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Americans Are Too Fat and Too Hungry
Despite America's obesity epidemic, recent studies say tens of millions of people, including children, go hungry. What's the Obama Administration doing? What can you do? Is “food insecurity” a matter of politics as well as economics? Also, President Obama meets with India's Prime Minister Singh, and Europe's soccer scandal.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenDespite America's obesity epidemic, recent studies say tens of millions of people, including children, go hungry. What's the Obama Administration doing? What can you do? Is “food insecurity” a matter of politics as well as economics? Also, a meeting of the minds between President Obama and India's Manmohan Singh, and Asia has a reputation for scandal in soccer. Now 200 Europeans are under investigation for fixing matches.
Banner image: Charles Sparks, 8, eats a free lunch at the Sugartree Ministries soup kitchen in Wilmington, Ohio. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images
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3 storiesObama, India and Afghanistan
At a White House news conference this morning with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Obama gave a preview of how he'll explain his decision about Afghanistan. He vowed to "dismantle and degrade" the capabilities of al Qaeda and other extremists, and called Afghanistan's stability crucial to that process.
Read the story8 minAmericans Are Too Fat and Too Hungry
President Obama has repeated his campaign pledge to reduce "the trend of rising hunger," which recent reports call worse than ever. They contend that 49 million people struggled to get enough food last year, and that 50% of American children will be on food stamps before they grow up.
Read the story36 minMatch-fixing Scandal Shocks Soccer World
When Real Salt Lake defeated the LA Galaxy this week in Major League Soccer, it was bigger news in Europe than in the US. But now soccer fans around the world are preoccupied with a scandal far from China, Hong Kong and Singapore, where soccer games have been contaminated by match-fixing.
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