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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Humanitarian Crises</title>
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		<title>HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders&#8217; Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Astor</dc:creator>
		
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Group: HIV/AIDS among Top 10 crises of the year

NEW YORK — A New York City medical humanitarian group says dwindling funding for HIV/AIDS threatens to leave an estimated 10 million infected people without treatment in the developing world, making it one of 2009&#8217;s Top 10 humanitarian crises.
Other crises on the list released Monday by Doctors ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hivaids-among-doctors-without-borders-top-10-humanitarian-crises-of-2009-246681/" title="HIV/AIDS among Doctors Without Borders&#8217; Top 10 humanitarian crises of 2009">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN aid agencies battle hunger in Afghanistan where some children are too weak to cry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred De Montesquiou</dc:creator>
		
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Hunger still stalks Afghan children despite aid

AQCHA, Afghanistan — While international forces in Afghanistan battle militants hiding in the mountains, aid agencies are fighting an even more elusive enemy: malnutrition.
The World Food Program and UNICEF have launched a project to feed thousands of mothers and children — some too weak to cry. Aid workers hope .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-aid-agencies-battle-hunger-in-afghanistan-where-some-children-are-too-weak-to-cry-246629/">Original article &nbsp;: UN aid agencies battle hunger in Afghanistan where some children are too weak to cry</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: 2,000 killed this year as humanitarian crisis worsens in south Sudan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-2000-killed-this-year-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens-in-south-sudan-243754/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Report: 2,000 killed in 2009 south Sudan violence

NAIROBI,Kenya — Officials from an international medical group say more than 2,000 people have died and 250,000 have fled their homes this year because of fighting in southern Sudan.
Officials from Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, say the violence is the worst seen in the south since ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-2000-killed-this-year-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens-in-south-sudan-243754/">Read : Report: 2,000 killed this year as humanitarian crisis worsens in south Sudan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq seeks to move Iranian exile group to desert camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Iraq seeks to shift Iranian group to desert camp

BAGHDAD — Iraq announced plans Thursday to move members of an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention camp in a sharp escalation of pressure on a faction that poses complications for both Baghdad and Washington.
The group, the People&#8217;s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, strongly denounced the ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraq-seeks-to-move-iranian-exile-group-to-desert-camp-242592/">Iraq seeks to move Iranian exile group to desert camp</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN appeals for $378 million for food and medicine for Zimbabwe emergency recovery program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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UN seeking $378M for food, medicine in Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United Nations is appealing for $378 million for Zimbabwe to buy food and medicines and bolster health, education and sanitation in the economically crippled country.
U.N. deputy emergency aid chief Catherine Bragg said Monday at least 1.9 million Zimbabweans will need food aid in the .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-appeals-for-378-million-for-food-and-medicine-for-zimbabwe-emergency-recovery-program-240911/">UN appeals for $378 million for food and medicine for Zimbabwe emergency recovery program</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC: Swine flu cases widespread in only 32 states; about 30 more children&#8217;s deaths reported</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Swine flu less widespread, down to 32 states

ATLANTA — Swine flu infections seem to be dropping, but the number of children who died with the illness rose by about 30, according to a government report released Monday.
Widespread infections of swine flu were reported in 32 states as of Nov. 21, down from 43 states .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-swine-flu-cases-widespread-in-only-32-states-about-30-more-childrens-deaths-reported-237774/">Read the original article &nbsp;: CDC: Swine flu cases widespread in only 32 states; about 30 more children&#8217;s deaths reported</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pope says immigrant children must be integrated, protected from risk of exploitation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Pope: Immigrant kids must be integrated
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI says immigrant children must be fully integrated into their new societies and protected from the risks of exploitation.

