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Almost half of Haiti's injured may be children: studyWashington (AFP) Jan 27, 2010 US researchers said Wednesday they feared almost half of all those injured by the devastating Haiti quake may be children, urging relief agencies to plan accordingly. A statistical study by a specialist group at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California showed that those hurt in the January 12 quake will likely "include an extraordinarily high number of children, more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total." The study was conducted by Jeffrey Upperma ... read more |
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Mekong tiger population at 'crisis point': WWFBangkok (AFP) Jan 26, 2010 Governments must act decisively to prevent the extinction of tigers in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region, where numbers have plunged more than 70 percent in 12 years, the WWF said Tuesday. The wild tiger population across Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam has dropped from an estimated 1,200 in 1998 - the last Year of the Tiger - to around 350 today, according to the conservation group. The report was released ahead of a landmark three-day conference on tiger conservation which ... read more |
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Patna (AFP) Jan 28, 2010Demonstrators in poverty-hit eastern India burnt tyres and blocked roads on Thursday to protest against sky-rocketing food prices, piling pressure on authorities to crack down on inflation. Police in Bihar state rounded up scores of demonstrators including protest leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, head of the main state opposition party Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and a prominent figure nationally. ... more  
Cusco, Peru (AFP) Jan 27, 2010Peruvian helicopters airlifted some 600 tourists from the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu Wednesday where hundreds remained stranded by heavy rains and mudslides that have claimed seven lives. "We have evacuated 600 tourists, but there are still almost 1,500 at Machu Picchu," Prime Minister Javier Velasquez told reporters. About a dozen helicopters were used in the unprecedented airlift but " ... more 
Panama City (AFP) Jan 27, 2010The massive relief effort in quake-ravaged Haiti is one of the biggest in the 150-year history of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday. In two weeks, the IFRC has distributed 2.5 million liters (660,000 gallons) of water, 550 tonnes of medical supplies - all transported in 43 chartered flights - and fielded 21 emergency teams in ... more |
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Clinton calls for Haiti aid as girl's recovery amazesPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 Former US president Bill Clinton launched an appeal for Haiti quake victims Thursday as doctors marveled at a girl's miracle recovery after 15 days buried in the rubble without food or water. Clinton urged global corporate bosses at the World Economic Forum in Davos to use the catastrophe which killed around 170,000 people as an opportunity to lift the devastated Caribbean nation out of generations of poverty. In a symbol of Haiti's resilience, doctors said 16-year-old quake survivor Darelene Et ... read more |
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