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A Somali militiaman oversees food aid distributed by the United ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:32:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Somali militiaman oversees food aid distributed by the United Nations World Food Program near the town of Jowhar in the lower Shabele region of Somalia. Two freelance journalists, one from Canada and the other from Australia, have been freed after 15 months in captivity in the anarchi African nation, with the Canadian alleging she was tortured.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)

An Indian crosses a street on a hot day in Kolkata. Climate ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:51:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indian crosses a street on a hot day in Kolkata. Climate change will imperil health through malaria, cholera, heatwaves and hunger, but many problems can be eased or avoided if countries make wise policy choices, doctors have said.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)

An Indian farmer with her livestock on the outskirts of Hyderabad. ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:51:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indian farmer with her livestock on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Climate change will imperil health through malaria, cholera, heatwaves and hunger, but many problems can be eased or avoided if countries make wise policy choices, doctors have said.(AFP/File/Noah Seelam)

A young boy carries water taken from an unprotected well which ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:51:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - A young boy carries water taken from an unprotected well which has been a major source of cholera in Harare in 2008. Climate change will imperil health through malaria, cholera, heatwaves and hunger, but many problems can be eased or avoided if countries make wise policy choices, doctors has said.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)

Activists wearing the masks of the G-7 Group of Seven country ...

(AP) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:46:59 GMT

(AP) - Activists wearing the masks of the G-7 Group of Seven country leaders impersonating children's fable Snowhite's 7 dwarves, stage a demonstration against poverty dubbed 'Poverty is not a fable' in Rome's downtown Piazza Del Popolo, Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Asking developed nations to spend 0.7 percent of their gross national product to fight hunger, disease and poverty is one of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Activists wearing the masks of the G-7 Group of Seven country ...

(AP) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:45:45 GMT

Demonstrators hold a hunger strike last week in front of the ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:57:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - Demonstrators hold a hunger strike last week in front of the Supreme Trbunal in Brasilia to protest the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s. Battisti ended his own 11-day hunger strike late Tuesday as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy.(AFP/File/Joedson Alves)

Aya Barazani, who suffers from anorexia, points at Israeli fashion ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:16:04 GMT

(AP) - Aya Barazani, who suffers from anorexia, points at Israeli fashion models Noga Dekel, left, and Shira Amikam, as fashion photographer Adi Barkan looks on during a photo shoot for a campaign promoting anorexia awareness, in his studio in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Barkan is releasing a campaign featuring 3 women, one healthy model, another model who's BMI value is beneath normal and an anorectic girl, to promote anorexia awareness, demanding model agencies not to hire models who are suffering from malnutrition. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli fashion models Shira Amikam, center, and Noga Dekel, ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:16:02 GMT

(AP) - Israeli fashion models Shira Amikam, center, and Noga Dekel, left, look at Aya Barazani, who suffers from anorexia, as she sits in her wheelchair during a photo shoot for a campaign promoting anorexia awareness, in the studio of Israeli fashion photographer Adi Barkan, not seen, in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Israeli fashion photographer Adi Barkan is releasing a campaign featuring 3 women, one healthy model, another model who's BMI value is beneath normal and an anorectic girl, to promote anorexia awareness, demanding model agencies not to hire models who are suffering from malnutrition. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. Severely malnourished Sadiki ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:52:23 GMT

(Reuters) - REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. Severely malnourished Sadiki Basilaki, 9, receives a mug of milk at a catholic mission feeding center in Rutshuru, 70km (50 miles) north of Goma in eastern Congo, November 13, 2008. Malnutrition rates in Rutshuru, which has seen weeks of fighting between government soldiers and dissident Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda's rebels, are almost double emergency thresholds and aid workers are battling insecurity to deliver rations. The latest wave of fighting has worsened a humanitarian disaster that began in the 1990s. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)

REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. The fingers of malnourished ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:32:05 GMT

(Reuters) - REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. The fingers of malnourished one-year-old Alassa Galisou are pressed against the lips of his mother Fatou Ousseini at an emergency feeding clinic in the town of Tahoua in northwestern Niger, August 1, 2005. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (NIGER)

