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NEWS ABOUT: international aid

international aid stories: 9 news summaries

 As Gov't Bickers, 
 Drought Ravages Kenya 

Squabbling government fails to prepare for the worst as 4M starve

Sep 8, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - While countries like Ethiopia and Somalia have been long associated with drought and famine, it's the robust safari destination of Kenya that's wasting away. Nearly 4 million Kenyans, 10% of the population, are desperate for food due to a lack of rainfall—some villages haven't seen rain in years, the... More »

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Kenya • hunger • drought • starvation • international aid

Clinton Heads
to Haiti With
$325M Boost

New aid will combat drug trafficking, island's economic crisis

Apr 16, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is headed to Haiti to meet with the president and pledge her support for economic help for the hemisphere’s poorest nation. The trip comes on the heels of an international fundraiser that generated $325 million for programs aimed at the nation’s 70% unemployment, reports NPR. The... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Haiti • poverty • international aid • President Obama

 Somalia Piracy Hampers 
 Food Aid: UN 

Danger of hijacking has raised costs dramatically, WFP official says

Apr 9, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Piracy off the coast of Somalia is making relief organizations' work even more difficult, Reuters reports. The UN’s World Food Program  today decried both the hijacking of ships bearing aid supplies—the Maersk Alabama, for example, had 232 WFP containers on board when it was seized this week—and... More »

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Somalia • United Nations • piracy • shipping container • insurance • shipping • food aid • World Food Program • international aid

OPINION

 West Should Buy Out 
 Pakistan's Nukes 

Trading needed aid dollars for elimination of WMDs would be cheap compared to bailout

Dec 16, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal has done nothing to steady its economy or deter terrorism, Bret Stephens notes in the Wall Street Journal—so why not sell it to the West? Pakistan has already lobbied for economic aid; for eliminating “its entire nuclear stockpile and the industrial base that sustains... More »

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Pakistan • nuclear weapons • nuclear disarmament • Asif Ali Zardari • nuclear arsenal • international aid • President Obama • economic aid

Chavez's Stature Shrinks as Price of Oil Plummets

Venezuela's largesse depends on high volume, expense

Oct 20, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez’s days as an international sugar daddy may be ending, at least for now. Chavez has made a habit of lavishing gifts on his political allies, but with crude around $70—less than half its peak price—he may not have the wealth to spread, the Christian ... More »

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Venezuela • Nicaragua • Ecuador • oil price • Hugo Chávez • international aid • oil prices

 Megapastor Aims to Save
Not Only Souls, but Lives

Critics blast megapastor's worldwide efforts as more hype

Aug 9, 08 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Megapastor Rick Warren, he of The Purpose Driven Life, has moved from organizing churches to save souls to organizing churches to save lives, Time reports. At the forefront of the new wave of Evangelicals, the hyper-energetic Warren launched a worldwide initiative, called PEACE, to use churches to fight poverty... More »

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evangelicals • Rick Warren • Election 2008 • humanitarian organizations • international aid • Saddleback Church

ANALYSIS

 US Military Showing Softer Side 

Greater emphasis on humanitarian operations seen by some as 'out of whack'

Jul 28, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite recent focus on shooting wars, the Defense Department has tweaked the core mission of US armed forces to promote “soft power,” such as humanitarian aid, the Boston Globe reports. Some civilian onlookers say the foreign policy is “out of whack,” and “too dominated by... More »

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Department of Defense • US military aid • disaster zones • medical care • humanitarian aid • international aid • soft power

In Afghanistan, Laura Bush Urges Support

Int'l community dare not pull out during 'crucial' Taliban uprising

Jun 8, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - During an unannounced visit to Kabul today, Laura Bush urged the international community not to pull support from Afghanistan, highlighting successes in reconstruction and improved women’s rights, Reuters reports. The first lady's visit came even as Afghan, US, and NATO forces fight to contain a Taliban guerilla war in... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • NATO • Taliban • Laura Bush • Kabul • al-Qaeda • international aid

OPINION

 Make Dams and Food,
 Not War and Ethanol 

A dollar of prevention is worth many times that in cure, researcher pleads

May 22, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ethanol is among the "poor solutions to high-profile problems" researcher Bjorn Lomborg blasts in the Wall Street Journal. According to calculations by his Copenhagen Consensus, “carbon mitigation policies” return only 90 cents for every dollar spent; in contrast, he writes, $1 billion spent on tuberculosis would result in... More »

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philanthropy • civil war • food shortage • environmental impact • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • carbon emissions • international aid

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