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Amputations Without Anesthesia in NKorea

(July 15) -- North Korea's health system is in dire shambles, with amputations being performed without anesthesia, often under candlelight in impoverished hospitals where doctors are paid in cigarettes. That's according to a report released today by Amnesty International, outlining disastrous medical conditions in the...

Echoes of Iraq as UN Slashes Staff in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Nov. 5) -- The United Nations portrayed its decision to cut its international staff in Kabul by more than half in the wake of a deadly Taliban attack as a temporary effort to regroup. But could the move in Afghanistan usher in a bigger change, as a far more devastating assault in Iraq did in 2003? "This is...

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William Brindley: The Next Leapfrog for Development: Leveraging Cloud Computing

Two years ago at the NetHope Global Member Summit, NetHope co-founder Edward G. Happ pushed our member organizations to collaborate more to run more efficient operations.

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Yemen Humanitarian Crisis Worsening As Aid Agencies Warn 'Millions Are Starving'

Millions of people in Yemen are starving and in desperate need of aid humanitarian workers have warned, just days after a suicide bomb attack killed scores of people in the capital of Sanaa.

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Lorie Newman: 10 Ways To Care For The Needy

Whether it's across the street, across the church pew or across the world, all of us have the power to reach just one needy person.

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Wildlife Conservation: Our Fight To Save The Apes (PHOTOS)

When a Sudanese refugee, a grown man, was humiliated and abused at a military roadblock in northern Kenya, my journey to activism began; a soldier destroyed the only belongings in the refugee's travel bag and brought him to tears in front of his wife.

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05/29/12 Travel Diary: Fighting Hunger In Honduras Source: Refinery29 With one billion people hungry and one billion people underweight across the globe, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the ever-present problem of world hunger.
05/29/12 Help Janet Jackson End World Hunger Source: Prevention You may obsess over dropping those last 10 pounds, but worldwide, millions of people struggle to simply stave off hunger and famine.
05/29/12 More than $427 million provided for humanitarian... Source: UN News Center The United Nations humanitarian office provided more than $427 million last year to assist countries that suffered from emergencies such as drought, floods, and food insecurity, according to a report released today by the Organization.
05/29/12 William Brindley: The Next Leapfrog for Development:... Source: The Huffington Post Two years ago at the NetHope Global Member Summit, NetHope co-founder Edward G. Happ pushed our member organizations to collaborate more to run more efficient operations.
05/23/12 Yemen Humanitarian Crisis Worsening As Aid Agencies... Source: The Huffington Post Millions of people in Yemen are starving and in desperate need of aid humanitarian workers have warned, just days after a suicide bomb attack killed scores of people in the capital of Sanaa.