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UN Praises Bangladesh's Response to Tropical Storm Mahasen
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
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An estimated one million people were evacuated from 13 coastal districts in the 24-hour period prior to the storm hitting on Thursday. Through its Cyclone Preparedness Programme, the Government activated a number of measures including mobilizing
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URI students create 'greatest good' aid calculator
South Kingstown :: RI :: USA | 4 days ago
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R.I. (AP) Students at the University of Rhode Island have created an online calculator for an international relief agency that helps make the case that cash donations after natural or other disasters are better than donated goods...It shows how
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Global disasters cost P2.5T in last decade, topping UN estimates
Toyota :: Japan | 5 days ago
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A man walks past a mural depicting a fantasy world of mermaids and dolphins along Matahimik Street in Sikatuna Village, Quezon City...Economic losses from disasters worldwide have gotten out of control, totalling $2.5 trillion in the past decade,
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Ceiling collapses at shoe facto...
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | 7 days ago
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Ceiling collapses at shoe factory in Cambodia, two killed Friday, 17 May 2013 Kampong Speu: A ceiling collapse at a Cambodian shoe factory killed two workers yesterday, spurring a government vow to inspect all garment plants amid heightened safety
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Tunisia: President Marzouki - Natural Disasters Should Be Considered As Political Affair
Tunis :: Tunisia | 8 days ago
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Carthage The issue of the natural and industrial disasters, the management of crises, the plans of preventing risks, as well as the responsiveness and the behaviour to be followed in case of disasters are the key axes of interest of a national
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UK Activists Protest for Victims in Bangladesh
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
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A trio of activists held a protest in Leeds over the deadly Rana building collapse in Bangladesh, where workers manufactured clothing for a list of retailers that included Primark. Fairtrade activists Anne Tracy and Mary Manchen were joined by Salem-
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UN: $2.5 trillion in disaster losses since 2000
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago
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A U.N. report says economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50 percent higher than previous international estimates...Office for Disaster Risk Reduction warned that economic losses from floods,
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Who needs a password when your voice will do
Lagos :: Nigeria | 9 days ago
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EDT (Thinkstock) A farewell to pins Barclays Wealth customers will no longer need to answer security questions and remember pin codes to use telephone banking, The Daily Telegraph says. Advanced voice recognition will detect whether customers are who
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'People trapped' in Rwanda collapse
Kigali :: Rwanda | 10 days ago
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Dozens feared trapped in Rwanda building collapse About 100 people are feared trapped in a collapsed four-storey building in north-eastern Rwanda, the government says. "The tentative information we have indicates that debris fell on about 100 people,"
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Gap under fire after 'refusing' to sign Bangladesh safety pact following Rana Plaza factory collapse in Dhaka
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 10 days ago
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Suggested Topics US firm Gap has come under fire after declining to join European retailers who have vowed to sign an accord to improve safety conditions in factories in Bangladesh following the worst industrial accident in the world since 1984.
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