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Saber-toothed cats and American lions were not driven to extinction by lack of food, a new study has revealed.
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Stemming fungal diseases in the world`s five most important crops could feed more than 600 million people.
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Humanitarian support to North Korea "has decreased tenfold" in the last 10 years, the UN agency said.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 13:56
Kim Jong-il has been spending his August summer holiday on east coast at one of his several villas.
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A front organisation of tribals in J&K today said the nomadic Gujjars and Bakerwals in the higher reaches of the state were facing shortage of food due to the ongoing unrest in the Valley.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 13:41
The PDP on Thursday staged a walkout amidst pandemonium from the state Assembly as it slammed the Jammu and Kashmir government for shortage of food supplies.
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The concluding years of this decade will be remembered in history as those of suffering and awakening.
Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2009, 13:35
A court of appeals in Havana has upheld the two-year sentence handed down to a man who had protested before television cameras about hunger in Cuba, a dissident told EFE.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 19:56
Painting a scary picture, a FAO study has warned that many developing Asian nations would have to import cereals to meet their food requirements, which is expected to double by 2050.
Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2009, 22:19
Asia could face chronic food shortages and social unrest if the region fails to improve its management of water and farming, according to a UN report published on Monday.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 11:19
A "humanitarian perfect storm" is brewing in southern Sudan, putting no less than 40 percent of the local population at risk, a top UN official said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 16:07
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday asked state governments to check hoarding and black-marketing of pulses so as to control further rise in their prices and also advised them to take measures to control fodder prices.
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