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• Hundreds evacuated near Grand Canyon as dam bursts: reports

  - 2008-08-17

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Hundreds of people were evacuated from a remote town in the Grand Canyon on Sunday after heavy rain caused an earthen dam to burst, reports said. Local media citing the US National Park Service said between 300-400 people were evacuated from the Indian tribal village...

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• Afghan detainees in video link with families: Red Cross

  - 2008-01-14

  KABUL AFP — Men detained by the United States in Afghanistan on suspicion of links to terrorism have been able to communicate with their families via video link for the first time, the Red Cross said Monday. The families of about 60 detainees at the largest US base in...

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• Red Cross sells Christmas hugs to help lonely Swedes

  - 2007-11-27

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Amid the gingerbread and stocking stuffers, Swedish Christmas shoppers this year can also buy a hug or two as part of a Red Cross campaign aimed at helping the lonely through the holiday season. "We're going to conduct this campaign across the country ... We hope...

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• Aid appeal for flood-hit Africa as cholera looms

  - 2007-09-21

  KAMPALA AFP — Aid agencies appealed for funds Friday to tackle floods that have swept across at least 18 African countries, killing close to 300 already and heightening the risks of disease outbreaks. The torrential rains and floods that have ravaged sub-Saharan Africa from the Atlantic coast to the...

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• West African floods affect 65,000 people: Red Cross/Crescent

  - 2007-08-31

  DAKAR AFP — Severe flood damage has in two months affected more than 65,000 people in west Africa, making thousands homeless and wrecking infrastructure, the Red Cross and Red Crescent organisations said Friday. Heavy rain and "unprecedented floods" from Senegal to Nigeria have caused the "loss of human lives...

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• Watery diarrhoea outbreak sweeps across Ethiopia

  - 2007-08-30

  ADDIS ABABA AFP — An outbreak of Acute Watery Diarrhoea is sweeping across Ethiopia, where up to 1,000 cases are reported weekly, the Red Cross said Thursday. Between 800 to 1,000 cases of the highly contagious disease are reported in the Horn of Africa nation weekly, the International Federation...

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• American Red Cross sued over its emblem by Johnson Johnson

  - 2007-08-10

  WASHINGTON AFP — After more than a century of sharing the same emblem, a red cross on a white field, Johnson Johnson has sued the American Red Cross for using its trademark for other than non-profit purposes. The pharmaceutical giant said in a statement it was "very disappointed" at...

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• Aid agencies hail millions of measles vaccinations in NKorea

  - 2007-04-20

  GENEVA AFP — More than 16 million children and adults have been vaccinated against measles in North Korea in the last two months, marking one of the fastest responses to a major outbreak of the disease, international relief agencies said on Friday. The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, the...

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• Solomons aid efforts stepped up as disease fears increase

  - 2007-04-06

  GIZO, Solomon Islands AFP — Aid agencies stepped up relief efforts in the Solomon Islands Saturday as aftershocks rocked the region and fears grew of dysentery among the thousands of homeless tsunami victims. Two Australian military medical teams were headed for the disaster-stricken western province as a barge full...

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• Australia, US give aid for Indonesia flood victims

  - 2007-02-05

  JAKARTA AFP — Australia and the United States provided emergency relief for victims of floods that have displaced some 340,000 people in the Indonesian capital. Australia's contribution of 150,000 Australian dollars (117,000 US) would provide thousands of emergency food parcels and hygiene kits to be distributed by the Indonesian...

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