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Desperate villagers rush to a window of a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter as crewmen deliver aid in an emergency drop in San Jose, Philippines, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Aid efforts in Philippines hit high gear
Global relief efforts in the Philippines have kicked into high gear, with aid workers, heavy equipment and life-saving supplies flowing into regions devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. | There were initial ... (photo: AP / Wally Santana) Al Jazeera
Natural Disaster   Philippines Typhoon Aid   Photos   Typhoon Haiyan   Wikipedia: Typhoon Haiyan  
In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, members of the media wearing protective suits and masks look at the spent fuel pool from a fuel handling machine inside the building housing the Unit 4 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant begins fuel rod removal
Workers at Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have begun removing fuel rods from a storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor building. | The delicate operation is seen as a necessary step in stabi... (photo: AP / Tomohiro Ohsumi) BBC News
Fukushima Disaster   Nuclear Pollution   Photos   Tepco   Wikipedia: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster  
Ambulances line up in front of the airport building in Kazan, about 720 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow, where the Russian passenger airliner, Boeing 737, crashed Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. Plane crash in Russia's Kazan kills 52 people onboard
MOSCOW, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Fifty two people, including 46 passengers and six crew, were killed when a plane crashed on landing in Russia's Kazan, said the Emergency Situations Ministry' s regional bu... (photo: AP / Nikolai Alexandrov) CNTV
Aviation   Photos   Plane Accidents   Russia Plane Crash   Wikipedia: Aviation accidents and incidents  
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet waves as she arrives for the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Friday, April 17, 2009. Bachelet triumphs in Chile election but faces runoff
SANTIAGO - Leftist candidate Michelle Bachelet was the clear winner in Chile's presidential election on Sunday, although she will have to wait until a second-round runoff next month to seal her victor... (photo: AP / Ariana Cubillos) China Daily
Election   Michelle Bachelet   Photos   President of Chile   Wikipedia: Michelle Bachelet  
Qatar migrant workers 'treated like animals' - Amnesty Qatar migrant workers 'treated like animals' - Amnesty
17 November 2013 Last updated at 22:58 GMT | Qatar's construction sector is rife with abuse, Amnesty International (AI) has said in a report published as work begins on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadiums. |... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) BBC News
Amnesty   Fifa 2022 Stadium   Photos   Qatar Construction Workers   Wikipedia: 2022 FIFA World Cup  
Villagers stranded by last week's Typhoon Haiyan scramble for aid from a U.S. Navy Sea Hawk helicopter from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the coastal town of Tanawan, central Philippines Sunday, Nov. 17. 2013. Water a pressing concern for Haiyan survivors
Since the typhoon hit, Danny Estember, a 50-year-old ambulance driver, has been hiking three hours round-trip into the mountains each day to obtain what he can only hope is clean water for his five da... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu) The Hindu
Extreme Weather   Philippines Disaster   Photos   Typhoon Haiyan   Wikipedia: Typhoon Haiyan  
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