Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:mtops/hungerGreek public sector union fears social explosiontag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/03/03/Greek_public_sector_union_fears_7139ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's biggest public sector union ADEDY reacted angrily to new austerity measures on Wednesday, warning they could trigger social unrest.2010-03-03T10:10:25ZReuters US Online Report World NewsREUTERSRare tiger cub found in China dies of malnutritiontag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/03/02/Rare_tiger_found_China_dies_8556Rare Siberian tiger cub dies of malnutrition after it was found trapped in a fence in China. A rare Siberian tiger discovered near the Russian border seemed an auspicious beginning to China's Year of the Tiger, but within days, the emaciated cub had died of malnutrition.2010-03-02T13:53:45ZAP NewsCARA ANNANiger: Once-taboo topic of hunger spoken againtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/02/26/Niger_once-taboo_topic_hunger_spoken_9863In Niger, opening once-taboo topic of hunger crucial to easing impending food crisis. They are simple words humanitarian workers in Africa use often but dared not speak in this impoverished nation: hunger, starvation.2010-02-26T22:25:57ZAP NewsTODD PITMANGuinea pig touted as solution to Congo food crisistag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/02/16/Guinea_touted_solution_Congo_food_1155Small solution to a big problem: guinea pig meat tested as solution to Congo hunger crisis. An army of humanitarian organizations has been unable to end years of recurring hunger in conflict-torn Congo. Now a South American research group says it may have found another way to fill hungry bellies: with guinea pigs.2010-02-16T17:06:12ZAP NewsTODD PITMANCaribbean news briefstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/02/09/Caribbean_news_briefs_2784HAITI: Health crisis enters new stage: Deaths from diarrhea, infections, malnutrition2010-02-09T23:58:20ZAP FeaturesStaffBiting recession leaves ever more Americans hungrytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/02/02/Biting_recession_leaves_ever_more_6501CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of Americans receiving emergency food from the largest U.S. hunger-relief charity and its partners rose 46 percent from 2005 to 2009, according to a report released on Tuesday.2010-02-02T18:41:45ZReuters US Online Report Health NewsNick CareyBiting recession leaves ever more Americans hungrytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/02/02/Biting_recession_leaves_ever_more_0867CHICAGO (Reuters) - The number of Americans receiving emergency food from the largest U.S. hunger-relief charity and its partners rose 46 percent from 2005 to 2009, according to a report released on Tuesday.2010-02-02T14:05:20ZReuters US Online Report Domestic NewsNick CareyAntihunger groups ask $1 billion a year for U.S. child mealstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/22/Antihunger_groups_billion_year_US_1996WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. child nutrition programs need at least $1 billion a year in new funding as a step toward elimination of childhood hunger by 2015, an anti-hunger coalition said on Friday.2010-01-22T23:16:15ZReuters US Online Report Domestic NewsREUTERSMalnutrition higher among babies born to India's child bridestag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/21/Malnutrition_higher_among_babies_born_8907Babies born to child brides in India run a higher risk of malnourishment compared to those born to older mothers, says a paper appearing on Friday.2010-01-22T00:18:27ZAFP Global EditionAFPDeath rates dropping in wartime in most countries: studytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/20/Death_rates_dropping_wartime_most_9992The national mortality rate of people living in poor, war-torn countries has fallen since the end of the Cold War, researchers reported Wednesday.2010-01-20T17:29:51ZAFP Global EditionAFPDeath rates dropping in wartime in most countries: studytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/20/Death_rates_dropping_wartime_most_9989The national mortality rate of people living in poor, war-torn countries has fallen since the end of the Cold War, researchers reported Wednesday.2010-01-20T16:35:59ZAFP Global EditionAFPYum Brands directs $500,000 for Haiti victimstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/14/Brands_directs_500000_Haiti_victims_0606Yum Brands gives $500,000 to provide food for victims in Haiti. Yum Brands, operator of KFC, Taco Bell and other major restaurant chains, on Thursday said it is directing $500,000 from its program World Hunger Relief to provide food for earthquake victims in Haiti.2010-01-14T23:20:33ZAP NewsStaffUS nonprofits sue over patent to feed hungrytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/13/nonprofits_over_patent_feed_hungry_6114US nonprofits sue French firm over patent they say blocks them from making food for hungry. A pair of American nonprofits want to ramp up production in the next year of a high-protein peanut butter-like paste that could feed some of the more than 1 billion people around the world who don't have enough to eat.2010-01-13T09:20:38ZAP NewsDAVID MERCEROne in eight Americans receives food stamps: U.Stag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/12/eight_Americans_receives_food_stamps_7571WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 37.9 million people -- one in eight Americans -- received food stamps to help buy food at latest count, the government said on Tuesday as enrollment set a record for the ninth month in a row.2010-01-13T00:38:58ZReuters US Online Report Domestic NewsREUTERSUN cuts Somalia food relief over Islamist threattag:www.blnz.com,2009:2010/01/05/cuts_Somalia_food_relief_over_5706The UN food agency said Tuesday it had been forced to suspend food aid to a million hungry people in southern Somalia after months of attacks and extortion by Al Qaeda-linked rebels.2010-01-05T12:32:36ZAFP Global EditionAFPDespite aid, hunger still stalks Afghan childrentag:www.blnz.com,2009:2009/12/21/fights_hunger_Afghanistan_2042UN aid agencies battle hunger in Afghanistan where some children are too weak to cry. While international forces in Afghanistan battle militants hiding in the mountains, aid agencies are fighting an even more elusive enemy: malnutrition.2009-12-21T05:57:03ZAP NewsALFRED de MONTESQUIOUGroup: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the yeartag:www.blnz.com,2009:2009/12/21/Group_HIV/AIDS_among_crises_year_4624Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009's Top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders.2009-12-21T05:47:58ZAP FeaturesMICHAEL ASTORGroup: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the yeartag:www.blnz.com,2009:2009/12/21/Group_HIV/AIDS_among_crises_year_9595HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders' Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009. Dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009's Top 10 humanitarian crises, according to Doctors Without Borders.2009-12-21T05:47:53ZAP NewsMICHAEL ASTORDespite aid, hunger still stalks Afghan childrentag:www.blnz.com,2009:2009/12/20/Despite_aid_hunger_still_stalks_4553UN aid agencies battle hunger in Afghanistan where some children are too weak to cry. While international forces in Afghanistan battle militants hiding in the mountains, aid agencies are fighting an even more elusive enemy: malnutrition.2009-12-20T18:17:46ZAP NewsALFRED de MONTESQUIOUUNDP calls on wealthy Arab states to help neighborstag:www.blnz.com,2009:2009/12/20/UNDP_calls_wealthy_Arab_states_8885CAIRO (Reuters) - Oil-rich Arab states should devote more money to creating jobs and boosting food security among their poorer Arab neighbors to help the region meet development goals by 2015, a U.N. report issued on Sunday said.2009-12-20T17:43:26ZReuters US Online Report Top NewsAlexander Dziadosz