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One month after super typhoon, Philippines faces huge challenges
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
A month after one of the strongest typhoons ever recorded hit the Philippines, masses of survivors are living amid rubble in rebuilt shanty homes and experts sa...
Philippines typhoon survivors determined to hope
Dec 07, 2013 (AFP)
A raggedy cloth banner in a Philippine town torn apart by one of the most powerful typhoons on record declares that its residents are "roofless, homeless, but n...
Millions of lives at risk as governments fail to adopt disaster warning system
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
World leaders are failing to adopt advanced early warning systems that could save millions of lives in disaster-prone regions. Technological breakthroughs mean ...
China graft investigation into ex-head of quake city
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
The former chief of a Chinese city hit by a devastating earthquake is under investigation for "serious discipline violations", officials said Wednesday, amid ac...
Late treatment for many Philippine typhoon victims: WHO
Dec 03, 2013 (AFP)
Many people who suffered serious injuries when a super typhoon devastated the central Philippines have had to wait nearly a month for treatment, the World Healt...
Human trafficking a worry in post-typhoon Philippines: US
Dec 03, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of women and children in the Philippines risk falling prey to human traffickers in the aftermath of last month's catastrophic typhoon, lawmakers and t...
85 people injured in Hong Kong high-speed ferry accident
Nov 29, 2013 (AFP)
Eighty five people were injured Friday, three of them seriously, when a high-speed ferry travelling from Hong Kong to Macau hit an unidentified object in the wa...
UN to seek more aid for Philippines typhoon displaced
Nov 29, 2013 (AFP)
The United Nations is to seek more international aid to shelter and give temporary jobs to millions displaced by the Philippines' deadliest typhoon in history, ...
Philippines says Super Typhoon Haiyan, other storms curb growth
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines' economy expanded 7.0 percent year-on-year in the third quarter, but a series of storms curbed growth and a devastating typhoon this month will ...
Crucial jobs cleaning up after Philippine typhoon
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of desperately needed jobs are being created for survivors of a catastrophic typhoon in the Philippines by paying them to clear mountains of w...
Typhoons spread Fukushima fallout, study warns
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
Typhoons that hit Japan each year are helping spread radioactive material from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the country's waterways, researchers say. Con...
EU to give Haiti $25.1 mln in humanitarian aid
Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)
The European Union will give Haiti $25.1 million (18.5 million euros) in aid next year to help ease ongoing humanitarian concerns, an official said Wednesday. R...
Mass vaccinations for children in typhoon-hit Philippines
Nov 27, 2013 (AFP)
A mass vaccination programme has been launched in Philippine communities that were devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan to protect children against measles and po...
Overseas Philippine workers a typhoon lifeline
Nov 26, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines' giant band of overseas workers, already regarded as national heroes for toiling in foreign lands, are coming to the rescue again as they dig de...
Manila says typhoon shows need for US-Philippine military accord
Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)
The swift US humanitarian response to the devastation of Super Typhoon Haiyan highlights the need to expand America's military presence in the Philippines, Fore...
Mental trauma haunts Philippines typhoon survivors
Nov 25, 2013 (AFP)
Rodico Basilides visits a forlorn cross that stands as a memorial to his family who died in the catastrophic Philippine typhoon, one of countless survivors who ...
Slog begins to rebuild Philippines' typhoon wastelands
Nov 24, 2013 (AFP)
A frantic campaign to reach millions of hungry, injured and homeless people in the Philippines following one of the world's strongest storms is almost over. Now...
Informal supply chains help feed typhoon survivors
Nov 23, 2013 (AFP)
Supplementing the quickening relief effort trying to help survivors of the Philippines typhoon is an informal -- and sometimes underground -- supply chain that ...
Outside View: Typhoon underscores hard security truths in SE Asia
Nov 22, 2013 (UPI)
Typhoon Haiyan has revealed festering security problems in Southeast Asia. How so? First, on Nov. 12, communist insurgents of the New People's Army attacked the...
Blow-up hospitals help Philippine typhoon effort
Nov 21, 2013 (AFP)
Inflatable field hospitals have been erected in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines city of Tacloban, part of a huge international relief effort to help millions hi...
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