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Floods kill more than two dozen in Vietnam, displacing tens of thousands

Published in Monday November 18th, 2013 In In the media

On Sunday, television footage showed inundated houses and streets in the town of Hoi An and the former Imperial City of Hue, where authorities have evacuated hundreds of tourists. At least 28 people have died over several days of flooding, the most destructive since 1999. More than 100,000 houses have been flooded and transport by road, air and rail has been severely affected across the region.

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Manila rethinks local crisis response policy

Published in Monday November 18th, 2013 In In the media

Although residents were advised to retreat to a safe place, people in some regions were not transported far enough away from the coast. And while Ms. Lorch acknowledged that the catastrophe was of never-seen-before dimensions, she also pointed out that “the Philippines are regularly hit by similar disasters, and still haven’t established enough preventative and reactive measures at the civilian or military level.”

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Six killed as tornadoes rip through U.S. Midwest

Published in Monday November 18th, 2013 In In the media

A fast-moving storm system triggered multiple tornadoes on Sunday that killed at least six people and flattened large parts of a town in Illinois as it tore across the Midwest, authorities said. The tornadoes leveled scores of homes and demolished entire neighborhoods.

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Lands Commission halts eviction of squatters from disputed land

Published in Wednesday November 13th, 2013 In In the media

The National Land Commission (NLC) has stopped further evictions of squatters from land that is at the centre of a dispute between locals and a private developer in Mombasa. The 527 families have been embroiled in a dispute with the developer over ownership of the 135 acres since 2010.

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Tension and trauma reported rising in post-typhoon Philippines

Published in Tuesday November 12th, 2013 In In the media

As of today it is estimated that the typhoon has displaced over 800,000 people.

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Looting continues as desperation rises in Haiyan-hit Philippines

Published in Tuesday November 12th, 2013 In In the media

The Philippines is now contemplating the huge relief effort left by the devastation of Haiyan, which hit the archipelago on Friday with winds of around 315 kilometers (195 miles) per hour.

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Devastation in Typhoon’s Path Slows Relief in Philippines

Published in Monday November 11th, 2013 In In the media

The scale of the devastation and the desperation wrought by one of the most powerful storms ever to buffet the Philippines came into much clearer view on Monday, three days after it hopscotched across the country’s midsection whipping up monstrous walls of seawater.

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Super typhoon Haiyan slams into Philippines, at least three dead

Published in Friday November 8th, 2013 In In the media

The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land smashed into the Philippines on Friday, forcing more than a million people to flee, flooding villages and raising fears of widespread casualties.

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Roma leader says his people will be forced to beg on Britain’s streets

Published in Thursday November 7th, 2013 In In the media

A Roma leader has warned that travellers who move to Britain from Romania and Bulgaria when the border restrictions are lifted will turn to begging or black market trades if they cannot access social welfare. Rudko Kawczynski, president of the European Roma Travellers Forum, criticised the panic over the opening up of European Union labour markets to Romanians and Bulgarians from January, which has prompted fears about large numbers of Roma heading to Britain, France and Germany.

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A Slum Spends Sleepless Nights in Fear of Eviction

Published in Wednesday November 6th, 2013 In In the media

On the morning of March 24, 2011, several hundred police officers, accompanied by giant bulldozers, surrounded the slum of Gayatri Colony in west Delhi as part of an eviction drive by the Delhi Development Authority, which claims ownership of the colony’s land.

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