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Weather Disasters Costing U.S. Billions This Year

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Mary Wisniewski
Weather Disasters Keep Costing U.S. Billions This Year
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Blizzards. Tornadoes. Floods. Record heat and drought, followed by wildfires.

The first eight months of 2011 have brought strange and destructive weather to the United States.

From the blizzard that dumped almost two feet of snow on Chicago, to killer tornadoes and heat waves in the south, to record flooding, to wildfires that have burned more than 1,000 homes in Texas in the last few days, Mother Nature has been in a vile and costly mood.

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http://planetark.org/wen/63216

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CAMBODIA: Using text messaging as weapon in malaria war

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CAMBODIA: Using text messaging as weapon in malaria war
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TA REACH, 6 September 2011 (IRIN) - Cambodian efforts to contain the spread of malaria have been strengthened by a pilot project using text messaging and web-based technology."My work is definitely easier," said Sophana Pich, 41, one of 184 village malaria workers (VMWs) now trained in three provinces (Kampot, Siem Reap and Kampong Cham) since the project launch earlier this year.

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http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=93662

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Facing up to the global water crisis

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Jae So
Facing up to the global water crisis
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Some poor, politically stable countries have made great strides in access to water supply and sanitation. Water experts meeting in Stockholm called for further improvements

With rising population growth and changes in the earth's climate putting stress on the consumable 1% of the planet's water, the global water crisis risks becoming a source of cross-border conflict.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/aug/31/tackling-global-water-crisis

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