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UN seeks 1.5 billion dollars in revised quake relief for Haiti
New York - The United Nations on Thursday nearly tripled its original appeal for humanitarian assistance in Haiti, calling for a total of 1.5 billion dollars to help 3 million Haitians affected by the devastating January earthquake. The 1.5 billion d...
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UN: Haiti quake problems overwhelm world response
New York - The giant earthquake that hit Haiti has caused huge, difficult and complex challenges never encountered by the United Nations before, which will affect and delay the world relief to the underdeveloped Caribbean nation, a UN official said...
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Rights groups condemn China's jailing of quake activist
Beijing - International rights groups on Wednesday condemned China's jailing of an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Yet again, a Chinese citizen is punished for exercising his right ...
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One million Haitians need housing, EU says - Summary
Segovia, Spain - Finding housing for 1 million homeless people after Haiti's January 12 earthquake is a top European Union priority, a Spanish senior official said Wednesday. International Cooperation Secretary of State Soraya Rodriguez, whose countr...
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One million Haitians need housing, EU says
Segovia, Spain - Building housing for 1 million homeless people after Haiti's January 12 earthquake is a top European Union priority, a Spanish senior official said Wednesday. International Cooperation Secretary of State Soraya Rodriguez, whose count...
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Haiti death toll at 222,517; credit scheme considered
Port-au-Prince - The death toll from Haiti's mammoth earthquake has climbed to 222,517, according to UN and Haitian officials, a Haitian media report said. The number of wounded stood at 310,900, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Hum...
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Rain-related incidents kill 11 in Pakistan - Summary
Islamabad - Heavy rains in Pakistan killed 11 people over the past 24 hours, while a lake formed by an earthquake five years ago burst its banks and destroyed dozens of houses in the Pakistani part of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, officia...
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Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti
Geneva - US actress Angelina Jolie was due to visit Haiti Tuesday to view the destruction from last month's earthquake, an official with the United Nations said. Jolie, who is a goodwill ambassador for the UN's Refugee Agency (UNHCR), had also visite...
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Port-au-Prince airport to reopen for regular flights after quake
Port-au-Prince - Port-au-Prince airport is set to reopen Friday for regular flights, for the first time since a massive earthquake devastated much of Haiti on January 12. A US Air Force spokesman said late Sunday in Haiti that incoming passenger plan...
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A strong earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia
Jakarta - A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck eastern Indonesian islands on Maluku province Tuesday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, meteorologists said. The quake took place at a depth of ...
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Giorgio Armani helps Haiti
Giorgio Armani's designs helped raise over £1 million for earthquake-stricken Haiti by providing several outfits for the Fashion For Relief show at London's Somerset House last week.
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Mild earthquake rattles northern Illinois state
Washington - A mild earthquake rattled northern Illinois state early Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake was first reported to have a magnitude of 4.3, but the USGS subsequently downgraded it to 3.8. It took place about...
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Haiti raises quake death toll to 217,000
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - The Haitian government said the death toll in last month's earthquake had risen to 217,000, backtracking from conflicting earlier statements of even higher totals. There are people that say in the January 12 earthquake 230,00...
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Relief efforts intensify, rains add to Haiti's problems
New York - One month after a magnitude-7 earthquake shattered Haiti, the impoverished country is grappling with rain- triggered landslides, an intensified relief campaign to help some 3 million affected people and increased banditry, the United Natio...
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World Cup warm-up matches to help raise funds for Haiti
Zurich - A percentage of the gate receipts from warm-up matches ahead of this summer's World Cup in South Africa will be used to help Haiti recover from its devastating earthquake, FIFA President Joseph Blatter announced Thursday. Football's ruling b...
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