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Prabowo aimed to fight malnutrition and help farmers by purchasing their harvests, but critics had questioned whether the program was affordable and logistically possible in a vast archipelago of more than 282 million people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026 -
And dietitians are sharing concerns about malnutrition and muscle wasting.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The report is the latest from the world body, which last year accused Israel of committing genocide, using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza and of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank — allegations that Israel strenuously denies.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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No mention of the brutalities, starvation and mass murders committed in the name of communism by Lenin or Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot, Castro or Che Guevara.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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