/AIDS initiatives.  You know, the kind where you have tables with a little microphone and a bottle of water at each chair and huge podium up front with a logo the size of a stadium projected on the backdrop behind? The kind where 400 people in [...]
  22 hours ago

• Tripartite meet begins over Gorkhaland issue

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Darjeeling (West Bengal), Dec 21 (IANS) The tripartite meeting between Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) representatives, senior central and state government officials began here Monday to discuss the demand of a separate Gorkhaland state.The meeting, which began at 11 a.m., was attended by a central team led by union ...
  23 hours ago

• Female spiders beat hunger pangs by eating ‘distasteful’ mates

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  London, Dec 21 (ANI): Female spiders eat their male partners after sex only if they are starving, a new study has found.Scientists at Miami University, US, have shown that relative to their normal prey, male spiders are not very nutritious, and female sexual cannibals only eat them if they are the last resort to avoid ...
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• Best chance for Missouri’s food stamp glitch: Plead for leniency

  
  The Platform — Authority: 499
  For the better part of the last decade, Missouri has been lauded as a model state for reaching residents eligible to receive food stamps. So good, in fact, that since September 2002, the federal government has awarded the Missouri Department…
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• Fasting Andhra MP disappears from hospital

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Congress MP L.Rajagopal, who is on indefinite fast opposing the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh, Sunday disappeared from a government-run hospital in Vijayawada.The MP from Vijayawada was arrested by the police and shifted to the hospital early Saturday from the hunger strike camp.Police ...
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• Nicole Kidman’s cooking leaves husband hungry!

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  London, Dec 20 (IANS) Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman reportedly leaves musician husband Keith Urban hungry because he doesn’t enjoy the super-healthy food she cooks.The country singer is reportedly always left with hunger pangs because he doesn’t have an appetite for his star wife’s ultra diet conscious meals ...
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• What can we do to fight against global child hunger?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 170
  Each day 800 million people go hungry. Among them are 170 million children under 5 years of age. How can we help? What can we do? Each day 800 million people go hungry. Among them are 170 million children under 5 years of age. Isn’t it a human tragedy? How can we help? What can we do? 20% of the world’s ...
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• TRS to hold victory rally Dec 24

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Sunday decided to hold victory rally in Warangal town Dec 24 to celebrate the central government’s announcement to initiate the process for formation of Telangana state.The TRS plans to mobilise half-a-million people for the rally, which will also thank ...
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• Andhra leaders opposing Telangana continue fast

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Opposing the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh, Congress MP L. Rajagopal, state legislator Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy and others Sunday continued their hunger strike in hospitals and demanded that they be shifted to Hyderabad.Vijayawada MP Rajagopal, who was removed from his hunger strike camp ...
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• Salgado: Misery and Art

  
  The Ruth Group — Authority: 128
  The demons of confusion are always with me at large-scale photo exhibitions of Sebastiao Salgado. They didn’t fail to come during a recent visit to the David Brower Center Hazel Wolf Gallery. How am I to interpret this image? Or better, which interpretive genie in me is to take precedence?On the one hand [...]
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