But late blight was also the cause of the potato famine in Ireland in the middle of the eighteen hundreds.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

Late blight was also the cause of the potato famine in Ireland in the middle of the eighteen hundreds.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

"There has been widespread famine and starvation and human dying in the past in large droughts.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

"In the middle of the twentieth century, experts predicted famine and starvation.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

"When she was much younger, she actually made rather hateful comments about Irish immigrants that were pouring into the country, escaping famine conditions in Ireland."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

Mahecic says in the past five days, arrived in Yemen after crossing the Gulf of Aden from the Horn of Africa, a region beset by conflict, political instability, famine and drought.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Another bitter point of contention is the former president's decision to have young Ukrainians learn about the so-called Holodomor, a Kremlin-inspired famine more than 75 years ago that was aimed at collectivizing Soviet agriculture.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17