Disaster Relief News
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Joplin, Missouri, where 161 people were killed in the deadliest single U.S. tornado in almost 60 years, is joining hurricane-ravaged East Coast towns borrowing to rebuild while municipal yields are near generational lows.
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South Korean President Park Geun Hye called for expanding security and economic ties with the U.S. as the two allies stand together against threats from North Korea.
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China’s Sichuan province began a day of mourning for 196 people killed in an April 20 earthquake, with wailing sirens signaling the start of three minutes of silence at 8:02 a.m., the time the temblor hit.
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A former Anheuser-Busch InBev NV manager who claimed the company sells watered-down beer urged a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging he divulged trade secrets, saying the beermaker wants to punish his whistle-blowing.
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The two Massachusetts Democrats seeking an open U.S. Senate seat clashed over health care in their first debate ahead of next month’s primary vote.
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To get gasoline flowing in the New York area after Hurricane Sandy, President Barack Obama temporarily suspended the Jones Act, a statutory relic of the post-World War I era that bars foreign ships from carrying freight between U.S. ports.
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The Colorado Republicans who voted unanimously this week against superstorm Sandy recovery funding did so in part because their state didn’t get an opportunity to win some of its own disaster relief money.
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If natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy are becoming more frequent, and their aftermaths more expensive, then the federal response needs to become more dynamic. Especially in fostering economic recovery, there’s more the U.S. government can do.
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The death toll from last week’s mudslide in Gansu, the worst calamity in the northwestern Chinese province in decades, may further increase from 702, according to a disaster relief official.
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Firefighters are battling to contain 17 blazes burning out of control in Australia’s most-populous state before hot weather returns tomorrow, as authorities pledged disaster relief for affected areas.
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