Read more starvation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4330/starvation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:54:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70553/sore-throat-may-have-axed-t-rex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTyrannosaurus rex could have been laid low not by a planetwide dinosaur holocaust or vicious infighting, but by a parasite that still affects modern birds. Researchers have taken a close look at lesions on T. rex fossils once presumed to be battle scars and concluded that they are the work...http://www.newser.com/story/70553/sore-throat-may-have-axed-t-rex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 12:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69839/uk-stylist-quits-over-average-size-runway-models.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA London stylist quit in a snit after a fashion designer chose three "average size" models for his runway show, reports the Guardian . Mark Fast, known for his body-hugging mini-dresses, used three models sizes 8 and 10 to show off his collection yesterday. The move followed a warning by the...http://www.newser.com/story/69839/uk-stylist-quits-over-average-size-runway-models.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 8:22:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68861/as-govt-bickers-drought-ravages-kenya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile countries like Ethiopia and Somalia have been long associated with drought and famine, it's the robust safari destination of Kenya that's wasting away. Nearly 4 million Kenyans, 10% of the population, are desperate for food due to a lack of rainfall—some villages haven't seen rain in years, the...http://www.newser.com/story/68861/as-govt-bickers-drought-ravages-kenya.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 10:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67424/king-sends-wives-on-spree-while-africans-starve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwaziland King Mswati III sent several of his 13 wives on a multi-million-dollar shopping spree in the Mideast and Europe while two-thirds of his subjects continue to suffer in abject poverty, reports the Times of London. The move has triggered sharp criticism in Britain, which provides the impoverished nation with...http://www.newser.com/story/67424/king-sends-wives-on-spree-while-africans-starve.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 2:12:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65200/high-living-fugitive-brits-starved-on-getaway-yacht.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pair of British fraudsters who enjoyed a "champagne and cocaine lifestyle" spent their last days drinking sea water and urine on a stolen yacht, an inquest was told yesterday. The bodies of the couple, who stole a boat and became fugitives while awaiting trial for hoodwinking wealthy investors, were...http://www.newser.com/story/65200/high-living-fugitive-brits-starved-on-getaway-yacht.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 7:56:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63078/ravaged-jackson-weighed-just-112-lbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Jackson was so emaciated that he weighed just 112 pounds when he died, reports the Sun. The coroner found nothing in the singer's stomach but pills, and his body was riddled with needle marks, presumably from narcotics injections. The battered star also bared the scars of endless plastic surgeries...http://www.newser.com/story/63078/ravaged-jackson-weighed-just-112-lbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 3:17:38 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/57086/couple-held-for-ditching-hungry-kids-at-italy-pizzeria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA German couple has been detained in Italy for abandoning their three hungry kids at a pizzeria, reports Der Spiegel. The poverty-stricken young parents, found in a forest outside the town of Aosta, said they didn't know what else to do. The parents had left behind their car and a...http://www.newser.com/story/57086/couple-held-for-ditching-hungry-kids-at-italy-pizzeria.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 7:46:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57076/aussie-pageant-teen-dangerously-thin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealth experts are sounding the alarm over a dangerously underweight Australian beauty contestant in the Miss Universe pageant in Sydney, reports the Telegraph . Observers were stunned by the protruding bones of 19-year-old Stephanie Naumoska, who stands 5 foot 11 and weighs just 108 pounds. "There appears to be significant muscle...http://www.newser.com/story/57076/aussie-pageant-teen-dangerously-thin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 3:30:54 CDT