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A Filipino trooper distributes water to survivors waiting for a military flight to Manila as they flee typhoon hit Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, have only now begun to receive some aid, a week after their homes and lives were torn apart. Typhoon Haiyan: Plight of survivors 'bleak' despite aid effort
Aid workers struggling to help survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines have described the situation as bleak - one week after the storm tore into the country. | A spokesman for Medecins Sans Fr... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila) BBC News
Extreme Weather   Philippines Storms   Photos   Typhoon Haiyan    
A horse and cart passes the Bank of Ireland in central Dublin, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Europe's debt crisis reached a critical juncture Tuesday, as finance ministers sought to keep Ireland's market turmoil from triggering a domino effect that could topple other vulnerable nations like Portugal and fray the region's economic unity. Only months after saving Greece from bankruptcy in May, the 16-country eurozone has been shaken anew by concerns that Ireland will be unable to sustain the cost of its banks' failure, suggesting only another bailout can now soothe investors' jangled nerves. Ireland to End Reliance on Bailout Lifeline
LONDON — Ireland announced on Thursday that it would make a clean break from its 67.5 billion euro bailout program next month, weaning itself off international financial support without first seekin... (photo: AP / Peter Morrison) The New York Times
Economy   Ireland Bailout Programme   Irish Financial Crisis   Photos   Wikipedia : 200813 Irish financial crisis  
German President Christian Wulff announces his resignation during a statement at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. Former German President Goes on Trial
BERLIN — For the first time in modern German history, a former president went on trial on Thursday. Christian Wulff stepped down in February 2012 after state prosecutors investigating alleged briber... (photo: AP / Gero Breloer) The New York Times
Christian Wulff   Christian Wulff Trial   Germany President   Photos   Wikipedia : Christian Wulff  
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie visits with students at Jose Marti Freshman Academy in Union City, N.J. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, the day after defeating Democratic challenger Barbara Buono to win his second term as governor. Elephants Still In the Government... and It's Not Christie
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Sorry to disappoint but this will not be about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on TIME's cover just above the caption: "The Elephant in the Room." C... (photo: AP / Rich Schultz) WorldNews.com
Chris Christie   Healthcare   Photos   US Shutdown   Wikipedia: Chris Christie  
Janet Yellen, of California, President Barack Obama's nominee to become Federal Reserve chair, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Nov. 14, 2013, before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on her nomination to succeed Ben Bernanke. Yellen on the Hill
This morning Janet Yellen, President Obama’s nomination to succeed Ben Bernanke as the Federal Reserve chairman, faced a Senate confirmation hearing on Capital Hill. She appeared before the Senate B... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin) The Examiner
Federal Reserve   Janet Yellen   Photos   United States   Wikipedia : Janet Yellen  
A convoy of trucks carries former residents of Kalma Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Nyala, South Darfur, to their native villages in West Darfur, 7 December, 2010. 4,60,000 displaced in Sudan's Darfur this year: UN
Khartoum, November 14: | Tribal violence and rebel-government battles have displaced at least 460,000 people in Sudan's Darfur this year, the United Nations today said, as violence worsens in the west... (photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran) The Siasat Daily
Darfur Displaced Persons   Darfur War   Photos   United Nations   Wikipedia : War in Darfur  
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