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Number of starving people may reach 1bn - UN

11 December 2008 22:19 (UTC+04:00)
The rising food prices may bring the number of starving people in the world to 1 billion. A UN report says over 40 million people are starving on new year`s eve. The report indicates that Asia and Africa command two thirds of the global poverty rate, while a third of African people lives in hunger.

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