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Hosni Mubarak Refuses Solid Food; Hunger Worsens in Horn of Africa

• As he awaits trial in a jail cell, deposed Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak is refusing to eat solid food. [Times of India]

• The hunger situation in the Horn of Africa has gotten so bad that the U.N. is conducting an emergency food airlift there; meanwhile, South Korea sent sacks of flour to aid the hungry in North Korea. [Voice of America; Korea JoongAng Daily]

• Maybe this will help: Christina Aguliera just shot a PSA for World Hunger Relief. Go behind the scenes in this short clip. [Just Jared]

• Krissy Lefebvre apparently told Sam Sifton he was “a wimp” for getting full before his meal was over at LudoBites. [Eater]

• Turns out a lot of the produce scraps we toss — corn cobs, watermelon rinds, cauliflower leaves — are edible and quite tasty. [NYT]

• New York and L.A. are not the only cities with a food truck for dogs; there’s now one rolling in Miami, too. [Miami Herald]

• Some French guy bought a bottle of wine for $123,000. We’re not even going to calculate how much that is per glass. [NYDN]

• ABC explores some novel uses for baking soda, but leaves out anything illicit. [KABC]

Hosni Mubarak Refuses Solid Food; Hunger Worsens in Horn of Africa