UN: Number of hungry people declines
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 16:14
in Mathematics & Economics
By FRANCES D'EMILIO 2010-09-14T19:08:32Z ROME (AP) -- The number of chronically hungry people in the world dipped considerably below the 1 billion mark - the first drop in 15 years - thanks partly to a fall in food prices after spikes that sparked rioting a few years ago, U.N. agencies said Tuesday....