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AIDS death toll in Africa may reach 100 million by 2025
AIDS could kill 31 million people in India and 18 million in China by 2025, according to projections by U.N. population researchers. By then in Africa, where AIDS likely began and where the virus has wrought the most devastation, researchers said the toll could reach 100 million.
Associated Press
- June 3, 2006
Indonesian quake leaves 4,300 dead and 200,000 homeless
After sleeping outside in streets and fields, Indonesian earthquake survivors scavenged their wrecked villages Sunday for food, clothing and anything of use as the death toll rose to more than 4,300. Some 200,000 people were left homeless.
Associated Press
- May 28, 2006
Eleven million at risk in E.Africa drought: UN
As many as 11 million people are threatened with starvation across east Africa because of a combination of drought and conflict, a U.N. special investigator warned on Monday.
Reuters
- February 20, 2006
100 days on, Pakistan quake survivors under constant threat
Cold and disease are constant threats in Pakistan's earthquake zone but the United Nations said on Saturday if donations are sustained, the more than three million survivors should make it through the winter. Monday marks 100 days since the quake killed more than 73,000 people.
Reuters
- January 16, 2006
Millions on the brink of starvation in Horn of Africa, says UN
Six million people are on the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa region due to severe drought, crop failure and depletion of livestock herds, the United Nations said on Friday. The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said about 2 million people needed urgent humanitarian help in Somalia, 1.5 million in Ethiopia, and 2.5 million in Kenya.
Reuters
- January 6, 2006
U.N. Looking to Prepare Now for 2006's Unforeseen Disasters
Overwhelmed with the challenges posed by a series of natural disasters that occurred in 2005, United Nations officials responsible for delivering humanitarian aid are urging international donors to get prepared for the next year now. In contrast to the response to December 2004's Indian Ocean tsunami, many U.N. operations remained "dangerously underfunded."
OneWorld US
- December 30, 2005
Economies Are Growing, But Unemployment and Poverty Remain High in Africa
Despite significant improvement in economic growth, nearly half of the population on the African continent remains poor and jobless, a new study by the United Nations points out. Despite significant improvement in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years, 46 percent of the total population still earns less than a dollar a day.
OneWorld US
- December 22, 2005
World Leaders Agree Poor Countries Need Debt Relief, But Can't Agree on Plan
World finance officials identified Third World debt as one of several key threats to the global economy during weekend talks here but failed to seal a deal to solve the problem.
OneWorld US
- April 18, 2005
AIDS Ravaging Economies, Causing Hunger, Say Experts
AIDS is having a devastating impact on farms, economies, and societies' ability to feed themselves, health and agricultural experts warned Thursday.
OneWorld US
- April 14, 2005
World's Poor Need Fairer Trade Rules, Reports Aid Group
Rich countries' demands that poorer nations open their markets to foreign rice and other farm imports could destroy the livelihoods of millions of poor farmers, international charity Oxfam warned on Monday.
OneWorld US
- April 11, 2005
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