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• Aid groups warn of looming Kenyan humanitarian crisis

  - 2008-01-06

  NAIROBI AFP — Aid groups on Sunday warned of a looming humanitarian emergency after post-election violence in Kenya as teams struggled to access tens of thousands of displaced civilians across the country. With widespread insecurity and supplies close to depletion, field teams said their worst fears were mainly for...

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• Over 1,000 dead or missing in Philippine mudslides

  - 2006-12-04

  LEGASPI, Philippines AFP — The Red Cross sent out an urgent plea for water, food and medicine as Philippine officials said more than 1,000 people were dead or missing after mudslides swallowed whole villages. The government's National Disaster Coordinating Centre NDCC in its evening report Monday confirmed 450 dead from...

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• Haggard residents emerge from ruins of Lebanon town

  - 2006-07-31

  BINT JBEIL, Lebanon AFP — Wild-eyed doctors with long beards and haggard elderly villagers emerged from the ruins of the flashpoint Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil Monday to welcome the first contact from the outside world in almost three weeks. The first Red Cross convoy, along with a scattering...

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• More than 900 dead or missing from Philippines disaster

  - 2004-12-02

  REAL, Philippines AFP — More than 900 people are confirmed dead or missing after massive floods and landslides struck the Philippines this week, the military said. The revised toll, up from nearly 600, came as gale-force winds from Typhoon Nanmadol blacked out the eastern Philippines, disrupting rescue efforts for...

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• Typhoon Nanmadol hits the eastern Philippines

  - 2004-12-01

  REAL, Philippines AFP — Gale-force winds from Typhoon Nanmadol blacked out the eastern Philippines, disrupting rescue efforts for victims of a previous storm that left nearly 600 people dead or missing elsewhere, officials said. The government battened down the hatches, with ferry services out of Manila and the Bicol...

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• World mobilises to help in aftermath of devastating Iran quake

  - 2003-12-27

  GENEVA AFP ? Dozens of countries dispatched doctors, rescue workers with sniffer dogs and medical supplies to Iran, to help in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake that killed more than 20,000 and left tens of thousands wounded or homeless. The first relief supplies, from Britain, Germany, Russia and...

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• World offers aid to quake-stricken Iran

  - 2003-12-26

  GENEVA AFP ? The international community swung into action to provide relief for Iran's earthquake victims, with rescue teams, medical supplies and tracker dogs ready to move. The international Red Cross in Geneva said it was making an appeal for 10 million Swiss francs (6.4 million euros, eight million...

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