CNN: Why these Pacific Island nations have world’s highest childhood obesity rates (Howard, 2/13).

IRIN: Drought and rising costs to leave 2.4 million Zimbabweans needing food aid (Phiri, 2/12).

U.N. News: ‘Shared responsibility’ to stop 420,000 needless deaths from tainted food each year, U.N., world leaders warn (2/12).

U.N. News: Thousands flee fresh violence in South Sudan, many ‘suffering from trauma’ (2/12).

Xinhua News: H1N1 flu kills 139 in Yemen (2/12).