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For more information about recent and current catastrophes, see the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System.

Severe weather map. Severe World Weather interactive map by the World Meteorological Organization. All cyclones worldwide.

Ongoing warsA list of ongoing wars, updated regularly.

Population under 2 dollars per day.Population living on less than two dollars per day.

Submitted by Argo on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 12:21

UNICEFSince December 11, 1946, the United Nations Children's Fund has been striving to protect the rights of children worldwide. In spite of controversy regarding their focus or specific policies, for example in situations involving abortion, their involvement in the improvement of social conditions for children has continued for over 60 years.

Submitted by Argo on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 12:34

Doctors without borders

Created in 1971 in France, Médecins sans frontières/Doctors without borders works according to the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality. In other words, active in 60 countries, MSF provides health care to all victims of crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation.

Submitted by Argo on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 13:12

Caritas

From latin, Caritas - "preciousness, dearness, high price", is a confederation of 164 Roman Catholic relief, development and social service organizations whose mission is to work to build a better world, especially for the poor and oppressed.

Submitted by Argo on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 12:29

"To halt and reverse the destruction of our environment".

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Submitted by Argo on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 20:58

China abortion activist 'freed'

A blind activist jailed after revealing right abuses under China's one-child policy has been freed after a four-year prison term, a rights group says.
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Pakistan roadside bomb kills nine

A roadside bomb kills nine people and injures at least four in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region on the Afghan border, reports say.
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BP says report not about blame, then names names

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - "We were not about apportioning fault or blame," BP Plc's top safety official told reporters as the company released its internal investigation into the world's worst offshore oil spill.
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Seven Mexican gunmen arrested in migrant massacre

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities arrested seven suspected drug cartel members believed to have killed 72 migrants heading to the United States, in what is said to be the worst massacre in the country's escalating drug war, the government said on Wednesday.
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UN aid chief Amos visits Pakistan

The newly appointed head of UN humanitarian relief Lady Valerie Amos has spent her first day in office touring Pakistan.
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South Korea imposes new wave of Iran sanctions

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea blacklisted 102 companies on Wednesday, including the Seoul branch of Iran's Bank Mellat, and 24 individuals accused of facilitating Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he would go ahead with the event despite warnings it would endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Rig firms hit back at BP report

Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company's report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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BP and partners trade blame for U.S. oil spill

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role in the world's biggest offshore spill.
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BP spreads blame over oil spill

A BP report says "a series of failures" by BP and its contractors were to blame for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'

High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study says.
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Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he will go ahead with the event despite warnings it will endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Read more [Reuters Headlines]

Iran woman's stoning suspended after global outcry

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have suspended the execution by stoning of a woman convicted of adultery, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, after weeks of condemnation from around the world.
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Pakistan to charge three men in Times Square plot

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will soon charge three men with terrorism in connection with the failed attempt to bomb New York's Times Square, a police official said on Wednesday.
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Chess masters seek to oust Russian "alien spotter"

LONDON (Reuters) - The stepping down of a remote Russian regional leader who once claimed to have been abducted by aliens has set off an unexpected battle for the world's most important chess job.
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