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 MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Tens of thousands of children marched against hunger in Liberia Sunday, adding their voices to a global event to tackle food shortages that many in the war-battered west African nation have felt firsthand.
"When you are hungry you can't listen to teachers," said 14-year-old Musu Smith. "It was hunger that killed plenty people in Liberia during the war."
"We were forced to eat all types of leaves and fruits just to survive when we were running from fighters to save our lives," said Ma Korto Nyalay, a roadside vendor in Monrovia who lost her home in Liberia's decade-long civil war.
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