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Cholera breaks out in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - Cholera has broken out in the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, home to nearly 500,000 Somali refugees, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Insecurity also continues to hamper aid efforts following the kidnapping of Western aid...Tags: Kidnapping, Health, Politics, Refugee, United Nations
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UK Football: Players, Phillips moved by service trip to Ethopia
hmorris@amnews.comLEXINGTON — Impactful. Eye-opening. Heartbreaking. Life-changing. These were just several of the words used to describe a service trip several members of the Kentucky athletic program took to Ethiopia last month. Kentucky football coach Joker and...Tags: Human Interest, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Kentucky
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State steps in to halt big family’s international adoptions
TribLocal - Joliet » NewsAs the parents of 14 children, including six adopted from Africa, Carolyn and Kiel Twietmeyer believe they are doing God's work. Two of the six …... -
Kenya says its forces will stay in Somalia as long as it takes
World NowKenya's military operation in Somalia could be drawn out. The Kenyan armed forces commander says the Somalia invasion was a "spur of the moment" decision, but troops will stay as long as it takes to subdue Al Shabab.... -
Adopt a New Way of Thinking....Through Adoption
Adoption is a subject very near and dear to my heart. For one, I went through the process myself when I became a Bade legally. My biological dad was out of the picture and the Bades made me a part of their family album when Mom remarried. ...Tags: Human Interest, Entertainment, Radio, DNA, Eyes and Vision
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LIBYA: Foreign embassies defect
Babylon & BeyondLibyan Consul Faraj Zarroug in the Philippine capital told the Associated Press that about 85% of his country's 165 diplomatic missions now recognized the rebels' interim government, the National Transitional Council.... -
LIBYA: African Union refuses to recognize new Libyan government
Babylon & BeyondOfficials called an emergency meeting on the 15-member council, which they said was split almost in half between countries that have recognized the opposition Libyan government and those that have not, including many past supporters of embattled Libyan... -
Coe: The Peace Corps, Shriver and me
Fifty years ago on March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order which established the Peace Corps. Three days later, he appointed Sargent Shriver, his brother-in-law, to be the organization’s first director. Shriver was charged...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Elections, Diplomacy, Pennsylvania
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Putting a passion to good use
Glendale Adventist Academy High School student A.J. Martinson knew little about podoconiosis before he stepped off a plane in Ethiopia in November 2008.
But there in front of him were the grotesquely swollen feet, the primary symptom of the disease that...Tags: Health, Hemet (Riverside, California), Human Interest, Skin, Diseases and Illnesses
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Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: Politics, Marshall Islands, Nigeria, Polynesia, Botswana
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Mueller family of 10: Pete, Patty and their eight children, including two Ethiopian adoptees, are lifted by the generosity of multitudes
Tribune reporterThough Christmas comes but once a year, it has come tenfold for Pete and Patty Mueller and their eight children this year. The tale of the Muellers' endeavor to raise eight children, including two adopted earlier this year from Ethiopia, inspired an...Tags: Health, Services and Shopping, Religious Festivals, Rogers Park, Surgery
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Five nonsmokers' paradises
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe world's biggest tobacco-consuming countries, including Greece, Russia and Austria, are also among the top travel spots, but the opposite isn't quite the case. Countries with the lowest reported adult smokers, as you'll notice in the list below, don't...Tags: Rihanna, Health, Ghana, Health Organizations, Nigeria
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