Diary of British reporter who sacrificed reputation to expose Stalin’s famine goes on display

Diary that helped expose Stalin’s famine displayed

UN children’s agency official warns of looming famine in south Sudan, says more funds needed

UN children’s agency warns of south Sudan famine

Ethiopia seeks $121 million in urgent food aid for more than 6 million people

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia said Thursday it needs emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, an appeal that comes 25 years after a devastating famine compounded by communist policies killed 1 million and prompted one of the largest charity campaigns in history.

Robert Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a ‘warrior against hunger’ at memorial ceremony

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who “built armies of agricultural workers” to combat famine in the world’s developing countries.

Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a ‘warrior against hunger’ at memorial ceremony

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who “built armies of agricultural workers” to combat famine in the world’s developing countries.

Communist China at 60: Each family in richest village has house and car awarded by community

HUAXI, China — Public loudspeakers in the central square blare the village anthem hourly: “If you want to see a miracle, come to Huaxi.” Not that any reminders are needed.

Bodies stack up in a century of global warfare: Experts disagree on how to count the dead

NEW YORK — War is hell, it’s long been said. But just how hellish it can be is a more difficult question, judging from disputes among researchers at several highly respected international peace institutes. They cannot agree on whether war is becoming more or less deadly — or even on how to count the dead.

UN sanctions against punishment-proof North Korea likely to end up largely symbolic

SEOUL, South Korea — Sanctions can hobble countries that have bustling global trade and whose leaders give higher priority to feeding their malnourished people than building a nuclear bomb.