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Zambia joins plea for food help



Millions in danger of starvation, UN says
May 31, 2002
BY MILDRED MULENGA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LUSAKA, Zambia -- With his people growing ever more desperate, Zambia's president has become the latest southern African leader to declare a national disaster because of a regional food shortage.
Two UN food agencies estimate that 10 million people are on the brink of starvation -- a number that doesn't take into account the 4 million believed threatened in Zambia.
http://www.freep.com/news/nw/zamb31_20020531.htm




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