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Dr. Jacquelin Perry dies at 94; polio specialist
The country was in the grip of a polio epidemic in the 1950s when orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jacquelin Perry began performing spinal surgeries in Downey that helped paralyzed survivors of the disease regain mobility. When some of the same patients...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Science and Technology, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
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Letters: How the Red Cross works
Re "Patt Morrison Asks: Richard M. Walden, charity case," Opinion, Jan. 30 Richard M. Walden raises several points about the American Red Cross that I'd like to address. When a donor designates his contribution to be spent on an event such as the...Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), Natural Disasters, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Haiti, First Aid
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Richard M. Walden, Operation USA's charity buccaneer
Almost on impulse, almost 35 years ago, Richard M. Walden and a friend rounded up six tons of relief supplies and a jet to ferry them to Vietnamese boat people in Malaysia. Thus was Operation California — now Operation USA — born. A Times...
Tags: Japan, Haiti, Malaysia, U.S. Department of State, Theft
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International court launches investigation of Mali abuses
As aid groups bemoan the suffering of people in embattled Mali, the International Criminal Court said it launched an investigation Wednesday of alleged crimes against humanity committed by armed groups in the country. The suspected crimes include...
Tags: International Court or Tribunal, Mali, Criminals, International Criminal Court, Burkina Faso
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Novartis patent case in India seen as crucial for generic drugs
World NowThe Indian Supreme Court is slated Wednesday to take up a case that aid agencies warn could have sweeping effects on medicine for the global poor, the culmination of a lengthy legal battle between a Swiss drug company and a country known as a mecca for... -
Aid agencies in Bangladesh told to stop Rohingya aid
World NowThree aid agencies have reportedly been told to halt their activities in Bangladesh, warned that their helping hand is encouraging Rohingya refugees to cross from Myanmar into the country.... -
Somali refugees increasingly endangered in Kenya camp, agencies say
World NowThousands of Somali refugeesat risk in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, aid agencies warn: Eight aid agencies Thursday warned that 200,000 Somali refugees in Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp, face a crisis because of donor funding shortfalls.... -
Death rate soars in drenched South Sudan refugee camps
World NowSoaked by rain yet short on clean water, refugees who have fled from Sudan to South Sudan are perishing from diarrhea and other preventable diseases at devastating rates, as aid agencies make anguished pleas for more help.... -
Water will run out in 9 days for Sudan refugees, aid agency warns
World NowWater will run out in just nine days for tens of thousands of refugees who have fled from Sudan into South Sudan, overwhelming the few camps in this parched stretch of Upper Nile State, the aid agency Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.... -
Aid groups question Group of 8 plan to fight African hunger
World NowAid groups criticize G8 plan to recruit private investment to fight African hunger: A G8 plan to foster $3 billion in private sector investment in agricultural development in poor countries won a tepid welcome from humanitarian agencies Friday, who argued... -
Al Qaeda claims it holds abducted American
World NowMonths after a 70-year-old American was abducted by six gunmen from his house in Pakistan, Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri has claimed the terrorist group is responsible for the kidnapping.... -
A-list stars attend pre-Oscars Vanity Fair dinner
All The RageCameron Diaz, Emily Blunt, Kimora Lee, Colin and Livia Firth, Gary Oldman and others attend a dinner hosted by Vanity Fair and Ermenegildo Zegna in support of the Green Carpet Challenge and Oxfam America....
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