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Somali Famine Over But 2.3 Million Still At Risk
World  (tags: Somalia, famine, hunger, people, children, africa, conflict, HumanRights, news, society, world )

Lindsey
- 473 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The United Nations said Friday that conditions in Somalia have improved enough to downgrade the country's famine, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region..
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Save The Indigenous People Of The Brazilian Amazon! TAKE ACTION!
World  (tags: brazil, indigenous, people, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, freedoms, world, humanrights, violence )

Lindsey
- 581 days ago - therainforestsite.com
The Xingu River, located in the remote Brazilian Amazon, is a flourishing ecosystem many tribes of native Indians call home. The river's surrounding land has been inhabited by the tribes for thousands of years, serving as their cornerstones of survival.
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Australia Offers Sydney Residents Cash to Move
World  (tags: Australia, Sydney, residents, New South Wales, people )

Anna
- 690 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Sydney residents have been offered money to leave the city and resettle in rural New South Wales. It is hoped the plan will boost rural areas recovering from a decade-long drought, as well as easing crowding in Australia's most populous city.
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15 Shocking Statistics on Nursing Homes
World  (tags: Nursing Homes, people, families, nursing, careing facilities )

Anna
- 714 days ago - mastersinhealthcare.com
Many elderly people are in long term care facilities like nursing homes, and most families believe that their loved ones will receive excellent care there. Plenty of nursing home patients receive good care and live happy, healthy lives in the care of ....
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Gasoline Bomb Explodes in China Bank, Hurts Dozens
World  (tags: Gasoline bomb, China bank, people )

Anna
- 740 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A gasoline bomb exploded inside a bank Friday in northwestern China, injuring dozens of people, some of whom jumped from a fourth-story window, state media reported.Employees of the Tianzhu County Rural Credit Cooperative Union were gathered for a meeting
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10 Billion! Earth's Pop. at 2100
World  (tags: People, population, Earth )

Anna
- 748 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
On a planet that is so markedly divided between the 'haves' and the 'have nots', population growth is often seen as a massive problem. At the end of 2007 it was announced that the planets population had reached approximately 6.7 billion people.
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Tornadoes Devastate South, Killing at Least 291
World  (tags: Tornadoes, people, environment, Alabama )

Anna
- 754 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Firefighters searched one splintered pile after another for survivors Thursday, combing the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in almost four decades. At least 291 people were killed across six states
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10 Tornado Facts That May Save Your Life
World  (tags: Tornado, Facts, Life, People, disaster, climate, twister )

Anna
- 754 days ago - onlinedegreeshub.com
In Arkansas and Alabama this week, violent weather accompanied by tornadoes killed seven people and damaged the property of countless others. Fewer than two weeks earlier, 21 people were killed in North Carolina as dozens of tornadoes wreaked havoc.......
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The 91-Year-Old Woman Selling $60 Suicide Kits
World  (tags: Suicide Kits, online company, people, crime )

Anna
- 754 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A shadowy online company selling suicide kits recently claimed its first confirmed victim. Winston Ross talks exclusively with the entrepreneur behind it: a grieving 91-year-old woman.
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Storms Kill 72 Around South, Including 58 in Ala.
World  (tags: Storms, tornado, Alabama, people )

Anna
- 755 days ago - news.yahoo.com
A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing 72 people in four states.At least 58 people died in Alabama alone, including 15 or more when a massive tornado devastated .........
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The 10 Biggest Tax Cheats in U.S. History
World  (tags: Tax, Tax Cheats, US, government, money, people )

Anna
- 768 days ago - criminaljusticeusa.com
Tax Day is looming, and procrastinating yet law-abiding Americans are scrambling to prepare and submit their income tax returns to the federal government. Let's face it, no one likes to give a portion of their hard-earned money to a group of people.......
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10 Infamous Female Serial Killers
World  (tags: Serial Killing, women, crime, murder, people )

Anna
- 775 days ago - criminaljusticeusa.com
It feels weird, in a way, to deal with female serial killers. The type of crime spree that inspires mass murder usually feels like the work of a deranged man, and a majority of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century have been male. ........
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20 Terrific TED Talks for Language Lovers
World  (tags: linguistics, TED talks, language, people )

Anna
- 779 days ago - bachelorsdegreeonline.com
Considering its necessary place in human discussion expression, nobody would ever be surprised to hear that many find linguistics an amazingly fascinating topic. It permeates almost every other subject on the planet, most especially writing and ......
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Death Toll From Japan Quake, Tsunami Tops 10,000
World  (tags: Death, Japan, earth quake, tsunami, people, world )

Anna
- 789 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The official death toll from Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami passed the 10,000 mark Friday and was still climbing two weeks after the magnitude-9 quake struck off the northeastern coast and unleashed a cascade of disasters.
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Tokyo Says Radiation in Tap Water Above Limit
World  (tags: Tokyo, radiation, tap water, world, food, people )

Anna
- 791 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Tokyo Water Bureau officials say levels of radioactive iodine in some city tap water is two times the recommended limit for infants.The officials told reporters Wednesday that a water treatment center in downtown Tokyo that supplies much of the city's tap
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