Benedict made the appeal in a message published Friday to mark the church&#8217;s World Day for Migrants and Refugees, which is celebrated Jan. 17.
The pontiff says the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-says-immigrant-children-must-be-integrated-protected-from-risk-of-exploitation-236553/">Pope says immigrant children must be integrated, protected from risk of exploitation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC warns: Thanksgiving travel, family gatherings could cook up more swine flu</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-warns-thanksgiving-travel-family-gatherings-could-cook-up-more-swine-flu-235349/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu

ATLANTA — Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.
Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table — and at crowded airports and shopping malls.
Just as the pandemic seems to be waning around the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-warns-thanksgiving-travel-family-gatherings-could-cook-up-more-swine-flu-235349/" title="CDC warns: Thanksgiving travel, family gatherings could cook up more swine flu">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka to release 136,000 of war-displaced Tamils in detainment camps</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-to-release-136000-of-war-displaced-tamils-in-detainment-camps-234009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eranga Jayawardena</dc:creator>
		
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Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils
MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka — An senior Sri Lankan official says all ethnic-minority Tamil detainees will be freed from government camps Dec. 1.
Some 300,000 war-displaced were forced into camps after fleeing the final months of the government&#8217;s decades-long war with the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended in  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-to-release-136000-of-war-displaced-tamils-in-detainment-camps-234009/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US official says Iraqi government needs to do more to help refugees return</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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US: Iraq needs to do more to help refugees return

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has taken strides to help refugees displaced by the violence in the country over recent years return home, but still &#8220;needs to do a heck of a lot more,&#8221; a U.S. official said Saturday.
Eric Schwartz, the assistant secretary of state for  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-official-says-iraqi-government-needs-to-do-more-to-help-refugees-return-229595/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in public markets of Serbia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fear-of-swine-flu-causes-surge-of-garlic-sales-in-public-markets-of-serbia-228438/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dusan Stojanovic</dc:creator>
		
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Swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia — Belgrade&#8217;s open-air markets were a welter of busy customers on Friday, pushing and shoving to buy one item — garlic.
In Serbia, garlic has long been regarded as a good luck charm and a guard against many ailments. As far as the public is concerned, .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fear-of-swine-flu-causes-surge-of-garlic-sales-in-public-markets-of-serbia-228438/">Fear of swine flu causes surge of garlic sales in public markets of Serbia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC estimates swine flu toll at 22 million sickened, nearly 4,000 killed since April</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-estimates-swine-flu-toll-at-22-million-sickened-nearly-4000-killed-since-april-228027/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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CDC&#8217;s swine flu toll: 4,000 dead, 22 million ill

WASHINGTON — Estimates of deaths caused by the swine flu have grown to nearly 4,000 since April, roughly quadrupling previous estimates. But that doesn&#8217;t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened.
Instead, the federal numbers made public Thursday reflect a long-awaited better attempt to quantify the new flu&#8217;s true ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-estimates-swine-flu-toll-at-22-million-sickened-nearly-4000-killed-since-april-228027/">Original article on  : CDC estimates swine flu toll at 22 million sickened, nearly 4,000 killed since April</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of British reporter who sacrificed reputation to expose Stalin&#8217;s famine goes on display</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael G. Satter</dc:creator>
		
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Diary that helped expose Stalin&#8217;s famine displayed

LONDON — The diaries of a British reporter who risked his reputation to expose the horrors of Stalin&#8217;s murderous famine in Ukraine were put on public display for the first time Friday.
Welsh journalist Gareth Jones sneaked into Ukraine in March of 1933, at the height of a famine engineered ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/diary-of-british-reporter-who-sacrificed-reputation-to-expose-stalins-famine-goes-on-display-227684/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Diary of British reporter who sacrificed reputation to expose Stalin&#8217;s famine goes on display</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN children&#8217;s agency official warns of looming famine in south Sudan, says more funds needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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UN children&#8217;s agency warns of south Sudan famine

CAIRO — The deputy head of the U.N. children&#8217;s agency said Thursday that a famine is looming in southern Sudan because of scarce rainfall and inadequate foreign funds for the region.
Emergency malnutrition levels in children have nearly doubled in at least two out of the 10 southern states, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-childrens-agency-official-warns-of-looming-famine-in-south-sudan-says-more-funds-needed-227460/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t now estimates swine flu has sickened 22 million in US since April, killed nearly 4,000</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Swine flu has sickened 22 million in 6 months

WASHINGTON — Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released Thursday.
The figures — roughly a quadrupling of previous death estimates — don&#8217;t mean swine flu suddenly has worsened, and most cases ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/govt-now-estimates-swine-flu-has-sickened-22-million-in-us-since-april-killed-nearly-4000-227427/">Original article on  : Gov&#8217;t now estimates swine flu has sickened 22 million in US since April, killed nearly 4,000</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO urges doctors to give antivirals early to at-risk groups with suspected swine flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early

GENEVA — Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
The global body is concerned that some doctors are waiting for lab ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/who-urges-doctors-to-give-antivirals-early-to-at-risk-groups-with-suspected-swine-flu-226922/">WHO urges doctors to give antivirals early to at-risk groups with suspected swine flu</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC says US swine flu deaths likely 4,000; larger estimate includes flu complications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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CDC now says 4,000 swine flu deaths in US
ATLANTA — Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu — about four times the estimate they&#8217;ve been using.

