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Baby Drupta weighs only 5.5 lbs and coughs incessantly. Photo: BBC
Ignoring India's malnourished Soutik Biswas BBC News November 25, 2008
Pakistani soldiers walk down a road in Loe Sam town in Bajaur tribal region. Emilio Morenatti/Pool photo/NYT
US launches drone air strike in Pakistan, killing 12, including several alleged militants Matthew Weaver The Guardian November 14, 2008 For Pakistan's tribesmen, a difficult, deadly choice Candace Rondeaux Washington Post November 11, 2008
Pakistanis mired in brutal battle to oust Taliban Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah New York Times November 10, 2008 US backs off use of American commandos to hit militants in Pakistan, continues CIA drone air strikes Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt New York Times October 26, 2008
Harsh sentences for Burma activists Jonathan Head BBC News November 11, 2008
Premier says China to ensure safe food Henry Sanderson Associated Press October 26, 2008
In southeast China, skepticism on land reforms Maureen Fan Washington Post October 19, 2008 China to allow land leasing, transfer as part of plan to double rural incomes Maureen Fan Washington Post October 19, 2008
Premier says China to ensure safe food Henry Sanderson Associated Press October 26, 2008
Jemelleh Saccoh gets a glimpse of her new son. A short time later, she had died of complications -- the fate of 1 in 8 women during childbirth in Sierra Leone. Photo: Carol Guzy/Washington Post
A mother's final look at life. In impoverished Sierra Leone, childbirth kills one in eight women. Kevin Sullivan Washington Post October 12, 2008
Filipinos draw power from geothermal energy Blaine Harden Washington Post October 3, 2008 See Hunger Notes special report: Global issues: the earth, the environment, and poor people
Tribesmen gather at the site of a missile attack near the Afghan border. Photo: Haji Mujtaba/Reuters
US backs off use of American commandos to hit militants in Pakistan, continues CIA drone air strikes Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt New York Times October 26, 2008
Pakistani soldiers on a patrol this week south of Peshawar. The military recently recaptured a vital road in that area that had been controlled by the Taliban. Photo: Abdul Majeed/New York Times
Confronting Taliban, Pakistan finds itself at war Jane Perlez New York Times October 2, 2008
India bans smoking in public. Health minister says habit may kill nearly 1 million this year Emily Wax Washington Post October 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.) See the World Health Organization's Tobacco Free Initiative. See other health and nutrition stories
As crime increases in Kabul, so does nostalgia for Taliban Pamela Constable Washington Post September 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Nawaz Sharif, leader of one of the two main Pakistani coalition parties, after declaring Monday in Islamabad that his party was leaving the government. Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press
A bitter rivalry shatters Pakistan's ruling coalition Jane Perlez New York Times August 25, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Pakistan government faces big challenges after Pervez Musharraf Laura King Los Angeles Times August 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Pakistan plans a military push into its tribal areas, meeting a key Pentagon demand Julian E. Barnes Los Angeles Times July 29, 2008
India had 2.1 million child deaths in 2006--more than any other country. Photo: BBC News
UN warning on India child health: the world will fail to reach millennium development goals unless India improves its record on health and child protection BBC News August 6, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
An assessment by World Food Program officials last month found millions of North Koreans were "slipping toward precarious hunger levels. The last time hunger was so deep and so widespread in parts of the country was in the late 1990s." Photo: AFP
UN warns on North Korea food shortage BBC News July 29, 2008 (You will leave this site.) US wheat begins new aid to North Korea, with greater monitoring Blaine Harden Washington Post July 1, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Farmer-turned-activist plants seeds of reform in China Edward Cody Washington Post June 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Seat of power: a government building in Naypyidaw, the city that Myanmar’s junta built from scratch to replace Yangon as the capital. Naypyidaw was built in secret by the ruling generals and announced to the public two and a half years ago, when it was a fait accompli. Photo: International Herald Tribune
Built to order: Burma's new capital isolates and insulates junta New York Times June 24, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Roshni weighs 6.3 lbs.-- her weight should be more like 10 lbs. About 60 percent of children in India's Madhya Pradesh state are malnourished. Photo: BBC
Malnutrition getting worse in India Damian Grammaticas BBC News June 10, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Relief in Manila after Japan agrees to sell rice: while Philippines battles shortage, Japan has surplus of unwanted imports Carmela Cruz and Blaine Harden Washington Post May 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Woeser, 41, lives in Beijing and is the world's best-known contemporary Tibetan writer. Photo: Wang Lixiong
