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An invasion of giant "cannibal" shrimp into America's east coast and gulf coast waters appears to be getting worse, U.S. governmental researchers say.
A Florida music teacher who admitted to a gambling problem has been arrested on charges of pawning instruments belonging to a high school, officials said.
The U.N. World Food Program has signed a cooperation agreement with Islamic Relief Worldwide.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that U.S. Undersecretary of State Josette Sheeran has been chosen executive director of the World Food Program.
The United Nations says 3.5 million people face the threat of starvation in Kenya if immediate food aid is not delivered.
2005 has been "the most challenging year the humanitarian aid world has faced since World War II," says the United Nations World Food Program.
The United Nations World Food Program officially ends aid to China on Dec. 31 and wants the country to become a donor nation.
One-third of the children in Myanmar are malnourished and the government must do more to help its hungry millions, says a senior U.N. official.
The World Food Program says more than 8 million people face starvation in southern Africa, scene of the greatest humanitarian crisis.
The U.N. food relief agency says it is preparing to feed 3 million people in drought-stricken Zimbabwe.
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