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Breaking News Mon, 08 Feb 2010
A photograph of eBay's Whitman Campus
Ebay   Festival   Haiti   Photos   Raises
 BBC News 
Celebrity eBay auction raises £120,000 for Haiti
Mon 8 Feb 2010
A celebrity eBay auction has raised more than £120,000 in two weeks for the earthquake victims in Haiti. The auction was planned by Glastonbury Festival organiser Emily Eavis for... (photo: Creative Commons / Steven Arnold)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy on North Korea Jack Lang is seen during a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Lang said France will not recognize North Korea soon.
Aid   Britain   France   Photos   Society
 The Daily Mail 
Controversial French MP praises 'courage' of migrants illegally headed for Britain
Mon 8 Feb 2010
Controversial: Jack Lang has demanded urgent humanitarian aid for migrants in Calais The French MP for Calais has praised the 'courage' of migrants who trek thousands of miles across Europe to sneak... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
PERTH, Australia (July 4, 2009) Air Traffic Controller 1st Class Luke Wray plays with Cruiser, a dog at the Dogs Refuge Home, during a community service project. The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 Sailors participated in 14 community service projects during port visits to Perth and Fremantle. George Washington, the Navy's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier, is scheduled to participate in Talisman Saber 2009, a series of training exercises hosted by the Australian Defense Force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christopher S. Harte/Released)  The Examiner  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Haiti animals receiving help filmed by Tom McPhee (video)

SF Dogs Examiner has covered some of the efforts to help the animals in Haiti.  Now that humanitarian aid is somewhat beginning to reach the people, some news outlets are giving air time to those... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Animals   Dog   Pet   Photos   World
Taipei Zoo Station  Taipei Times  Mon 8 Feb 2010
No injuries in year’s first big quake
The nation was shaken by a temblor measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale yesterday afternoon. No immediate injuries or damage were reported. The quake struck at 2:10pm. Statistics from the Central... (photo: Creative Commons / 玄史生)
Earthquake   Hualien   Photos   Taipei   Taiwan
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Parent - Kid - Child The Examiner Sun 7 Feb 2010
How to talk to your kids about the Haiti earthquake
Talk to your children about Haiti, offering fact-based information. Flickr.com/IFRC... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Children   Health   Kids   Parents   Photos
 A rescuer walks outside collapsed houses following a powerful quake that hit Japan´s northwest coast in Kashiwazaki, Monday, July 16, 2007. A 6.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan´s northwest coast on Monday, and media reports said at least f The News & Observer Sun 7 Feb 2010
Strong earthquake hits off southern Japan coast

TOKYO -- A strong earthquake shook several small islands off Japan's southern coast on Sunday, rattling buildings over 100 miles (160 kilometers) away in Taiwan and... (photo: AP/Koji Sasahara)
Hits   Islands   Japan   Photos   Tokyo
 Police officers check the damage of the house collapsed by Sunday´s earthquake, in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture (state), northern Japan, Monday, March 26, 2007. A powerful quake tore into a rural area of coastal central Japan on Sunday, killing at l Independent online (SA) Sun 7 Feb 2010
 Strong quake strikes off Taiwan, Japan
Taipei - A strong earthquake of at least 6.3-magnitude struck under the seas off Taiwan and Japan Sunday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of... (photo: AP /Shizuo Kambayashi)
Dealth   Japan   Photos   Quake   Taiwan
A girl plays with a doll outside a makeshift tent at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A powerful earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12. Zeenews Sun 7 Feb 2010
Haiti quake refugee camps tighten security to prevent rapes
Port-au-Prince: One of the unmentioned effects of last month’s earthquake in Haiti is that women and young girls are suffering a rising number of rapes and sexual... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd)
Crime   Haiti   Photos   Women   Violence
The members of the Filipino contingent of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) serve children a warm meal at the Amanda Marga Special Academic Institute. The Boston Globe Sun 7 Feb 2010
After quake, fear that orphans are at even greater risk in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The floors were concrete and the windows were broken. There was no electricity or running water. Lunch looked like watery grits. Beds were... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
Children   Disaster   Haiti   Health   Photos
Very little traffic travels along Interstate 495 near Braddock Road in Alexandria, Va., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, as snowfall caused near white-out conditions. Al Jazeera Sun 7 Feb 2010
Heavy snowfall hits North America

Stormy weather and snow have paralysed parts of the US east coast, with hundreds of thousands of people left without electricity. Transport links were disrupted and... (photo: AP / Ann Heisenfelt)
America   Photos   Storm   Weather   Winter


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