It is estimated that one billion people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition. That's roughly 100 times as many as those who actually die from these causes each year.
About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related causes. This is down from 35,000 ten years ago, and 41,000 twenty years ago. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of five.
Famine and wars cause about 10% of hunger deaths, although these tend to be the ones you hear about most often. The majority of hunger deaths are caused by chronic malnutrition. Families facing extreme poverty are simply unable to get enough food to eat.
In 1999, a year marked by good economic news, 31 million Americans were food insecure, meaning they were either hungry or unsure of where their next meal would come from. Of these Americans, 12 million were children.
Be NICE Be KIND Be HONEST Be HONOURABLE Be RESPECTABLE Respect all ELDERS even those who aren`t your kins Perform GOOD DEEDS without being asked nor expecting a reward. - Roberthwlim.
Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Television will offer "Desperate Housewives," "Lost" and other programming for free on the Internet, in a move to expand viewership as networks fight to maintain primetime audiences.
In a two-month trial run, beginning in May, viewers will be able to download shows on ABC.com on the day after they are first broadcast.
The ONLY way of settling ISSUES is by the DEMOCRATIC method: by DISCUSSION,by PERSUASION,by EDUCATION,by CRITICISM and not by the method of COERCION nor REPRESSION. - Mao Tse-Tung,Statesman,China.
Jill was kidnapped on Jan. 7 2006 in Baghdad's western Adil neighborhood while on her way to interview Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi for The Christian Science Monitor. Her translator was killed in the attack about 300 yards from al-Dulaimi's office.
The previously unknown 'Revenge Brigades' claimed responsibility. Even though the group threatened twice in videotapes to kill Carroll, she said, "They never hit me. They never even threatened to hit me."
Scientists have FINALLY identified and blocked the action of a PROTEIN linked to the spread of breast, prostate and skin cancer cells to the bones.
The molecule called RANKL is produced in THE bone marrow. In studies of mice, researchers from Austria and Canada showed that inhibiting the protein could stop the cancerous cells from migrating to the bones.
"There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft." - Bill Gates
ICANN - Two in five Internet users visited an adult site in April, according to tracking by comScore Media Metrix. The company said 4 percent of all Web traffic and 2 percent of all surfing time involved an adult site.
Great minds love to discuss IDEAS. Average minds love to discuss EVENTS. Small minds love to discuss OTHER PEOPLE. - Betty Ford,former U.S. First Lady.
The king of POP has at last been found with EVIDENCE that might CONVICT him for CHILD MOLESTATION.
Pornographic magazines with his undeniable fingerprints & those of his ACCUSER were found on the magazines during the POLICE RAID on his NEVERLAND property today.
It`s truly LUCK & nothing but LUCK that creates WEALTH & SUCCESS - Roberthwlim
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Roberthwlim
Sunday, November 14, 2004
Insurgents await U.S. Marines on a street corner in the war torn Iraqi city of Falluja, Nov. 8, 2004. U.S. forces fired at least 20 mortar barrages at rebel targets in Jolan, a district in north west Falluja.