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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= United Nations: 1 Billion Going Hungry Worldwide Global hunger is a “world emergency” now, if it wasn’t before, with the number of hungry people rising to a record <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOVOJrAbfKGbFx_EpjIORH3QAU0AD9BB3DHG3" title="1 billion">1 billion</a>, according to the United Nations. Given this scary statistic, it’s not looking good for a goal, set in 2000, to reduce the number of people going hungry worldwide by half by 2015. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20091014_un_1_billion_going_hungry_worldwide/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20091014_un_1_billion_going_hungry_worldwide/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= United Nations: 1 Billion Going Hungry Worldwide Global hunger is a “world emergency” now, if it wasn’t before, with the number of hungry people rising to a record <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iOVOJrAbfKGbFx_EpjIORH3QAU0AD9BB3DHG3" title="1 billion">1 billion</a>, according to the United Nations. Given this scary statistic, it’s not looking good for a goal, set in 2000, to reduce the number of people going hungry worldwide by half by 2015. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20091014_un_1_billion_going_hungry_worldwide/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20091014_un_1_billion_going_hungry_worldwide/</a> Copyright © 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com