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  2. Starvation - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row. [30] As the definitions of starving and malnourished people are different, the number of starving people is different from that of malnourished.

  3. Hunger artist - Wikipedia

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    Lithograph by Moriz Jung, 1907, "Variety Act 3- 132nd Day of Fasting, A. Lucci the Famous Hunger Artist" Hunger artists or starvation artists were performers, common in Europe and America in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, who starved themselves for extended periods of time, for the amusement of paying audiences.

  4. Starvation (crime) - Wikipedia

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    Starving woman during the blockade of Biafra, an event that contributed significantly to the criminalization of starvation. Starvation of a civilian population is a war crime, a crime against humanity, and an act of genocide according to modern international criminal law.

  5. Parents and caregiver accused of starving 21-year-old son ...

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    The Pennsylvania parents of a 21-year-old blind and deaf man with cerebral palsy who died in September after being starved for months have been charged in connection to his death, authorities ...

  6. Famine - Wikipedia

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    A woman, man, and child, all dead from starvation during the Russian famine of 1921–1922. A famine is a widespread scarcity of food [1] [2] caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies.

  7. UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because ...

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    More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. and other agencies that highlights the humanitarian crisis ...

  8. Famine relief - Wikipedia

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    Famine relief is an organized effort to reduce starvation in a region in which there is famine. A famine is a phenomenon in which a large proportion of the population of a region or country are so undernourished that death by starvation becomes increasingly common.

  9. Food aid from Cyprus reaches starving people in ... - AOL

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    A U.S.-based charity said a consignment of almost 200 tons of food aid had reached starving people in northern Gaza on Tuesday, a week after being despatched via a maritime route from the Cypriot ...