| In Brief: Suspected AWD kills eight on Kenyan district of Lamu |
 LAMU, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Eight people have died on the Kenyan district of Lamu and others have been hospitalized following a suspected outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), an official said.
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In Brief: Hundreds evacuated in Kenya after mudslide death |  NAIROBI, 4 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Authorities in central Kenya have ordered hundreds of people to evacuate after a girl was killed when a mudslide destroyed her home following heavy rains.
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In Brief: Flood-hit farmers face hunger in Laos |  VIENTIANE, 26 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Farmers in southern Laos who lost their harvests to floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana face a year of hunger if they do not receive rice seeds soon to replant their crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns.
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In Brief: Pakistan tests tsunami preparedness |  ISLAMABAD, 19 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - A drill for rescuing people in coastal areas in the event of a tsunami was carried out in Thatta, Sindh Province, by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) supported by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) on 17 October.
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In Brief: When health facilities become casualties |  DAKAR, 14 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Designed to be safe havens in times of disaster, health facilities are vulnerable to upheaval when catastrophe strikes, according to the UN, which is focusing on hospital safety for International Day for Disaster Reduction.
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GLOBAL: Put women at core of climate change debate, say activists |  BANGKOK, 13 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Women are being excluded from the debate over climate change, despite being most at risk, and governments should do more to ensure their situations and views are represented, campaigners and experts say.
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In Brief: Pakistan quake victims four years on |  ISLAMABAD, 8 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Exactly four years after the devastating earthquake of 8 October 2005 in northern Pakistan, almost all the 3.5 million people made homeless have been re-housed, officials say.
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How To: Rescue people trapped in a collapsed building |  NAIROBI, 8 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - When an earthquake strikes a town, or a building is levelled by an explosion, news footage invariably shows search and rescue teams trawling through the rubble looking for survivors. But what does it take to rescue people trapped under tons of concrete?
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GLOBAL: Cholera, climate change and El Niño |  JOHANNESBURG, 7 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Cholera is not only linked to climate change, it also has an El Niño angle. For instance, Papua New Guinea, an island state in the Pacific Ocean, recorded its first cholera cases in 50 years in 2009, which also happens to be an El Niño year.
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GLOBAL: Beware of black swans! |  JOHANNESBURG, 6 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Predicting the impact of climate change requires studying changes in the long-term averages of daily weather patterns and many other factors, and can be a tricky business.
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