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Parvinder Singh: Bihar is a heartbreaking tragedy, but world has been looking the other way
This is heartbreaking. The world has not been told the magnitude of what has happened here or the unique nature of this tragedy. We are now close to the place where the crisis began, the epicentre, where the Kosi river crosses from Nepal into India. The disaster has struck in a place which hasn't seen flooding for 150 years. We are facing a total social collapse.
The Independent – Sep 1, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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This is heartbreaking. The world has not been told the magnitude of what has happened here or the unique nature of this tragedy. We are now close to the place where the crisis began, the epicentre, where the Kosi river crosses from Nepal into India. The disaster has struck in a place which hasn't seen flooding for 150 years. We are facing a total social collapse.
The Independent – Sep 1, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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India's flood situation may ease
NEW DELHI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Flooding that has affected up to 3 million people in India's Bihar state was expected to ease with the slowing of the flow from Kosi River in Nepal.
United Press International – Sep 1, 2008 05:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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NEW DELHI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Flooding that has affected up to 3 million people in India's Bihar state was expected to ease with the slowing of the flow from Kosi River in Nepal.
United Press International – Sep 1, 2008 05:06 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Native of Corning will volunteer in Nepal
CORNING -- Colleen T. Boland has traveled to 33 countries -- some for business and some for pleasure.
Star-Gazette.com – Sep 1, 2008 04:25 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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CORNING -- Colleen T. Boland has traveled to 33 countries -- some for business and some for pleasure.
Star-Gazette.com – Sep 1, 2008 04:25 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Families: Men trafficked for military work
A 22-year-old part-time teacher and farmer who maintained the water pump for his village in Nepal, Prakash Adhikari, left his family for a job as a cleaner at a hotel in Jordan.
Quad-City Times – Aug 31, 2008 02:48 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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A 22-year-old part-time teacher and farmer who maintained the water pump for his village in Nepal, Prakash Adhikari, left his family for a job as a cleaner at a hotel in Jordan.
Quad-City Times – Aug 31, 2008 02:48 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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1.2 Million Homeless After Floods
About 1.2 million people have been left homeless and scores have been killed in the impoverished state of Bihar in the two weeks since the monsoon-swollen Kosi river in neighboring Nepal burst its banks
Time.com – Aug 31, 2008 01:05 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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About 1.2 million people have been left homeless and scores have been killed in the impoverished state of Bihar in the two weeks since the monsoon-swollen Kosi river in neighboring Nepal burst its banks
Time.com – Aug 31, 2008 01:05 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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India, Nepal flood toll raised to 70
MENDABARI, India, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- At least 70 people have died in India and Nepal from floods caused by the breach of a river dam, including 20 who drowned in a boat, officials say.
United Press International – Aug 30, 2008 3:53 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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MENDABARI, India, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- At least 70 people have died in India and Nepal from floods caused by the breach of a river dam, including 20 who drowned in a boat, officials say.
United Press International – Aug 30, 2008 3:53 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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U.N. moves to help India, Nepal flooding
MENDABARI, India, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the United Nations is ready to help India and Nepal recover from floods caused by the breach of a river dam.
United Press International – Aug 30, 2008 11:43 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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MENDABARI, India, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the United Nations is ready to help India and Nepal recover from floods caused by the breach of a river dam.
United Press International – Aug 30, 2008 11:43 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Boat sinks in flooded northern India, killing 20AP - A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
Yahoo! – Aug 30, 2008 06:40 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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20 people killed after a rescue boat capsizes in flood-ravaged northern India
PATNA, India (AP) _ A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
Newsday.com – Aug 30, 2008 06:40 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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PATNA, India (AP) _ A rescue boat filled with panicked flood victims capsized and killed 20 people in northern India, where monsoon flooding grew worse because of heavy rain and water flowing from neighboring Nepal, officials said Saturday.
Newsday.com – Aug 30, 2008 06:40 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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New probe urged of Nepal missing
The Red Cross calls on Nepal's new government to clarify the fate of more than 1,000 people missing from the civil conflict.
BBC News – Aug 30, 2008 06:39 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The Red Cross calls on Nepal's new government to clarify the fate of more than 1,000 people missing from the civil conflict.
BBC News – Aug 30, 2008 06:39 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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