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A deadly tornado struck southwestern Kansas Friday night, destroying most of the town of Greensburg. As local officials continue search and rescue efforts in Greensburg, KS, the American Red Cross is preparing safe shelter, food and relief services for t |
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The United Nations World Food Programme today said it was
stepping
up a drive to deliver food to almost 100,000 of the 365,000 people
driven
from their homes in Mogadishu by the worst fighting in 16 years.
WFP
expects the nu |
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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denounces in the strongest possible terms the relentless attitude of the Dutch government in its pursuit of legal action against MSF and its persistent denial of the role it played in freeing Arjan |
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Public Health Implications of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved: The May 2007 issue of JHCPU examines the effects hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma had on public health, and how the ensuing public |
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The University of California, Santa Barbara chapter of Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) was awarded the "2007 Project of the Year" at the EWB-USA 2007 International Conference in Amherst, Massachusetts, for its ongoing project in Araypallpa, Peru. |
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The World Bank's pro-private market-orientated policies and its involvement in reforms that
have harmed health systems in many poor countries have raised question marks over its new
ten year health policy, says a Comment in this week's edition of The |
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The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Friday announced that it will need to triple its annual spending to between billion and billion by 2010 to meet the needs of developing countries, Reuters AlertNet reports. According to G |
