200 million children under the age of five in the developing world suffer from chronic undernutrition causing one-third of deaths in children under five the United Nations Children's Fund says  BBC News November 11, 2009  Access UNICEF report and video

Administration names agriculture official to run the  United States Agency for International Development, ending long delay  Mark Landler  New York Times November 10, 2009

Blackouts plague energy-rich Venezuela Simon Romero  New York Times November 10, 2009

A grove of huarango trees sits amid the sand dunes at the edge of Ica, Peru. The trees help balance the arid valley, capturing moisture coming from the west. Nonetheless, villagers are cutting down the last remaining trees.  Photo: Tomas Munita/New York Times

The ecosystem in Peru is losing a key ally--the huarago tree  Simon Romero New York Times November 7, 2009 Cutting down huarango forests caused the collapse of the Nazca civilization 1500 years ago Jody Bourton BBC News November 2, 2009  See Hunger Notes special report: Hunger, the environment and climate change

US unemployment rate hits 10.2%; broader unemployment measure (including discouraged workers and part-time employees who want to be full-time) reaches 17.5% David Leonhardt  New York Times November 6, 2009 Why won't the Obama administration pay people to work? Alec MacGillis Washington Post November 8, 2009 (opinion)  See Hunger Notes special report: the world financial, food and hunger crisis

Paraguay president sacks army head BBC News November 5, 2009  See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems

Binding treaty no longer a realistic goal for climate summit, UN chief concedes  Ben Webster Times Online November 4, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: Hunger, the environment and climate change

Gunman kill union leader in Mexico Elisabeth Malkin New York Times November 1, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems

Deal set to restore ousted Honduran president Ginger Thompson and Elisabeth Malkin New York Times October 25, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems

Shane Palmer, right, kisses his fiancé, Maria Maior outside the storage unit they are living in with her 12-year-old son in a northwest Chicago suburb. The family of three splits time between their storage unit and motels following a job loss and a string of bad luck. Photo: David Pierini/ ChicagoTribune

Homeless students: increasingly, families taking shelter anywhere they can Bonnie Miller Rubin Chicago Tribune October 28, 2009 See more videos and pictures on hunger and poverty in the United States.   See Hunger Notes special report: the world financial, food and hunger crisis

Clinton Anchors, 18, in Medford, Ore., has been on his own, living in the streets and camping in the woods since he was 12. Photo: Monica Almeida/The New York Times

Recession drives surge in youth runaways Ian Urbina  New York Times October 5, 2009  How teens in Medford Oregon who have left home get by (video)  See more videos and pictures on hunger and poverty in the United States.   See Hunger Notes special report: the world financial, food and hunger crisis

Fiser's mother wants him to return to school some day. Photo: BBC

Bitter lives of Bolivia's child workers  Andres Schipani  BBC News October 11, 2009  See more world hunger photos, videos and stories

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Slowed funding threatens AIDS fight, group says--recession, other factors causing international donors to pull back Karin Brulliard Washington Post November 5, 2009

Key ways in which current farming practices harm the earth include loss of biodiversity, overuse of chemicals and pesticides, and loss of plant and animal habitat due to the expansion of farming. The loss of biodiversity as a result of current farming practices includes an estimated loss of  three-quarters of the genetic diversity in agricultural crops over the last century. Photo: Jane Some/IRIN

Feeding the world without harming it IRIN November 3, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: Hunger, the environment and climate change Current intellectual property rights, especially those for GMO seeds, threaten poor farmers, food security and the right to food  United Nations October 21, 2009  See Hunger Notes special report: Trade and hunger 

Energy from the Sahara plants is expected to supply Europe by 2015. Photo: BBC

Sahara sun, via a proposed huge solar project, will help power Europe  BBC News November 2, 2009

Groundbreaking birth control bill that would make family planning services more widely available to poor people has powerful enemies in the Philippines Carlos H. Conde New York Times October 25, 2009 

Repent or resign, African bishops tell Catholic African politicians: "Many Catholics in high office have fallen woefully short in their performance in office”  Rachel Donadio New York Times October 23, 2009 See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems

North Korea's military gets priority over civilians for essential supplies. It also keeps the government in power. Photo: AP

UN envoy calls North Korea's human rights record abysmal, saying one-third of the country's population was going hungry needlessly, principally because of its 'military first' policy BBC News October 22, 2009  See Hunger Notes special report: harmful economic systems

Ethiopia asks for urgent food aid for 6.2 million people BBC News October 22, 2009

Four year drought pushes 23 million Africans to brink of starvation Tristan McConnell The Times October 22, 2009

Food experts worry as population and hunger grow Neil MacFarquhar New York Times October 21, 2009 Economy has left 1 billion hungry, UN says Ariel David Associated Press/Boston Globe  October 15, 2009

The Congo Advocacy Coalition report said disarming the Hutu rebels is a top priority - but that for every rebel who has been disarmed this year, one civilian has been killed, seven women or girls raped, and 900,000 people made homeless. Photo: AFP

UN drops Congo army unit over killings BBC News November 2, 2009 UN criticized for support of Congo offensive that caused widespread killings and rape BBC News October 13, 2009 More Congo stories

Taliban attack on a university shuts all Pakistan schools BBC News October 21, 2009  Pakistan aid places US in the middle of a division between Pakistan's civilian government and its military Jane Perlez New York Times October 12, 2009 Pakistanis balk at US aid package--viewed as infringement on national sovereignty Karen DeYoung and Scott Wilson Washington Post October 8, 2009   See Hunger Notes special report on development assistance