A girl eats an ice-cream pop while walking past a shanty area in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov, 12, 2009. Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, with South Asia accounting for 83 million hungry children under five, according to a new report published by UNICEF before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger starting Monday. Jacques Diouf, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, called on the world to join him in a day of fasting Saturday to highlight the plight of 1 billion hungry people. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

A girl eats an ice-cream pop while walking past a shanty area in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Nov, 12, 2009. Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, with South Asia accounting for 83 million hungry children under five, according to a new report published by UNICEF before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger starting Monday. Jacques Diouf, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, called on the world to join him in a day of fasting Saturday to highlight the plight of 1 billion hungry people.

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