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First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

The Last Hunger Season: How an NGO is raising African crop yields

Roger Thurow's The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change introduces us to Youn and his agricultural development organisation, the One Acre Fund. Founded in 2006, One Acre, starting with Kenya and Rwanda, is retraining ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Abu Dhabi National ]

Entities: Kenya, Famine, Agriculture

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Varun Sandesh

What an unlucky Twist

Varun Sandesh.Varun Sandesh, who began his career with Happy Days sharing screen space with other actors, later became a solo hero with hits such as Kotha Bangaru Lokam.However, he is now back to square one and doing the multi-starrer Twist. “We are going ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Deccan Chronicle ]

Entities: Varun Sandesh, Famine, Coffee

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Children’s Day celebration… Why dearth of child artistes

Once upon a time, children artistes in various spheres abound in Nigeria and exhibited the sheer innocence of their crafts to the delight of all. But that is now history. The future, it seems, no longer belongs to the children, as no discernible outlet ... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Guardian Nigeria ]

Entities: Nigeria, Famine, Military/Armed Forces, Calabar

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Krys Lee's Drifting House

Krys Lee talks about her collection of short stories, Drifting House . Her stories illuminate the Korean immigrant experience—from children escaping famine in North Korea to recent arrivals in America, whose lives play out in cramped apartments and Koreatown ... [ Published May 24 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Famine, North Korea

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

International Medical Corps

Yemen faces famine, aid agencies say

SANAA, Yemen, May 23 (UPI) --The agencies -- CARE, International Medical Corps, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Mercy Corps, Oxfam and Save the Children -- warned at an aid conference in Yemen 44 percent of Yemen's population is at risk of famine with a third ... [ Published May 23 2012 by UPI ]

Entities: Yemen, Famine, Sanaa, International Medical Corps

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Quincy Jones

âWe Are the Worldâ song celebrates 20 years

Pop icons Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones talk about the single that helped fight famine in Africa ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Newsvine ]

Entities: Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Famine

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Rice University

Feeding the "Book Famine"

For the Win is a guest blog series featuring the remarkable initiatives that young Americans are advancing to win the future for their communities. Each week we highlight a new young person and learn about their inspiring work through their own words. ... [ Published May 23 2012 by The White House ]

Entities: Bukoba (Tanzania), Famine, Tanzania, White House, Rice University

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

Fashion Fighting Famine -- Where High Fashion Meets High Hopes

So many times, I've walked the glittering hallways of malls around the world, ogling designer bags or heels or spent an evening putting together stylish outfits on Polyvore, only to feel a guilty superficiality wash over me knowing that my love of all ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Huffington Post Canada ]

Entities: Fashion, High Fashion Intl Ltd, Famine

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Famine in Niger: Silent Guest Donations Needed to Feed Starving Children

Iris Gabriel, who once aspired to be an actress, played her most important role as a humanitarian. She proposed an idea to Massachusetts Governor Robert Bradford for Thanksgiving of 1947. Why not ask everyone hosting a Thanksgiving dinner to take in a ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Blogcritics.org ]

Entities: Niger, Famine, Donations

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

A nuclear clash could starve the world

Recent ballistic missile tests by India, Pakistan and North Korea -- which has ominously threatened to "reduce to ashes" the South Korean military "in minutes" -- are once again focusing the world's attention on the dangers of nuclear war.This concern ... [ Published May 11 2012 by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Famine, Arsenic, Nuclear Weapon

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Library art

DROGHEDA Library is hosting an art competition on the Great Famine. Create a picture on the above theme. The picture should be no larger than A4 size. Please attach an entry slip to the front of your work with your details. Entry slip available from your ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Drogheda Independent ]

Entities: Famine, Augustinians

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Miss England Alize Lily Mounter & Past Winners Showcase UK's Dearth of Hotness

Photo Credit: WENN Earlier today, the current Miss England Alize Lily Mounter joined previous winners, Lady Angie Sinclair and Laura Coleman, to promote a Miss England charity auction supporting underprivileged children worldwide. The event was held ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Moejackson - Bastardly News & Gossip ]

Entities: Famine, England, Laura Coleman

Quotes

...the economy tanked for the second time in 2008, a lot of theaters put on the brakes and proceeded cautiously with plans to expand," Eyring says. "I'm not seeing a lot of new building going on right now, but I am seeing a lot of renovation."

Baltimore theater companies in a building boom [Baltimore Sun - 14 hours ago]

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Iranian filmmaking at two extremes [ Published May 25 2012 by Los Angeles Times ]
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Reading the Book of Ruth on Shavuot [ Published May 25 2012 by Jewish Chronicle ]
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New work and familiar faces provide Arts Festiv... [ Published May 25 2012 by Connaught Tribune ]
'Chernobyl Diaries' Review [ Published May 25 2012 by KEYJ-FM ]
Children’s Day celebration… Why dearth of child... [ Published May 25 2012 by The Guardian Nigeria ]
Saving Yemen from disaster [ Published May 25 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Worldreader and FC Barcelona team up to send on... [ Published May 24 2012 by The Next Web ]
The Buy Pile - Spidey, Transformers Make the Tr... [ Published May 24 2012 by Comic Book Resources ]
Time to democratise brands: Kevin Hill [ Published May 24 2012 by Indian Television ]
Krys Lee's Drifting House [ Published May 24 2012 by WNYC ]
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Blogs

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Worldreader and FC Barcelona team up to send on... [ Published May 24 2012 by The Next Web ] Worldreader , the non-profit company that hopes to increase literacy through the distribution of digital books to children has kicked off a campaign with support from FC Barcelona (Barça) asking people to help to send one million e-books to students ...
Film: Newswire: Blade Runner screenwriter retur... [ Published May 18 2012 by A.V. Club ] Having something a little more radical in mind than merely upgrading it again, Ridley Scott has taken his determination to do another Blade Runner to its original screenwriter, Hampton Fancher, demanding, "I want more life, fucker!" (or "father," ...
Dark Shadows: Tim Burton's Latest Yawn [Exit Mu... [ Published May 11 2012 by Gawker ] Tim Burton's riff on the ‘60s/'70s vampire camp soap opera Dark Shadows joins a subset of TV-to-movie adaptations redundantly obsessed with the fish-out-of-water trope. These include The Brady Bunch Movie (great), The Addams Family (sequel's superior) ...
Dark Shadows: Tim Burton's Latest Yawn [Exit Mu... [ Published May 11 2012 by Gawker ] Tim Burton's riff on the ‘60s/'70s vampire camp soap opera Dark Shadows joins a subset of TV-to-movie adaptations redundantly obsessed with the fish-out-of-water trope. These include The Brady Bunch Movie (great), The Addams Family (sequel's superior) ...
"Russian Art from Private Collections: Boroviko... [ Published May 10 2012 by Dealbreaker ] NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/10/12 -- "Russian Art from Private Collections: Borovikovsky to Kabakov," an exhibit that aspires to accomplish what détente hasn't been able to, opens at New York's ABA Gallery on Friday, May 11, 2012 through May 25th. ...

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Google VP Marissa Mayer chats about gender in S... [ Published May 19 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Famine threat looms in Chad [ Published May 01 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]
Sudanese Camp \| Unreported World \| Channel 4 \| ... [ Published Apr 12 2012 by Channel 4 - YouTube ]
Could lives have been saved in Africa? [ Published Jan 18 2012 by CNN International - YouTube ]
Report damns famine response time [ Published Jan 18 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]