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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/after-the-floods-the-recovery-runs-dry/article1848215/?cmpid=rss1The Globe's Graeme Smith tells the story of the uncountable Pakistanis who six months after the floods are still without shelter and facing a looming winter.Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:22:00 +0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-1f06773cb2fa75b4eb52e5295bc8856fNaturalDisasters20101227062200http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/vanuatu/8224936/Tsunami-warning-issued-for-Vanuatu.htmlThe United States' Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami alert after a shallow 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck close to Vanuatu.Sat, 25 Dec 2010 15:23:00 +0100telegraphentelegraph-8c9c508d79d5c1b7402aa1e9834e1f25NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120101225152300http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/12/worldupdates/2010-12-12T090946Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-535065-1&sec=WorldupdatesThe development added more uncertainty to a poor and chaotic Caribbean nation wracked by political violence, a catastrophic earthquake and a rampant cholera outbreak. Violent protests broke out after the Provisional Electoral Council announced on Tuesday that former first lady Mirlande Manigat and....Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:50:00 +0100arabpoliticalenarabpolitical-ddd940a3bf2072fdb6a6e3ad88c42223IndustrialPropertyCommunicableDiseasesFightagainstFraudEU-USANaturalDisastersEU-Caribbean18.54299 -72.34310220101225055000http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/12/24/16667216.htmlPORT-AU-PRINCE - Maritza Monfort is singing along to a Christmas carol in Creole on the radio, but the Haitian mother of two is struggling to lift her spirits. “I sing to ease my pain. If I think too much, I’ll die,” said Monfort, 38, one of over a million Haitians made homeless by a January....Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:54:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-54634f4bfbccd675b04f27bb3a2d5c33NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20101224235400http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/25/worldupdates/2010-12-24T234530Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-537753-1&sec=WorldupdatesPORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Maritza Monfort is singing along to a Christmas carol in Creole on the radio, but the Haitian mother of two is struggling to lift her spirits. "I sing to ease my pain. If I think too much, I'll die," said Monfort, 38, one of over a million Haitians made homeless by a....Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:54:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-477daf83ca6e21389384b6ba1e5910faNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20101224235400http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/12/25/worldupdates/2010-12-24T234530Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-537753-1&sec=WorldupdatesPORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Maritza Monfort is singing along to a Christmas carol in Creole on the radio, but the Haitian mother of two is struggling to lift her spirits.Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:03:00 +0100thestarenthestar-477daf83ca6e21389384b6ba1e5910faNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20101224200300http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BN28W20101224?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/topNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Top%20News%29PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Maritza Monfort is singing along to a Christmas carol in Creole on the radio, but the Haitian mother of two is struggling to lift her spirits.Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:45:00 +0100reutersenreuters-166bd86dece99dd712ed1309f6111351NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20101224194500http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/a-village-saved-a-village-lost/article1826875/?cmpid=rss1The Globe's Graeme Smith tells the story of the village of Suwan, in a remote mountainous region of northern Pakistan, which was both saved _ and forever changed _ by the arrival of western aid after a devastating 2005 earthquake.Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:20:00 +0100theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-1381f06d948c37ada62e025ecb1f568bNaturalDisasters33.718151 73.06054720101224042000http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=12&art_id=106391&sid=30731272&con_type=1&d_str=20101224&fc=8Poor construction and development practices conspire to make earthquakes more deadly than they need be. More people live in poverty in vulnerable buildings in crowded cities. That means that when the ground shakes, the river breaches, or the tropical cyclone hits, more people die.Fri, 24 Dec 2010 01:47:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-44aff91846816c59fa2ac11fe4689fefDisasterReliefClimateChangeHaitiReconstructionTerroristAttackNaturalDisastersEcologyScience20101224014700http://en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/1803678.htmlThe United States' Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning following an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale jolted Vanuatu region at 13:16:40 GMT on Saturday, Xinhua reported. The epicenter, with a depth of 33.00 km, was initially ...Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:17:00 +0100trendnews-azentrendnews-az-e39b929767df3e4d7a0aec0639356fe4NaturalDisasters-17.7404 168.32120101225161700http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/359414,test-limits-international-aid.htmlNearly 260,000 people died in earthquakes, floods, typhoons, heatwaves, fires and landslides in 2010 - the worst toll since 1976 - compared with 15,000 last year, according to reinsurance company Swiss Re. Haiti and Pakistan stood out because of the massive death toll and millions of homeless, and....Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:48:00 +0100earthtimesenearthtimes-1cb03472cd0f8a25e7a323eaa45d6a23MARS-STATHaitiReconstructionNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters18.54299 -72.34310233.718151 73.06054720101223074800http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10696281&ref=rssMore than 100 Haitian orphans arrived in France yesterday to spend Christmas with their new families, ending nearly a year of intense diplomacy.The children, from 18 months to two years old, flew to Paris after the French Government...Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:47:00 +0100nzheraldennzherald-721355cbc26c69b3ee3de8f9fce76e2cNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases48.8521 2.3489920101223184700http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/722967/cs/1/A 35-second earthquake in January irrevocably changed Haiti's future, killing more than 222,000 people and shattering the foundation of the impoverished Caribbean nation.Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:47:00 +0100irishsunenirishsun-1e86281e3bdfb74d658918cdb7de63deHaitiReconstructionNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters18.54299 -72.34310233.718151 73.06054720101223074700http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/after-a-year-of-despair-haiti-orphans-get-a-fresh-start-in-france-2167514.htmlMore than 100 Haitian orphans arrived in France yesterday to spend Christmas with their new families, ending nearly a year of intense diplomacy. The children, from 18 months to two years old, flew inThu, 23 Dec 2010 02:16:00 +0100irishsunenirishsun-e3ab77d110e2718e91ce29f4ccfaf569NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases48.8521 2.3489920101223021600http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20101223-254279.htmlScores of villagers on the remote Pacific archipelago scrambled for higher ground. -AFPThu, 23 Dec 2010 01:04:00 +0100AsiaOneenAsiaOne-2b1e33421e122ec3d3753d8a26375961NaturalDisasters20101223010400http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Strong-63-magnitude-aftershock-hits-Japanese-islands-USGS/articleshow/7148327.cmsA strong 6.3-magnitude aftershock struck off Japan's southern Bonin Islands today, the US Geological Survey said, a day after the region was rocked by a major earthquake.Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:42:00 +0100indiatimesenindiatimes-4661db99c61d0c90a1d8d863c038b433NaturalDisasters20101223004200http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/after-a-year-of-despair-haiti-orphans-get-a-fresh-start-in-france-2167514.htmlMore than 100 Haitian orphans arrived in France yesterday to spend Christmas with their new families, ending nearly a year of intense diplomacy.Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:19:00 +0100independentenindependent-e3ab77d110e2718e91ce29f4ccfaf569NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases48.8521 2.3489920101223011900http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-12/27/content_11757201.htmChina Daily offers the big stories that brought tragedy, heartbreak and hope to the world stageMon, 27 Dec 2010 01:32:00 +0100chinadailyenchinadaily-955b8281dcabc6399db031d2f01f7af5EnvironmentRegionalPolicyCancunSummitNaturalDisastersEU-CaribbeanEU-China35.2086 110.72720101227013200http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101226/lead/lead7.htmlIT WAS 12 days into the new year, a 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and Jamaicans felt it. That same week, multiple earthquakes were detected by the United States Geological Survey and they were taking place around Jamaica...Sun, 26 Dec 2010 06:47:00 +0100jamaicagleanerenjamaicagleaner-0f6288bf8916f45c601775b463adb4ecFloodingNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAid18.0157 -76.797338.9051 -77.016220101226064700http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101227/lead/lead2.htmlPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):An earthquake measuring 5.1 shook Trinidad and Tobago last night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.The National Earthquake Infor-mation Center at the United States Geological Survey said the quake...Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:02:00 +0100jamaicagleanerenjamaicagleaner-8670433fd21c494cb2b856453607140cNaturalDisasters10.65716 -61.48358920101227080200http://www.chinapost.com.tw/international/americas/2010/12/27/285206/Haitian-orphans.htm(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Under a towering Christmas tree, three-year-old Sevil Fletcher giggled in delight amid some not-so-rough roughhousing with his brother and sister.Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:42:00 +0100ChinaPostenChinaPost-18867af1a6e0652f03949cb67d5ff4f4NaturalDisasters20101227144200http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/2q1bwfno-5E/index.htmlThe images coming out of Haiti since a devastating earthquake rocked the country almost a year ago show death, disease and political uncertainty. Yet these images don't portray the whole story.Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:34:00 +0100cnnencnn-6b7d2a630ccb3457bcdcd033b38b0bd4EnvironmentCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220101227153400http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/news/breaking/12/27/quake-shakes-trinidad/The Caribbean Media Corporation is reporting that an earthquake measuring 5.1 shook Trinidad and Tobago last night. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The National Earthquake Information Center at the United States Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 9 p.m. local time and was located 15 miles northwest of Port of [.Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:42:00 +0100stabroeknewsenstabroeknews-7d6e609982b3a082dad0c410e94cc108NaturalDisasters10.6572 -61.483638.9051 -77.016220101227154200http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/12/27/earthquake-hits-western-quebec.html?ref=rssA small earthquake measuring 3.1 in magnitude rumbled through western Quebec on Monday at 11:08 a.m.Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:07:00 +0100CBCenCBC-f316a1f11dbb5a94ae0232602b22365fNaturalDisasters53.7392724490039 -71.967408456385520101227220700http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=91468JAKARTA, 28 December 2010 (IRIN) - Temporary housing construction for some 11,400 people displaced by an October 2010 tsunami on the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia is under way, and the government is also planning to build more permanent housing.Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:02:00 +0100irinnewsenirinnews-b6425da916c8d3206318e549908f034dNaturalDisastersUNbodies-6.18287 106.82920101228120200http://news.caribseek.com/Barbados/Daily_Nation/article_91242.shtmlPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Acting Director of the Seismic Research Centre of the UWI, Dr Joan Latchman, is warning Caribbean countries to be prepared for an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 after Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a 5.1 magnitude quake on Sunday nightTue, 28 Dec 2010 14:44:00 +0100caribseekencaribseek-58185e78e06eb4f9974c6a5ce16194deNaturalDisasters10.65716 -61.48358920101228144400http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201012/3102943.htm?desktopLast Updated: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:28:00 +1100 The United States Geological Survey says a 6.3 magnitude earthquake has been recorded south of the Fiji islands. The quake's epicentre was 530 kilometres west-south-west of Tonga. USGS spokeswoman Jessica Sigala said the quake was too deep and too remote to cause damage or a tsunami.Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:34:00 +0100australianetworknewsenaustralianetworknews-54c697b04b092ac7857c86db2e34882dNaturalDisasters-18.1426 178.43120101228173400http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/12/mil-101228-afps02.htmThis year has been a busy one for members of the National Guard. Here’s a look at some of the National Guard’s most memorable missions and events in 2010:Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:17:00 +0100globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-062e34c23ab7f38d3b7ad2aaadb86db4DisasterReliefNaturalDisastersAgricultureNuclearDecommissioningManMadeDisasters20101228201700http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=250662&Itemid=128 de diciembre de 2010, 15:43 Havana, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) "The Fight against Cholera" is Fidel Castro's latest reflection on the epidemic calamity affecting Haiti. Prensa Latina posts below the full text: THE FIGHT AGAINST CHOLERA I have taken a pause among several important analyses occupying....Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:16:00 +0100prensa-latina-enenprensa-latina-en-ab4a0ec41d5cfa5abb7bbcfb5ba5f242UNbodiesCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisastersHaitiReconstructionSecurityCouncil18.54299 -72.34310220101228221600http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/27/maccormack.haiti.children/index.htmlI urge Haiti -- with support of the international community -- to achieve a prompt, fair and credible resolution of the election. This would guarantee that lifesaving cholera work can continue uninterrupted so the newly elected government will provide the leadership so Haiti can take advantage of a....Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:58:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-84f8e592db352b08dfb81ac016d6cdb7EnvironmentCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters18.54299 -72.34310220101229055800http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101229/lead/lead9.htmlPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The Acting director of the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies, Dr Joan Latchman, is warning Caribbean countries to be prepared for an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 after Trinidad and Tobago...Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0100jamaicagleanerenjamaicagleaner-702232813712bcf703228f48f1896d1bNaturalDisasters10.65716 -61.48358920101229080000http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Be-prepared_8258993PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) The acting director of the Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr Joan Latchman is warning Caribbean countries to be prepared for a magnitude-eight earthquake following the 5.2 tremor felt in Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday.Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:29:00 +0100antiguanewsenantiguanews-c9ba2d7a5eedd88cf86ffa4e11649c4aNaturalDisasters10.65716 -61.48358920101229132900http://news.caribseek.com/Trinidad_and_Tobago/article_91264.shtmlPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -The Acting Director of the Seismic Research Centre of the UWI, Dr Joan Latchman, is warning Caribbean countries to be prepared for an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 after Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a 5.1 magnitude quake on Sunday nightWed, 29 Dec 2010 13:57:00 +0100caribseekencaribseek-0352d75ebafe3b45a795d0b78a61565cNaturalDisasters10.65716 -61.48358920101229135700http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10697032&ref=rssThey are heroes of the Haitian earthquake disaster, the human catastrophe on America's doorstep which President Barack Obama pledged a monumental United States humanitarian mission to alleviate. Except these heroes are from the US'...Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:23:00 +0100nzheraldennzherald-e3a79368c60858dd67274c6b8d6f935aCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisastersPublicHealth38.9051 -77.016220101229182300http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=163001A 6.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded south of Fiji islands by the United States Geological Survey, late Monday night.Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:09:00 +0100fijitimesenfijitimes-b3ae527201bd5f7fce75ad978cdfd92eNaturalDisasters-18.1426 178.43120101229210900http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/rm/2010/148469.htmCatch up on the issues you might have missed in 2010 as we feature some of the many topics the Department worked on this year. In September, Ambassador CdeBaca talked about global efforts to recognize and fight modern slavery.Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:56:00 +0100state-govenstate-gov-0f24cc528cc4747017ae8b2f8e9a4d80NaturalDisastersPublicHealthHumanTrafficSocietyImmigration20101229215600