Poor Go Hungry As Rice gathers Dust

JAKARTA, August 18, 2004 (smh.com.au): Matthew Moore, Herald Correspondent in Jakarta, reports – About 1.7 million Indonesians have gone hungry for the past three weeks because a government ban has stopped the distribution of thousands of tonnes of rice donated...

Cancer Linked to Poverty

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Nearly 18,300 new cases of invasive cancer were diagnosed each year from 1988 through 2000 in Louisiana, according to a report released by the Louisiana Tumor Registry.More than 237,600 cases of invasive were diagnosed in that 13-year period...

Breaking the Circle of Homelessness

SYDNEY, August 15, 2004 (catholicweekly.com.au): John O’Neill in next Sunday’s The Catholic Weekly focuses on St Vincent de Paul Society’s recreational programs to assist in breaking the cycle of homelessness.During the recent Homeless Persons Week,...
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