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An emaciated child and adult

  • ... that emaciation (pictured) is referred to as "shosha roga" in India, where more than 200 million people are affected by malnutrition?
  • ... that the Prison Officers Association threatened a job action when it was announced that both Birmingham and Oakwood Prisons were to be contracted to security company G4S?
  • ... that Albanian philosopher and poet Arshi Pipa was imprisoned for ten years because he antagonized the communist regime in Albania with his recitation of a verse by Goethe?

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  1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
  2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
  3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.