Some 50 pages are devoted to a series of articles written in 1939, "The Misery of Kabylia, " detailing life in the famine-stricken northern region.
And right now, the UN is committed to helping the people suffering from the famine in the Horn of Africa.
But 1m people died in the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85.
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Labour's Hugh Bayley asked what the government was doing to improve security in Somalia, telling MPs that the political situation in the country had made the famine worse.
Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, recently spoke of his regrets about the British government's failures during the Irish potato famine in the 1840s.
The immediate purpose of the repeal of the Corn Laws was to help the Irish peasantry caught in the grip of the potato famine.
The leaders of Zimbabwe and Namibia took turns haranguing western leaders, especially Britain's Tony Blair, for meddling in the continent, even though southern Africa, much of which is in the grip of famine, depends on foreign help to feed around 14m people.
And even as our countries work to save lives from the drought and terrible famine in the Horn of Africa, we agreed on the need to mobilize new resources to support the development that lifts nations out of poverty.
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They found that the disease occurred significantly more often in men whose mothers had suffered severe food deprivation during the first three months of pregnancy than in those born outside the famine-afflicted area.
But he warned that 400, 000 people, many of them children, were in danger of dying as a result of the famine in Somalia, as he appealed to other nations to "reach deeper into their pockets".
Historically, both the 19th century Irish Potato Famine and the Bengal Famine, in India, are hard lessons in what happens when we rely too much on a small range of species that are hit by disease.
On his wall hung a painting of the huge conical brick structure that still stands at the west of the city, built by the British to store rice after a devastating famine in the 1770s.
The fact is the United States is and is always concerned about the potential for famine in countries around the world.
Crispin was among some 100 agencies that clamored for a shot at a time when ad agencies are scrambling for any morsel in what is perhaps the most severe famine in Madison Avenue history.
In the 1980s, moved by the shocking images of famine victims in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof mobilised one of the most successful fundraising efforts ever through his Band Aid organisation.
Effective warning systems had been put in place following the 1984-85 famine in Ethiopia, said Mr Gormley.
Lyse Doucet began her BBC career in Africa where she spent four years covering events in West and North Africa including a spate of military coups, and recurrent drought and famine in the Sahel.
In her acceptance speech, she appealed to the audience to "turn their hearts, minds and resources" to the famine in Africa.
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Her second point is that there has been an explosion in the number of do-gooders descending on disasters since the Ethiopian famine in 1984.
Aid agencies warn that next year could see a repetition of the 1998, famine, in which one estimate put the numbers of deaths at 100, 000 people.
It is a paradox reminiscent of the Irish potato famine that in a population near starvation the demand for a staple goes up even as its price skyrockets.
Some 29, 000 Somali children have died from the famine in the past three months alone.
Along with our international partners, we've saved countless lives from the famine in the Horn of Africa.
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Famine in the latter occasionally causes a relative "glut" in the former.
Her father kept smiling between bites while Veata talked, telling me how he had found his way south to Kampot in 1980, during the famine.
Other regions, including Puntland, are likely to be identified as being at risk of famine in the coming weeks unless the supply of aid increases substantially.
To avoid dying in a famine, the brain is wired to pick up on signs that calorie-rich foods are nearby, which helps explain why that piece of cake on the plate in front of you is so irresistible, or why seeing a sign for a doughnut shop draws you in even when you know you need to watch your diet.
With faltering European countries to worry about and the stubbornness of our own foot-dragging economy and famine in Africa and the latest iPhone and the fact that we stayed up past one looking at pictures of ourselves, well, what does history matter in the grand scheme?
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