Does Global Battle Against Hunger Have A New Hero?

By BRADLEY BROOKS, Associated Press
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 6:45am

SAO PAULO (AP) -- When Altaiza Silva lost her job cleaning houses two years ago, she thought she would have to pull her daughters out of school and put them to work, likely perpetuating the cycle of poverty that's claimed generations of her family....

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