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After pro-Gadhafi forces retook the town of Ras Lanuf last week, Libyan state TV broadcast images of food-aid packages bearing the Qatari flag.

Egypt Said to Arm Libya Rebels Charles Levinson 2011

U.S. officials aggressively lobbied China, Russia and Japan and suspended a food-aid plan for North Korea following the death of the country's leader, aiming to gain a diplomatic foothold as control over the authoritarian, nuclear-armed country appeared to pass to Kim Jong Il's untested young son.

Dictator's Death Stokes Fears Evan Ramstad 2011

U.S. officials aggressively lobbied China, Russia and Japan and suspended a food-aid plan for North Korea following the death of the country's leader, aiming to gain a diplomatic foothold as control over the authoritarian, nuclear-armed country appeared to pass to Kim Jong Il's untested young son.

Dictator's Death Stokes Fears Evan Ramstad 2011

And Western food-aid programs often have the perverse effect of destroying the ability of local farmers to sell their crops at home.

Africa Hungers for Good Governance 2011

It is unclear how Wednesday's developments will affect the food-aid situation.

North Korea Says It Rejected Secret Summit Offer Evan Ramstad 2011

The U.S. and North Korea were reportedly close to a food-aid deal last month just before Kim Jong Il's death.

North Korea Accuses U.S. of Politicizing Food Aid Evan Ramstad 2012

It is unclear how Wednesday's developments will affect the food-aid situation.

North Korea Says It Rejected Secret Summit Offer Evan Ramstad 2011

This, too, brought to mind Afghanistan, with its wars for American food aid—although in the food-aid fights in Jenin no guns were involved, as far as I could see, and definitely no tanks.

Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

This, too, brought to mind Afghanistan, with its wars for American food aid—although in the food-aid fights in Jenin no guns were involved, as far as I could see, and definitely no tanks.

Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

The United Nations World Food Program, the world's largest food-aid group, has plenty of experience trucking food into rural Africa, responding to shortages sparked by drought, famine and war.

U.N. Tackles Rising Threat of Urban Hunger in Africa 2009