A university student chats on a mobile while taking part in ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:12:43 GMT

(Reuters) - A university student chats on a mobile while taking part in a collective hunger strike in front of the Organization of American States' (OAS) headquarters in Caracas November 23, 2009. Sixteen students went in a hunger strike over the weekend to demand for a visit by OAS's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to review the human rights situation in Venezuela. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA CONFLICT POLITICS EDUCATION)

University students lie on beds while taking part in a collective ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:09:16 GMT

(Reuters) - University students lie on beds while taking part in a collective hunger strike in front of the Organization of American States' (OAS) headquarters in Caracas November 23, 2009. Sixteen students went in a hunger strike over the weekend to demand for a visit by OAS's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, to review the human rights situation in Venezuela. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA CONFLICT POLITICS)

A university student lies on a mattresses during the third day ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:10 GMT

(AP) - A university student lies on a mattresses during the third day of a hunger strike outside the offices of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Caracas, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Students demand the OAS investigate purported political prosecution in Venezuela. According to local human rights groups, over two dozen foes of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are in prison or awaiting trial on what they call politically motivated charges. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

University students lie on mattresses during their third day ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:16:42 GMT

(AP) - University students lie on mattresses during their third day of a hunger strike outside the offices of the Organization of American States, OAS, in Caracas, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Students demand the OAS investigate purported political prosecution in Venezuela. According to local human rights groups, over two dozen foes of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are in prison or awaiting trial on what they call politically motivated charges. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

University students lie on mattresses during their third day ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:13:31 GMT

Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo lies on chairs ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:50:08 GMT

(AP) - Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo lies on chairs in Congress during her second day of a hunger strike in La Paz, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Canedo is protesting her suspension by Congress for alleged deliberate neglect of duty. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo sits in Congress ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:33 GMT

(AP) - Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo sits in Congress on her second day of a hunger strike in La Paz, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Canedo is protesting her suspension by Congress for alleged deliberate neglect of duty. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia's Supreme Court Judge Rosario Canedo lies on chairs ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:49 GMT

Spain will grant refugee status to award-winning Western Sahara ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - Spain will grant refugee status to award-winning Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar, seen here earlier this week, who is hunger strike in the Canary Islands if Moroccan authorities reject her request for a new passport, the foreign ministry has said.(AFP/File/Desiree Martin)

A supporter of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conducts ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:52:07 GMT

(Reuters) - A supporter of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conducts a hunger strike to protest against his extradition outside the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil (Brazil's President Office) in Brasilia November 20, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source said on Thursday. The banner reads "Lula extraditing Cesare is modernizing the Inquisition". REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL POLITICS)

A supporter of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conducts ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:02 GMT

Supporters of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conduct ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:51 GMT

(Reuters) - Supporters of former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti conduct a hunger strike to protest against his extradition outside the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil (Brazil's President Office) in Brasilia November 20, 2009. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not thinking of extraditing Battisti despite a Supreme Court ruling that he should be sent home, a high-ranking government source said on Thursday. The banner reads "We are on hunger strike". REUTERS/Roberto Jayme (BRAZIL POLITICS)

A child plays in a shanty area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:49 GMT

(AP) - A child plays in a shanty area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Children study in a yard with scrap collected for recycling, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:09:23 GMT

(AP) - Children study in a yard with scrap collected for recycling, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. Some of the worst abuses play out every day on the dusty streets of India, where government and aid groups' efforts to help children are overwhelmed by the staggering poverty and the dislocation of millions of rural villagers who flood the cities in search of jobs. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

School children clean the area with tree branches before the ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:21 GMT

(AP) - School children clean the area with tree branches before the start of classes at an open-air government-run school in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

School children peer through a makeshift roof an open-air government-run ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:59 GMT

(AP) - School children peer through a makeshift roof an open-air government-run school in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

School children attend classes in an open-air government-run ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:30 GMT

(AP) - School children attend classes in an open-air government-run school in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

School children chant morning prayers in an open-air government-run ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:18 GMT

(AP) - School children chant morning prayers in an open-air government-run school in Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Children play in a shanty area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:39:53 GMT

