Somalis dying in world’s worst famine in 20 years

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tens of thousands of Somalis are feared dead in the world’s worst famine in a generation, the U.N. said today, and the U.S. said it will allow emergency funds to be spent in areas controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants as long as the fighters do not interfere with aid distributions. Exhausted, rail-thin women are stumbling into refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia with dead babies and bleeding feet, having left weaker family members behind along the way.