Read more hunger stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/855/hunger.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:22:46 CSThttp://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/68855/cuban-activists-rally-around-drunken-youtube-ranter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCuban activists have found an unlikely cause celebré in the case of Juan Carlos González Marcos, who was sent to prison last month for drunkenly interrupting a shoot for a video about reggaeton with a rant about hunger. González was drinking, as he often did, at his neighborhood park in...http://www.newser.com/story/68855/cuban-activists-rally-around-drunken-youtube-ranter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 9:45:38 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/53246/indias-boom-does-little-for-malnourished-children.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndia’s economy has soared for a decade, but what its prime minister calls its “national shame” remains: malnourished, underdeveloped children, the New York Times reports. While growing China has cut its proportion of underweight children to 7%, India’s stands at 42.5%. Some say the government doesn’t put enough into...http://www.newser.com/story/53246/indias-boom-does-little-for-malnourished-children.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 10:22:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53037/phelps-helps-sf-food-bank-tame-munchies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe amateur paparazzo who snapped Michael Phelps holding a bong helped indirectly bring a little good to the world: Kellogg's, which dumped the Olympian after the photo came to light, donated nearly 2 tons of Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes in boxes bearing Phelps' winning smile to the San Francisco...http://www.newser.com/story/53037/phelps-helps-sf-food-bank-tame-munchies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 15:01:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52600/desperate-hunger-plagues-n-korea-forces-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea has, in its words, an “eating problem”: unable to feed its residents, it has become the world’s first nuclear-armed “beggar,” the Washington Post reports. Malnutrition has led to a spate of mental and physical disabilities—a quarter of potential troops will be disqualified because of retardation, and boys...http://www.newser.com/story/52600/desperate-hunger-plagues-n-korea-forces-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Mar 2009 8:10:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45990/zimbabwe-once-well-fed-turns-to-eating-bugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagZimbabwe was once "a breadbasket for all of southern Africa," writes Celia Dugger in the New York Times , but a manmade crisis has turned the once-prosperous country into a land of scavengers. The UN says 7 of 10 Zimbabweans eat one meal or fewer a day, thanks to the catastrophic...http://www.newser.com/story/45990/zimbabwe-once-well-fed-turns-to-eating-bugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 6:27:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44884/un-report-finds-nearly-1b-are-hungry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRising food prices have pushed the number of people going hungry to 963 million, or 14% of the world's population, says a UN report published yesterday. Though costs have dropped from historic peaks, basics still cost 28% more than in 2006. That's left 40 million more people undernourished this year,...http://www.newser.com/story/44884/un-report-finds-nearly-1b-are-hungry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Dec 2008 12:54:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43679/food-stamp-use-nears-record-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRising unemployment is expected to push the number of Americans on food stamps to an all-time high of more than 30 million this month, the Washington Post reports. Food pantries say they are also experiencing a surge in demand and a hunger hotline in Washington DC says its calls have...http://www.newser.com/story/43679/food-stamp-use-nears-record-high.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Nov 2008 6:05:00 CST