Topic: Medecins Sans Frontieres International
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4 ways to prevent natural disasters from becoming human tragedies
The catastrophic impact of climate change – especially on the developing world – is not inevitable. Here are four cutting-edge tools to anticipate and minimize the damage from natural disasters.
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In Pictures: East Africa endures drought
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 01/10
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In Pictures: India's Hidden War
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Gallery: Celebrities giving to Haiti
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Bill Gates: $4 billion vaccine pledge historic
Bill Gates calls it historic first that poor nations will get same child vaccines as rich nations. Bill Gates's foundation pledges more than $1 billion toward effort.
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South Sudan's worst enemy: its own armed forces?
A recent United Nations report features shocking details about the harassment of aid groups in the past few months by South Sudanese forces.
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Satellite photos show Sudanese war crimes, watchdog claims
Despite the group's claims, however, it remains unclear whether a May 21 assault by northern Sudanese forces on the contested border zone of Abyei actually reached the level of crimes against humanity.
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South Sudan threatens to retaliate against North in border dispute
South Sudan says the North is at risk of breaking a fragile 2005 peace deal that ended two decades of civil war.
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Qaddafi forces shell Ajdabiyah, pound Misratah as stalemate hardens
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s loyalists shelled the key eastern city of Ajdabiyah and fired on the only western rebel stronghold of Misratah as NATO airstrikes hit the capital, Tripoli.
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Capsized boat sharpens Europe's concern over migrant influx from Libya, Tunisia
Italy continued searching for survivors of a boat that capsized after leaving Libya for Lampedusa, the Italian island where thousands of migrants have landed since the start of Arab unrest.
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The deep roots of Libya's psychology of violence
For more than four decades, Libya's self-declared 'Brother Leader,' Muammar Qaddafi, has waged a brutal form of psychological warfare against his own people, analysts say. Rebel forces have also been shaped by that violent history.
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In Ivory Coast, a hospital keeps receiving wounded - but supplies run short
The security situation is preventing the Abobo hospital from replenishing its medical supplies and the wounded from leaving their homes to seek medical treatment.
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Ivory Coast generals call for cease-fire, negotiate Gbagbo's surrender
Two generals close to renegade incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo are holding talks to work out the conditions under which he could surrender, French Prime Minister François Fillon said Tuesday.
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How far – and how fast – will Qaddafi's forces push into Libya's 'liberated' east?
Today, Muammar Qaddafi’s forces induced a panicked rebel retreat from Brega, peppering the town – home to one Libya’s largest petrochemical complexes – with rocket and mortar fire.
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Japan tsunami: Here's how you can help
Nations are responding to the devastation in Japan, sending aid workers, rescue equipment, and humanitarian supplies. Individuals can help too by donating to legitimate charities.
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Difference Maker After the Haitian earthquake: saving priceless murals, artifacts, and other treasures
Cori Wegener is trying to save Haiti's treasures in a kind of Doctors Without Borders effort to preserve its "soul."
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On South Sudan's nation-building list: Curb horrendous maternal mortality rates
The United Nations humanitarian office in South Sudan's capital, Juba, says that 1 in 7 women who become pregnant 'will probably die from pregnancy-related causes.'
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Haiti earthquake anniversary highlights faltering aid effort
On the Haiti earthquake anniversary, reminders that many Haitians still go without access to basic services such as access to hospital care despite the influx of over $1 billion in aid.
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Haiti earthquake anniversary: the state of global disaster relief
On the first anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, global disaster relief is under the microscope. A $15-billion-a-year industry with 250,000 workers, the stakes are high – but from each tsunami, quake, hurricane, and drought, we learn what works and what doesn't.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 01/10
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Top 10 most powerful tweets of 2010: Beyond breakfast babble?
Twitter announced its top 10 most 'powerful' tweets of 2010. Is this communication tool coming of age?
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On World AIDS Day, infection rates are declining, but dwindling funds threaten progress
World AIDS Day on Wednesday is a chance to assess the impact of six years of heavy US and international donor funding.
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Haiti protests escalate over source of cholera
With more than 1,000 deaths from cholera, Haitians are directing anger at UN peacekeeping forces whom many suspect of having introduced the disease. The protests are undermining treatment efforts.
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Aid workers in Haiti rush to contain cholera
The Haitian government announced Tuesday that a 3-year-old in Port-au-Prince tested positive for cholera. Officials suspect dozens of other cases across the earthquake-ravaged city.
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Haiti's tent cities to bear worst of potential hurricane Tomas
Some 1.3 million Haitians in the capital's tent cities have nowhere to go as potential hurricane Tomas approaches, even as 120,000 homes sit vacant and easily repairable.
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Storm Tomas loses speed, but Haiti and Jamaica remain on alert
Storm Tomas was downgraded today to a tropical depression, but forecasters expect the storm to pick up speed before it touches down on Haiti on Friday.
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City of Man: Politics and Religion in a New Era
Two journalists offer a political blueprint for a new crop of young Evangelicals.
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Pakistan floods: Pakistani Taliban threats don't deter foreign aid workers
Pakistan flood foreign aid groups appear to be unfazed by Taliban threats that their presence is 'unacceptable.' Foreign aid workers note that they are always working in a 'high security context.'
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Kyrgyzstan ex-president's brother arrested - with wig and fake mustache
Police say they found the brother of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev with a pistol and ammunition, a wig, and a false mustache and beard. He was arrested for having a role in the Kyrgyzstan violence last month.
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