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544 Haitians Dead in Cholera Epidemic
Although there were reports that the recent cholera epidemic was reaching the end of its two week, killer sweep across the poverty-stricken island nation, deaths continue to mount in Haiti. 8,000 cholera patients are in hospitals, with that number expected to grow. The majority of the cases have been in rural areas where there is…
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China Recovering From Earthquake, 2,000 dead
The Chinese government held a day of mourning today for the more than 2,000 lives lost in last week’s magnitude 6.9 earthquake. Although this devastating disaster struck in a sparsely populated region of Tibet, many of its inhabitants have been left homeless and struggle for shelter in near-freezing temperatures. The central government has dispatched tens…
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