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Unicef Reports Sharp Rise In Number Of Starving Somalis

The Huffington Post     First Posted: 19/07/11 09:41 BST   Updated: 17/09/11 11:12 BST

The United Nations has begun airlifting food supplies into the rebel-held areas of Somalia, amid reports that half a million children in East Africa have nothing to eat and are increasingly malnourished.

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The United Nations has begun airlifting food supplies into the rebel-held areas of Somalia, amid reports that half a million children in East Africa have nothing to eat and are increasingly malnourish...
The United Nations has begun airlifting food supplies into the rebel-held areas of Somalia, amid reports that half a million children in East Africa have nothing to eat and are increasingly malnourish...
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Cars4Charities
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10:32 PM on 08/18/2011
You can help by donating a car you don't need to one of the many charities providing aid there. Just go to http://www.cars4charities.org/
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TheConColby
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07:22 PM on 07/19/2011
Time to hijack a tanker.
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Telemachus
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06:48 PM on 07/19/2011
Time for an emergency tax cut for the warlords so they can create jobs and boost the economy!
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TheLiberalMob
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09:05 AM on 07/19/2011
This is an incredibly important issue. Many Somali refugees spend 25 days walking from Somalia to the nearest refugee camp, often with no reliable sources of food or water. Many refugees in this mass exodus are reported to have traveled over 150 kilometers by foot to reach the camps. Once they arrive, prospects are not much better as the camps are many times past their intended capacity. Read about it on our blog "The Liberal Mob" at http://theliberalmob.blogspot.com/2011/07/failed-states-cause-humanitarian-crises.html.
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Lindstr7
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07:19 PM on 07/19/2011
Thank you. Tragically, judging by the lack of comments on this article, I'm guessing people are suffering from disaster relief fatigue.

Shamefully, it took me two days to finally have the stomach to read this article. Now I will donate.
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