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Jolie and Pitt reportedly to spotlight aid workers with HBO series
If anyone could bring some glamour to the glamourless life of humanitarian aid workers, it might be Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
The A-list couple are making their first joint producing effort with an HBO series about aid workers, according to the...Tags: HBO (tv network), Health and Safety at Work, Brad Pitt, Disasters and Accidents, Employees
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Why FEMA Was Missing in Action
Times Staff WritersWASHINGTON — While the federal government has spent much of the last quarter-century trimming the safety nets it provides Americans, it has dramatically expanded its promise of protection in one area — disaster. Since the 1970s, Washington...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Hurricanes, National Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Natural Disasters
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An effective, but costly, cure
Times Staff WriterASK RICHARD IDRO IF HE HAD MALARIA as a child, and you will begin to grasp the toll this disease takes on sub-Saharan Africa. Patiently, as though explaining breathing to a visiting Martian, he will answer, "Everybody got malaria." Growing up in...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Preventative Medicine, Uganda, Kenya
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Hurricane helper
president of the Blue Frontier Campaign (bluefront.org), and author of "Blue Frontier -- Dispatches from America's Ocean Wilderness" and "50 Ways to Save the Ocean."THE FEDERAL Emergency Management Agency said last week that it has run out of money to pay insurance claims from this year's hurricanes. Not counting Wilma, the claims top $22 billion. So you'd think the troubled agency would be eager to reduce future...Tags: Emergency Planning, Elections, Allen Boyd, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Disasters and Accidents
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Net gains for Africa
THE ROAD to Uganda's northeastern Kaberamaido District is not for timid drivers. Maps show it as paved, but it has no shoulders, no painted stripe dividing its two narrow lanes and, in some places, no asphalt. Overloaded trucks and crammed matatus —...Tags: G8, Family, Disasters and Accidents, Columbia University, Hospitals and Clinics
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Treating the sick without bias
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTeboho mahate was shivering. He had trouble keeping his balance. He couldn't talk, and he had bitten his tongue. A seizure. "Any pain anywhere?" asked Dr. Jennifer Furin. Teboho, 14, held his head. Furin looked into his eyes, checking for dilated...Tags: Finance, Drugs and Medicines, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, AIDS
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FEMA blasted for 'news' conference
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — No one had any hard questions for the deputy administrator of FEMA, an agency deeply tarnished by its delayed action after Hurricane Katrina, when he held a news conference Tuesday to talk about the California wildfires. "Are you happy...Tags: Emergency Planning, Hurricane Preparedness, Disasters and Accidents, Meteorological Disasters, Employees
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How Katrina has affected travel
Times Staff WriterHurricane Katrina continued to cause havoc for travelers after it ripped through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Some developments related to travel: Hundreds of flights into New Orleans and other places were canceled or diverted, and...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Cruise Line Ports, Tampa, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation
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How to Help
Action Against Hunger 247 West 37th St., Suite 1201 New York, NY 10018 (877) 777-1420 www.actionagainsthunger.org * ADRA International 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904 (800) 424-ADRA (2372) www.adra.org * American Jewish Joint...Tags: Asia, Disasters and Accidents, Pakistan, Westport, Christianity
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Southland Not Ready for Disaster
Times Staff WriterDespite millions of dollars spent in crisis management drills and dozens of plans to deal with earthquakes and other calamities, Southern California emergency preparedness agencies have done little to plan for mass displacement and destruction across a...Tags: Emergency Planning, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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The Seeds of Promise
Times Staff WriterThe prickly plants started in Catalina Sanchez's garden and now stretch across her neighbors' fields as far as the eye can see. They pop up on acre after acre as word gets around: This village of dirt floors and outdoor toilets expects to get rich...Tags: European Union, Disasters and Accidents, Pakistan, India, Economic Organization
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A Silence in the Afghan Mountains
Special to The TimesGARDEZ, Afghanistan — After completing their deployment to this remote firebase, the Green Berets of ODA 2021 left for home covered in glory. The 10-member Special Forces team, part of the Alabama National Guard, returned to their families in the...Tags: Huntsville, David Davis, Disasters and Accidents, Civil Unrest, Pakistan
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