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USAID Rethinks Who Gets Paid to Grow Food for Countries in Need
American food aid is sent to places with dire need. And until now, the commodities have been bought from U.S. farmers and shipped overseas on U.S. vessels to be donated. Margaret Warner reports on a new budget proposal that would…
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North Korea Agrees to Suspend Nuclear Work for U.S. Food Aid Swap
North Korea announced on Wednesday that it will implement a moratorium on long-range missile launches and uranium enrichment at its Yongbyon nuclear facility in exchange for 240,000 metric tons of food aid from the United States. Judy Woodruff reports.
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Droughts Feed Hunger Crisis and Violence in Sudan
Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the humanitarian crisis in the African nation of Sudan, where drought and food shortages are contributing to violence, political instability and death.
Haiti’s Farms Sow Hope for Rebuilding
A new push to improve Haiti's struggling agricultural sector could provide jobs for many people displaced after January's earthquake. But the nation's farmland is limited in supply and often degraded of nutrients.
More than 78 people were killed and dozens more were wounded Thursday in two bombings in Iraq, one in Baghdad and one north of the city. In other news, the Iraqi military said they captured a suspected leader of an…
Flooding and poor harvests have caused North Korea's worst food crisis in nearly a decade and have put millions at risk, the U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday as it called on donors to provide urgent assistance over the next…
Millions of people in Somalia and Kenya "are on the brink of starvation" because of a severe drought that has swept the Horn of Africa.
