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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Poor Haitians Resort To Eating 'Mud Cookies'

With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the Country's Central Plateau.

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