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For the Worlds Hungry, the Recession Is Far from Over
Sep 21 2009, Irfan

It’s late morning and Minara Khatoon’s five young children haven’t eaten yet. They sit huddled on the dirt floor of their mud thatch hut, waiting as their mother stokes a makeshift fire with straw and dry leaves to prepare what will be their main —...

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