The new, higher figure was first reported by The New York Times. It includes deaths caused by complications related to swine .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-says-us-swine-flu-deaths-likely-4000-larger-estimate-includes-flu-complications-226299/">CDC says US swine flu deaths likely 4,000; larger estimate includes flu complications</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No long lines, no cries of injustice; Europe has more orderly approach to swine flu shots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only

LONDON — In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor&#8217;s offices aren&#8217;t swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don&#8217;t really need it.
Here, and across .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-long-lines-no-cries-of-injustice-europe-has-more-orderly-approach-to-swine-flu-shots-220812/">Original article &nbsp;: No long lines, no cries of injustice; Europe has more orderly approach to swine flu shots</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering using DNA tests for some foreign refugee applicants following a Bush-era pilot program that found massive fraud among those claiming family links to join relatives already in the United States.
The State Department said Thursday that it and the Homeland Security .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-administration-considers-genetic-testing-for-some-mainly-african-refugee-applicants-219592/">Obama administration considers genetic testing for some, mainly African, refugee applicants</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Britain uses genetic tests for asylum-seekers, drawing heat from scientists, rights groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

LONDON — Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups.
The United Kingdom Border Agency launched the pilot project in September amid suspicions there might .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-uses-genetic-tests-for-asylum-seekers-drawing-heat-from-scientists-rights-groups-218737/">Britain uses genetic tests for asylum-seekers, drawing heat from scientists, rights groups</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia, Slovakia tighten borders with Ukraine as WHO investigates swine flu outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Shuster</dc:creator>
		
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Swine flu scare tightens borders around Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — Russia and Slovakia tightened their borders with Ukraine on Tuesday as the World Health Organization began investigating a suspected swine flu outbreak.
The death toll from flu has climbed to 71 since the outbreak struck last week in the western city of Ternopil, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russia-slovakia-tighten-borders-with-ukraine-as-who-investigates-swine-flu-outbreak-216270/" title="Russia, Slovakia tighten borders with Ukraine as WHO investigates swine flu outbreak">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC reports largest one-week increase in swine flu deaths of children; now at 114</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Swine flu kids&#8217; deaths jump to 114
ATLANTA — Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children&#8217;s deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.

At least 114 children have died from swine flu complications since the spring, up from 95 reported a week earlier, according to ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-reports-largest-one-week-increase-in-swine-flu-deaths-of-children-now-at-114-212868/">CDC reports largest one-week increase in swine flu deaths of children; now at 114</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy over flu vaccine as Dutch scientists say kids should skip it, but others disagree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Dutch scientists: Kids should skip flu vaccine

LONDON — Dutch scientists ignited a controversy Friday by suggesting that children would be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year — a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/controversy-over-flu-vaccine-as-dutch-scientists-say-kids-should-skip-it-but-others-disagree-211928/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Controversy over flu vaccine as Dutch scientists say kids should skip it, but others disagree</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Health experts reject Dutch scientists&#8217; suggestion that kids should skip seasonal flu shot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Cheng</dc:creator>
		
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Health experts: Kids should get seasonal flu shot

LONDON — Dutch scientists made a controversial suggestion Friday that children might be better off skipping the seasonal flu vaccine this year — a proposal flatly rejected by other health experts.
Their commentary, based largely on animal studies, was published online Friday in the British medical journal Lancet Infectious .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/health-experts-reject-dutch-scientists-suggestion-that-kids-should-skip-seasonal-flu-shot-211927/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CDC: Nearly 6 million Americans may have had swine flu in pandemic&#8217;s first few months</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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CDC: Up to 6 million swine flu cases in few months

