Correction: East Africa Famine story (AP)

AP - In an Aug. 15 story about the theft of food aid in Mogadishu, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the World Food Program is relying on contractor Abdulqadir Mohamed Nur. A WFP spokeswoman says WFP suspended its contracts with Nur in March 2010.

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