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August 13, 2012

Global Hunger Summit Held in London 
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As the Olympic games wrapped up on Sunday, a global hunger summit was
held in London. The summit was attended by world leaders, as well as
several Olympic athletes. British Prime Minister David Cameron hosted
the meeting.

Prime Minister David Cameron: "The figures are truly shocking.
One-in-three child deaths are linked to malnutrition, and 171 million
children are so malnourished by the age of two that they can never
physically recover. That is the terrible thing about this, what we would
called a 'silent crisis,' because it harms for life."

 

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