ATLANTA — As many as 5.7 million Americans were infected with swine flu during the first few months of the pandemic, according to estimates from federal health officials.
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that between 1.8 million and 5.7 million Americans .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cdc-nearly-6-million-americans-may-have-had-swine-flu-in-pandemics-first-few-months-211416/">Read the original article &nbsp;: CDC: Nearly 6 million Americans may have had swine flu in pandemic&#8217;s first few months</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Military experts say failure to address climate change brings national security risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — An island in the Indian Ocean, vital to the U.S. military, disappears as the sea level rises. Rivers critical to India and Pakistan shrink, increasing military tensions in South Asia. Drought, famine and disease forces population shifts and political turmoil in the Middle East.
U.S. defense ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/military-experts-say-failure-to-address-climate-change-brings-national-security-risks-210275/" title="Military experts say failure to address climate change brings national security risks">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama declares national emergency for swine flu; goal is to remove red tape, speed treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
The declaration, signed Friday night and announced Saturday, comes with the disease more prevalent than .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-declares-national-emergency-for-swine-flu-goal-is-to-remove-red-tape-speed-treatment-205940/">Original article &nbsp;: Obama declares national emergency for swine flu; goal is to remove red tape, speed treatment</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police officer says a suicide attacker kills 6 close to military complex in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — A police officer says a suicide bomber has killed six people in an attack on a checkpost close to a military complex in northern Pakistan.

The attack Friday took place near the Kamra aeronautical complex, a site reportedly associated with Pakistan&#8217;s nuclear weapons program.
Police officer Fakhrialim Raja said six people had been killed in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-officer-says-a-suicide-attacker-kills-6-close-to-military-complex-in-pakistan-204328/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Police officer says a suicide attacker kills 6 close to military complex in Pakistan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>As Mexico secures this season&#8217;s swine flu shots, scientists search for a homegrown vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies.

Meanwhile, French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis announced plans to open a manufacturing plant in Mexico that will ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-mexico-secures-this-seasons-swine-flu-shots-scientists-search-for-a-homegrown-vaccine-204302/">As Mexico secures this season&#8217;s swine flu shots, scientists search for a homegrown vaccine</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban dig in as Pakistani army slowly advances on their stronghold, refugees say</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zarar Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Residents fleeing a 6-day-old Pakistani army offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border reported Thursday that the insurgents are digging in for a fight and travel the roads freely.

Tired and dusty refugees arriving in this northwestern town Thursday from different parts of South Waziristan reported intense army bombing ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/taliban-dig-in-as-pakistani-army-slowly-advances-on-their-stronghold-refugees-say-203863/">Taliban dig in as Pakistani army slowly advances on their stronghold, refugees say</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Grandparents ordered to evict 6 year old</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angsuman Chakraborty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a bizarre case, grandparents were ordered to evict 6 year old baby, Kimberly.
Jimmy and Judie Stottler, grandparents of the child, live in a Pinellas Park retirement community that doesn&#8217;t allow children. The Home Owners Association now wants the child removed. Kimberly was taken from her home at just six months after the state discovered .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/grandparents-ordered-to-evict-6-year-old-203802/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Grandparents ordered to evict 6 year old</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ethiopia seeks $121 million in urgent food aid for more than 6 million people</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia said Thursday it needs emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, an appeal that comes 25 years after a devastating famine compounded by communist policies killed 1 million and prompted one of the largest charity campaigns in history.

The crisis stems from a prolonged drought that has hit much of the Horn ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ethiopia-seeks-121-million-in-urgent-food-aid-for-more-than-6-million-people-203195/">Original article on  : Ethiopia seeks $121 million in urgent food aid for more than 6 million people</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill army officer, soldier in Pakistan capital amid anti-Taliban offensive in northwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashraf Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Army brigadier, soldier killed in Pakistan capital
ISLAMABAD — Suspected militants on a motorbike fatally shot a senior army officer and a soldier in the Pakistani capital Thursday, striking at security forces as the military wages a major anti-Taliban offensive in the northwest.

Civilians fleeing the army operation in South Waziristan said Taliban fighters were roaming freely .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-army-officer-soldier-in-pakistan-capital-amid-anti-taliban-offensive-in-northwest-203186/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In exile, Iraqis step out for a life impossible amid the uncertainty back home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-exile-iraqis-step-out-for-a-life-impossible-amid-the-uncertainty-back-home-202994/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Sinan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DAMASCUS, Syria — After fleeing their bloodied homeland, where violence and increasing conservatism confine their compatriots&#8217; lives, some Iraqis in exile are taking the opportunity to enjoy living outside the box.

