1.   Groups involved with preventing hunger joined farm lobbyists in urging Congress to keep food stamps as a federal program with uniform national eligibility criteria and benefits.

2.   Few people die and stockpiled food, imports and foreign aid generally prevent widespread hunger.

3.   The U.S. Agency for International Development said in Washington Friday that aid shipments will prevent widespread hunger in Afghanistan.

4.   The U.S. Agency for International Development said in Washington on Friday that aid shipments will prevent widespread hunger in Afghanistan.

5.   In a recent report, the IFPRI called on governments to maintain spending on agricultural research, health, nutrition and education initiatives to prevent world hunger from increasing.