Tag: charity
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Britain’s health service in a ‘humanitarian crisis’ – Red Cross
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health service is engulfed in a “humanitarian crisis” that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to transport patients, the charity said on Saturday. Founded in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) is a source of huge pride for many Britons who are able…
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Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police
BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning in the city, the latest government response to the widespread public anger over China's persistent problems with smog.
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Gun was given back to Florida shooting suspect last month
By Zachary Fagenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Police in Alaska took a handgun from the man accused of killing five people at Fort Lauderdale's airport on Friday, but they returned it to him last month after a medical evaluation found he was not mentally ill, authorities said on Saturday. Esteban Santiago, a 26-year-old Iraq…
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Justice elusive for slain aid workers on front lines of crises
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was a massacre that shocked the world’s humanitarian community. Seventeen aid workers were killed outside their office in Sri Lanka’s northeast – executed at point-blank range with automatic weapons in one of the worst attacks on humanitarians. A decade on, justice remains elusive for families…