Tag: western
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Medics head to southwest Haiti as Cholera kills 13 in Matthew’s wake
PORT-AU-PRINCE/LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) – Cholera has killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, government officials told Reuters on Saturday, as health workers sought to reach the epicenter of one outbreak. Six people died of Cholera in a hospital in the southern town of Randel, which is inland…
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Uncertainty in Turkey as migrant returns set to start under EU deal
By Tulay Karadeniz and Dasha Afanasieva ANKARA (Reuters) – Five days before Turkey is due to start taking back illegal migrants from Greece under a landmark deal with the European Union, uncertainty remains over how many will come, how they will be processed, and where they will be housed. Turkey agreed with the EU this…
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War, disasters disrupt education of 80 million, more aid needed: experts
By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 80 million children living in areas affected by war or natural disaster had their education disrupted last year, leaving them prey to child labor, trafficking and extremism, experts said on Thursday. Many humanitarian aid appeals for 2015 ignored education, and aid appeals for education were…
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War, disasters disrupt education of 80 million, more aid needed: experts
By Alex Whiting LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 80 million children living in areas affected by war or natural disaster had their education disrupted last year, leaving them prey to child labor, trafficking and extremism, experts said on Thursday. Many humanitarian aid appeals for 2015 ignored education, and aid appeals for education were…