Read more World Food Program stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27406/world-food-program.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:30:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70960/suicide-bomber-kills-5-at-pakistan-un-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA suicide bomber disguised as a security officer infiltrated UN offices in the Pakistani capital today, killing five people and leaving several others critically injured. Witnesses said the blast at the UN World Food Program, in one of Islamabad's more exclusive neighborhoods, shattered windows and left victims lying in pools...http://www.newser.com/story/70960/suicide-bomber-kills-5-at-pakistan-un-office.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 6:56:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68125/famine-fear-returns-to-ethiopia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlmost 25 years after Live Aid aimed to eradicate famine in Ethiopia, the country is facing new threats of malnutrition and mass starvation, the Independent reports. Ethiopia's erratic rains are the main culprit, failing to fall or coming too little too late, while recession-minded donors in wealthy nations are also...http://www.newser.com/story/68125/famine-fear-returns-to-ethiopia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Aug 2009 16:08:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62391/un-hunger-affects-record-1b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnited Nations food officials warn that a record 1 billion people worldwide aren't getting enough to eat, the BBC reports. The UN said the number of people affected by hunger—defined as getting less than 1,800 calories daily—has jumped by 100 million people over the last year because...http://www.newser.com/story/62391/un-hunger-affects-record-1b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 8:17:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55774/somalia-piracy-hampers-food-aid-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPiracy off the coast of Somalia is making relief organizations' work even more difficult, Reuters reports. The UN’s World Food Program today decried both the hijacking of ships bearing aid supplies—the Maersk Alabama, for example, had 232 WFP containers on board when it was seized this week—and indirect...http://www.newser.com/story/55774/somalia-piracy-hampers-food-aid-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 14:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31297/big-us-food-shipment-marks-korea-progress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter a major US food shipment arrived yesterday, North Korea has approved a plan for the UN's World Food Program to expand aid delivered to the country, and has agreed to allow UN monitors more access to track where the food ends up, the Washington Post reports. "This marks a...http://www.newser.com/story/31297/big-us-food-shipment-marks-korea-progress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Jun 2008 13:56:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29063/leaders-rip-mugabes-obscene-trip-to-food-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish and Australian ministers have blasted Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's attendance at a world food summit in Rome, charging him with turning his nation from the breadbasket of Africa into a country plagued by food shortages, reports the BBC. They also criticized him for using food aid given to ZImbabwe...http://www.newser.com/story/29063/leaders-rip-mugabes-obscene-trip-to-food-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Jun 2008 3:06:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27846/burma-relents-on-foreign-docs-aid-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo and a half weeks after cyclone Nargis hit, Burma finally agreed today to allow foreign medics and disaster experts into the battered country, reports the BBC—but only from ASEAN member nations. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon also plans to jet to Burma on Wednesday to bring additional pressure to...http://www.newser.com/story/27846/burma-relents-on-foreign-docs-aid-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 May 2008 7:21:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27031/un-resumes-food-aid-to-burma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UN World Food Program reversed its decision to cut off food shipments to cyclone-stricken Burma, Reuters reports. The WFP had stopped the flow of aid this morning after the junta confiscated a two-plane food shipment. Nonetheless, "discussions continue with the government of Myanmar on the distribution of the food...http://www.newser.com/story/27031/un-resumes-food-aid-to-burma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 May 2008 10:59:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27013/irate-un-cuts-burma-off-after-junta-seizes-aid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn enraged UN has shut off all further cyclone aid to Burma after its military junta seized two planes carrying a massive food shipment, CNN reports. “This is another example of them actively getting in the way of relief getting to the victims,” said the UN's Asia World Food Program...http://www.newser.com/story/27013/irate-un-cuts-burma-off-after-junta-seizes-aid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 May 2008 8:06:11 CDT