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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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relief stories: 26 news summaries

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 Burma Cyclone Toll
 Leaps to 4,000 

Another 3,000 missing, hundreds of thousands homeless

May 5, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll in yesterday's Burmese hurricane has skyrocketed to 4,000, CNN reports, up from initial estimates of 350. State-run media issued a revised estimate this morning, along with the government's emergency plea for help. Another 3,000 are thought to be missing. Major relief work has already begun,... More »

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United Nations • cyclone • aid • Bangkok • relief • Red Cross • Myanmar • Burma • Yangon • aid agencies • Cyclone Nargis

Humanitarian Relief is a Text Message Away

Social sites like Twitter, Facebook part of Google's new venture

Jan 17, 08 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - A Google-funded website that uses technology to spread the word about emergencies launches today, CNET reports. The company's charitable arm has put $5 million into InSTEDD, which will use social software like Twitter and Facebook to alert humanitarian groups to crises and organize rescue operations. “Social networking in the... More »

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Google • Google Earth • UNICEF • Facebook • relief • humanitarian crisis • open source • inSTEDD • Twitter

Bengalis Fight for Survival

Food shortages and disease follow cyclone

Nov 22, 07 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Fights broke out among cyclone survivors desperate for meager supplies as aid agencies struggled to get food to the hungry, reports the AP. Cyclone Sidr killed thousands in Bangladesh last week, and food and drinking water shortages could bring a second wave of death—this time from hunger and disease. More »

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cyclone • relief • Bangladesh • Save the Children • aid agencies • disaster

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Cyclone Deaths in Thousands

Local reports estimate 2,000 dead, as rescue efforts begin

Nov 17, 07 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 1,000 have been confirmed dead in the wake of Thursday's cyclone in Bangladesh, but local news reports double that number, as a virtual national blackout and debris-filled roads have stymied efforts to assess the true brunt of the storm, reports the BBC. "We are expecting that... More »

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cyclone • death toll • crops • relief • Bangladesh • Cyclone Sidr

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Bengali Cyclone Toll Hits 1,100

Relief slowed as power, phones remain out

Nov 16, 07 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The death toll from yesterday’s cyclone in Bangladesh has risen to 1,100, and widespread power and telephone shortages are slowing relief work. The full devastation may not be known for days. Relief agencies have descended on the impoverished nation, but blocked roads and rivers make reaching the worst-hit... More »

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United Nations • cyclone • relief • Bangladesh • Cyclone Sidr • Dhaka • Save the Children • disaster

Oxford Evacuates as Water Rises

UK flood disaster continues

Jul 25, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their Oxford homes today as water levels along the Thames neared their height. In the worst flooding the UK has seen in 60 years, hundreds of thousands are without drinking water, and power plants supplying many more are threatened. More »

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Gordon Brown • Oxford • flood • flooding • Gloucestershire • rationing • relief • Britain

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