Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
Bangladeshi poor 'beyond the razor's edge': UN food agency
Millions of impoverished Bangladeshis are barely sustaining a hand-to-mouth existence that would be wrenched from their grasp by any fresh "economic shock," according to the UN food aid agency. World Food Programme (WFP) country head John Aylieff said two million children aged under five in Bangladesh are suffering from acute malnutrition, which [...]
Will we lift the child in Bangladesh from poverty: Obama
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke to a huge crowd estimated at more than 200,000 people in Berlin, Germany on Thursday as a "proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world." "I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city," Obama said, "The (more...)