A lone Tibetan voice, intent on speaking out: writer seeks to chronicle events in areas hit by crackdown Jill Drew Washington Post May 6, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
On a road near Pyapon, in an area of Myanmar ravaged by a cyclone, people waited on Sunday for aid from Burmese civilians. Photo: NYT
Burma's cyclone survivors still waiting for food New York Times May 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Farmers in the Irrawaddy delta normally provide two-thirds of Burma's rice harvest. Photo: AFP
Burma's rice harvest under threat--farmers must receive seed by June planting season Chris Hogg BBC News May 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
In the village of Tanyukone, residents buried a 6-year-old boy who died of a fever in the aftermath of the cyclone that devastated Burma. Photo: New York Times
Rulers keep grip on aid as Burmese cast votes New York Times May 11, 2008
Many homes in the Irrawaddy river delta were destroyed by the cyclone. Photo: AFP
100,000 could be dead in Burma, US diplomat says Ian MacKinnon, Julian Borger and Rachel Stevenson Guardian.co.uk May 7, 2008 Burma's cyclone death toll soars to over 22,000 BBC News May 6, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
A large number of Nepalese migrant workers in India returned to their villages to vote. Voter turnout was over 60 percent. Photo: Naresh Newar/IRIN
Maoists win Nepal assembly elections BBC News April 24, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Maoists, former rebels, favored by Nepal's marginalized communities IRIN April 27, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
In Sri Lanka, local government workers, like this man from the Colombo Municipal Council, are regularly deployed to spray insecticide in homes, gardens and along roadways islandwide. Photo: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN
Sri Lanka: on track to eliminate malaria IRIN April 24, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
US-trained Afghan commandos play growing role in fighting insurgents Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post April 19, 2008
Philippines caught in rice price squeeze Blaine Harden Washington Post April 10, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
North Koreans threatened by hunger again Choe Sang-Hun New York Times April 4, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
People have to wait for hours to buy 5 kg of rice at open market sale (OMS) centers in Bangladesh. Photo: Shamsuddin Ahmed/IRIN
Bangladesh: Even middle class families queue for 5 kg of subsidized rice as rice price increases by 70 percent IRIN April 4, 2006 (You will leave this site.)
Warmer temperatures are causing shrinkage in Himalayan glaciers, with a consequent effect on water supply and food production in India. Photo UNEP
Melting mountain glaciers will shrink grain harvests in China and India Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Institute March 31, 2008 See Hunger Notes special report Global issues: the earth, the environment, and poor people
US steps up unilateral strikes in Pakistan Robin Wright and Jory Warrick Washington Post March 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Eyewitnesses recount terrifying day in Tibet: how a protest became a rampage Jill Drew Washington Post March 27, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
Chinese troops have been sent to areas with high concentrations of Tibetans. Photo: AP
China stepping up crackdown Michael Bristow BBC News March 21, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Chinese troops were out in force in Lhasa on Sunday, March 16, 2008. Photo: AFP
Eighty killed in Tibet protests BBC News March 16, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
UN envoy says his visit to Burma yielded no concrete results Matthew Wells BBC News March 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Afghanistan: struggling for solutions as opium trade blossoms Molly Moore Washington Post March 21, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post, and thereafter sign in using your email address.)
The one-child policy was introduced in the 1970's to reduce population growth. Photo: AP
China may revamp one-child rule BBC News February 26, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Ms Bhutto's party won the highest share of votes in Pakistan's election. Photo: AFP
Bhutto party meeting to pick prime minister BBC News February 22, 2008 (You will leave this site.) Musharraf foes triumph at polls BBC News February 19, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Hu Jia was arrested in his dining room, two days after Christmas. Photo: BBC
China activist formally arrested Michael Bristow BBC News February 1, 2008
Afghanistan's future in peril, three reports say BBC News January 31, 2008 (You will leave this site.)
Farmers challenge Chinese land policy, seek private ownership Edwin Cody Washington Post January 14, 2008 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)
Prices of food items have increased by up to 45 percent in some parts of Afghanistan in the past 12 months, making it more difficult for already poor people to meet their food requirements.Photo: Abdullah Shaheen/IRIN
South Asia hit by food shortages BBC News January 9, 2008
Looking beyond feudal politics in Pakistan: ahead of Feb. 18 vote, many denounce country's feeble democratic tradition John Ward Anderson Washington Post January 22, 2008 (You will leave this site, be required to register once with the Post and thereafter sign in using your email address.) Pakistan slowly returns to normal IRIN January 3, 2008 (You will leave this site.)