(AP) - Children play in a shanty area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A stray dog looks on near a group of street children sleeping ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:02:44 GMT

(AP) - A stray dog looks on near a group of street children sleeping on a pavement in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Children eat a meal at a shelter for street children in Katmandu, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:02:33 GMT

(AP) - Children eat a meal at a shelter for street children in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A girl tries to break an iron rod from the concrete of a destroyed ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:01:11 GMT

(AP) - A girl tries to break an iron rod from the concrete of a destroyed building for resale, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. In India, two million children under 5 die every year, more than 20 million are not in primary school and child marriage is routine. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A street urchin holds a child and walk along a road in New Delhi, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:25 GMT

(AP) - A street urchin holds a child and walk along a road in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. Some of the worst abuses play out every day on the dusty streets of India, where government and aid groups' efforts to help children are overwhelmed by the staggering poverty and the dislocation of millions of rural villagers who flood the cities in search of jobs. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A street child carries a toddler and begs on a street in New ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:03 GMT

(AP) - A street child carries a toddler and begs on a street in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. Some of the worst abuses play out every day on the dusty streets of India, where government and aid groups' efforts to help children are overwhelmed by the staggering poverty and the dislocation of millions of rural villagers who flood the cities in search of jobs. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Children perform exercises at a shelter for street children ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:59 GMT

(AP) - Children perform exercises at a shelter for street children in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A volunteer dresses the wound of a street child, as others await ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:30 GMT

(AP) - A volunteer dresses the wound of a street child, as others await their turn at a shelter for street children in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Children from impoverished families enter their classroom in ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:16 GMT

(AP) - Children from impoverished families enter their classroom in a queue at a government-run school in Gauhati, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Children eat a meal at a shelter for street children in Katmandu, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:56:11 GMT

Children from impoverished families attend a class at a government-run ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:53 GMT

(AP) - Children from impoverished families attend a class at a government-run school in Gauhati, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A woman teaches children from impoverished families at a government-run ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:37 GMT

(AP) - A woman teaches children from impoverished families at a government-run school in Gauhati, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Street children sleep on a pavement in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:06 GMT

(AP) - Street children sleep on a pavement in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Children meditate at a shelter for street children in Katmandu, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:54:41 GMT

(AP) - Children meditate at a shelter for street children in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A street child warms himself near a bonfire made out of garbage, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:40:12 GMT

(AP) - A street child warms himself near a bonfire made out of garbage, in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said Thursday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, pulling ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:45:54 GMT

(AP) - This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, pulling cactus spines from his hands at the La Merced Market in Mexico City. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago, yet millions of children the world over still suffer from violence and abuse, hunger and disease. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Leonardo Sanchez, 12, tries to pull cactus spines from his hands ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:45:53 GMT

(AP) - Leonardo Sanchez, 12, tries to pull cactus spines from his hands as a relative cuts more cactus pads at the La Merced market in Mexico City. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago, yet millions of children the world over still suffer from violence and abuse, hunger and disease. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, holding ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:45:43 GMT

(AP) - This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, holding a market sign that reads in Spanish 'take advantage,' as he works with family members in the La Merced market in Mexico City. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago, yet millions of children the world over still suffer from violence and abuse, hunger and disease. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, center, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:45:16 GMT

(AP) - This Nov. 13, 2009 photo shows Leonardo Sanchez, 12, center, piling green onions for sale in the La Merced market in Mexico City next to his aunt Soccorro Sanchez, right. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago, yet millions of children the world over still suffer from violence and abuse, hunger and disease. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

This Nov. 18, 2009 photo shows Alhaji Babah Sawaneh in Freetown, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:29:02 GMT

(AP) - This Nov. 18, 2009 photo shows Alhaji Babah Sawaneh in Freetown, Sierra Leone. At 11 years-old Sawaneh became a child soldier of one of West Africa's most brutal civil wars. The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago, yet millions of children the world over still suffer from violence and abuse, hunger and disease. (Photo/Nazia Parvez)

This Nov. 18, 2009 photo shows Alhaji Babah Sawaneh in Freetown, ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:28:47 GMT