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10/28/2004:

"One in four Iraqis on hand-outs"

One in four Iraqis is dependent on food rations to survive, and many sell what little they have to buy basic necessities such as medicine and clothes.

In a grim report underscoring troubles in Iraq, the Rome-based UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday that support from the state-run Public Distribution System was grossly insufficient to prevent chronic malnourishment.

Full Article : aljazeera.net