Around 1 a.m., five Iraqi women in tight jeans and tops giggled and exchanged high-fives with male friends they ran into the upscale al-Berjis restaurant .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-exile-iraqis-step-out-for-a-life-impossible-amid-the-uncertainty-back-home-202994/">In exile, Iraqis step out for a life impossible amid the uncertainty back home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind schedule; 50-year-old technology is blamed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SWIFTWATER, Pa. — The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through.

As nervous Americans clamor for the vaccine, production is running several weeks behind schedule, and health officials blame the pressure on pharmaceutical companies to crank it out along with the ordinary flu vaccine, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/production-of-swine-flu-vaccine-is-way-behind-schedule-50-year-old-technology-is-blamed-202650/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind schedule; 50-year-old technology is blamed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Obama policy on Sudan sets carrot-and-stick approach toward peace, ending rights abuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after months of fierce internal debate, outlined a new approach Monday to settling the conflicts in Sudan, asserting a moral obligation to end &#8220;a vast sea of human misery&#8221; and a need to prevent the African nation from serving as a haven for terrorists.

The new policy rests on offering incentives ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-obama-policy-on-sudan-sets-carrot-and-stick-approach-toward-peace-ending-rights-abuses-200181/" title="New Obama policy on Sudan sets carrot-and-stick approach toward peace, ending rights abuses">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In policy shift, Obama to offer Sudanese government incentives to end violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday that the U.S. is shifting its policy toward Sudan, offering incentives if the government proves it is taking steps to end the human suffering there and work toward internal peace.

Sanctions and pressure from the international community will increase if nothing changes.
The president said he will soon renew tough ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-policy-shift-obama-to-offer-sudanese-government-incentives-to-end-violence-199846/">In policy shift, Obama to offer Sudanese government incentives to end violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>White House changing policy on Sudan; new incentives to be unveiled Monday by Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — In a new effort to engage the government of Sudan, U.S. officials say the White House will shift its policy toward Khartoum, but they warn that the violence and humanitarian abuses in Darfur must stop.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, and the administration&#8217;s special .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-changing-policy-on-sudan-new-incentives-to-be-unveiled-monday-by-clinton-198745/">Source &nbsp;: White House changing policy on Sudan; new incentives to be unveiled Monday by Clinton</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration to unveil new Sudan &#8216;incentives&#8217; policy on Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to roll out a new policy toward Sudan with an eye toward engaging the government in Khartoum but also warning that continued violence in Darfur will result in penalties, U.S. officials said Friday.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, and the .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-administration-to-unveil-new-sudan-incentives-policy-on-monday-198609/">Obama administration to unveil new Sudan &#8216;incentives&#8217; policy on Monday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US to unveil new Sudan &#8216;incentives&#8217; policy on Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to roll out a new policy toward Sudan with an eye toward engaging the government in Khartoum but also warning that continued violence in Darfur will result in penalties, U.S. officials said Friday.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, and the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-to-unveil-new-sudan-incentives-policy-on-monday-198608/">Original article &nbsp;: US to unveil new Sudan &#8216;incentives&#8217; policy on Monday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN says most Iraqis refugees in UN resettlement program are heading to US</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander G. Higgins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — More than 30,000 Iraqis have moved to the United States under a resettlement program that began in 2007 while much smaller numbers have gone to other countries, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has recommended to the participating countries the names of 82,500 Iraqis who should be moved, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-most-iraqis-refugees-in-un-resettlement-program-are-heading-to-us-198244/">UN says most Iraqis refugees in UN resettlement program are heading to US</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN says most Iraqis refugees in resettlement program are heading to US</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — More than 30,000 Iraqis have moved to the United States under a resettlement program that began in 2007 while much smaller numbers have gone to other countries, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.

