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Attackers Slice Ears Off 17 People in Senegal - West Africa
World  (tags: violence, conflict, government, freedoms )

Jeff
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- 76 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
DAKAR (Reuters) - Unidentified attackers sliced the left ears off 17 people in Senegal's restive southern province of Casamance, a region long plagued by separatist rebel violence, police in the West African country said on Thursday.
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Charity Scams Could Dupe the Well-Intentioned
World  (tags: China, Myanmar, BBB, americans, relief, scams )

Kemsa
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- 65 days ago - keyetv.com
From China's earthquake to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, many Central Texans are trying to reach out and help. But the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning people not to get duped when donating to these relief efforts.
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Burma Cyclone in Video
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Cyclone survivors )

Ben
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- 65 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Aid agencies are frustrated by slow progress in getting relief supplies to victims of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma on 2-3 May. The official death toll is almost 78,000, with tens of thousands of people missing. Many more have no clean water...
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Burma: What Witnesses Are Saying
World  (tags: burma, witness )

Dagmar
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- 65 days ago - rfa.org
Witnesses in Burma have been contacting RFA Burmese service staff with heartbreaking accounts of devastation, death, and a major humanitarian crisis in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis. Read their first-hand accounts of the storm and its aftermath.
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Slideshow: Tibetan Women Protest in Nepal
World  (tags: nepal, kathmandu, nuns, women, tibet )

Dagmar
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- 65 days ago - rfa.org
in Nepal Tibetan women, including nuns, clashed with police in the capital, Kathmandu, on May 12, 2008.
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World Bank Refuses Loan to Myanmar
World  (tags: The World Bank, Myanmar, refuse loan, politics )

Kemsa
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- 65 days ago - upi.com
The World Bank is refusing to loan money to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, saying the country has been in arrears with the bank since 1998, bank officials said.
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61st World Healthy Assembly on the State of Global Health
World  (tags: interesting, health, government, Body-Mind-Spirit, society, illness, humans, healthcare, ethics, children, death, disease, drugs, environment, study, treatment, research, medicine, world )

Julia
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- 65 days ago - thelohasian.com
World Health Organization joins nations worldwide to assess state of global health and put policies forth to address crises worldwide. Sobering statistics on state of global health 2008, is focus.
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APNewsBreak: Sen. Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor
World  (tags: Edward Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Brain Tumor, Ted Kennedy Hospital, Politics News )

Blue
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- 65 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe. Preliminary results from a biopsy of the brain identified the cause of the seizure as a malignant glioma...
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EU Orders Italy to Clean Up Garbage
World  (tags: italy, garbage, health )

Plato
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- 65 days ago - voanews.com
Trash collection came to a near halt in December because there is no more room for the garbage at local dumps. As the summer draws closer and temperatures will increase, concerns mount that health risks will only increase if something is not done quickly.
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India and Pakistan Resume Talks
World  (tags: India, Pakistan, Peace? )

Ben
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- 64 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Top Indian and Pakistani officials are holding talks in Islamabad to review the two countries' peace process. The meeting is the first since a new civilian government took over in Pakistan.
 
 
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