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SF Gate
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The United Nations said Friday that severe restrictions by Myanmar's military junta have left aid agencies largely in the dark about the extent of survivors' suffering, two weeks after a killer cyclone left up to 2.5 million people destitute.
John Holm..
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Reuters
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Russia successfully tested its newest Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, sending it thousands of km away from the White Sea to the Kamchatka peninsula in the Far East, Russian agencies said.
"It all went off without a glitch at all..
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BBC News
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Key United Nations development agencies are meeting in Switzerland to try to develop solutions to ease the escalating global food crisis.
Led by secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, officials want to mitigate the impact of the steep rise in staple food price..
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BBC News
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International agencies have rejected the "war orphan" label given to 103 children at the centre of a child abduction scandal in Chad.
A joint report by two UN agencies and the Red Cross said 91 of the children came from a home with at least one adult w..
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BBC News
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Aid agencies have started appealing for funds to assist people hit by the floods in several African countries.
United Nations agencies are seeking extra funds for Uganda, where the government has declared an emergency.
The British Red Cross has laun..
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CNN
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About eight million Iraqis -- nearly a third of the population -- are without water, sanitation, food and shelter and need emergency aid, a report by two major relief agencies says.
Oxfam and the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Coordination Committ..
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