The big United States intake, which began with the program in 2007, came after Washington had been heavily criticized for taking .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-most-iraqis-refugees-in-resettlement-program-are-heading-to-us-198152/" title="UN says most Iraqis refugees in resettlement program are heading to US">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>6 months after swine flu virus identified: No doomsday, but this story isn&#8217;t over yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — It was six months ago that scientists discovered an ominous new flu virus, touching off fears of a catastrophic global outbreak that could cause people to drop dead in the streets. Doomsday, of course, never came to pass.

Now that the initial scare over the swine flu has subsided, health officials warn we are .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/6-months-after-swine-flu-virus-identified-no-doomsday-but-this-story-isnt-over-yet-197333/">Source article &nbsp;: 6 months after swine flu virus identified: No doomsday, but this story isn&#8217;t over yet</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Australian PM calls Indonesian president before Indonesia reportedly stops asylum seeker boat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Mcguirk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd confirmed on Tuesday that he telephoned Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono about Australia&#8217;s influx of asylum seekers before the Indonesian navy reportedly intercepted a boat load of 260 Sri Lankans bound for Australia at the weekend.

Australian newspapers reported Tuesday that Rudd made a personal plea on Saturday to .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/australian-pm-calls-indonesian-president-before-indonesia-reportedly-stops-asylum-seeker-boat-194156/">Australian PM calls Indonesian president before Indonesia reportedly stops asylum seeker boat</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hope through soap: former refugee recycles used hotel soap to help Uganda&#8217;s poor fight disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dionne Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Nearly two decades after he arrived in this country, Ugandan Derreck Kayongo is still bowled over by one subtle display of American wealth: the endless array of soaps available in stores.

In his African homeland, the cost of soap is out of reach for many, often with tragic consequences. In 2004, the World Health ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hope-through-soap-former-refugee-recycles-used-hotel-soap-to-help-ugandas-poor-fight-disease-193528/">Read : Hope through soap: former refugee recycles used hotel soap to help Uganda&#8217;s poor fight disease</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqis struggle to find jobs, build new lives in America _ and long for better days</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Cohen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Her mansion in Iraq was bombed, her medical career and future in her beloved country dashed the day she found a white envelope on her car windshield. Inside was a single bullet. Wassan Yassin was marked for death.

She knew she had to flee. She eventually landed in America, far from where her life was threatened, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqis-struggle-to-find-jobs-build-new-lives-in-america-_-and-long-for-better-days-192802/" title="Iraqis struggle to find jobs, build new lives in America _ and long for better days">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nations no longer counting pandemic flu cases; last US estimate in July, stuck at 1 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stobbe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years.

And they did it on purpose.
Government doctors stopped counting swine flu cases in July, when they estimated more than 1 million were infected in this country. The number of deaths .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nations-no-longer-counting-pandemic-flu-cases-last-us-estimate-in-july-stuck-at-1-million-191412/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a &#8216;warrior against hunger&#8217; at memorial ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Blaney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who &#8220;built armies of agricultural workers&#8221; to combat famine in the world&#8217;s developing countries.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was president of Texas A&#038;M University during the scientist&#8217;s tenure at the school, told about 1,000 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/robert-gates-calls-nobel-laureate-borlaug-a-warrior-against-hunger-at-memorial-ceremony-188711/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Robert Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a &#8216;warrior against hunger&#8217; at memorial ceremony</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a &#8216;warrior against hunger&#8217; at memorial ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Blaney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who &#8220;built armies of agricultural workers&#8221; to combat famine in the world&#8217;s developing countries.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was president of Texas A&#038;M University during the scientist&#8217;s tenure at the school, told about 1,000 .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-calls-nobel-laureate-borlaug-a-warrior-against-hunger-at-memorial-ceremony-188632/">Gates calls Nobel laureate Borlaug a &#8216;warrior against hunger&#8217; at memorial ceremony</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Angelina Jolie, visiting Iraqi refugees in Syria, urges world not to forget their plight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Aji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DAMASCUS, Syria — Angelina Jolie met with Iraqi refugees in Syria on Friday and urged the world not to forget the plight of those among them who cannot return home because of the trauma they suffered and the country&#8217;s instability.

Jolie visited Syria in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations&#8217; refugee agency, .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/angelina-jolie-visiting-iraqi-refugees-in-syria-urges-world-not-to-forget-their-plight-185333/">Angelina Jolie, visiting Iraqi refugees in Syria, urges world not to forget their plight</a>.]]></description>
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