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Mongolia: "I Could Not Live Without My Faith" |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 |
 Lucia Otgongerel has neither hands nor legs, but after becoming a Catholic, her life changed from depression to joy.
Otgongerel's joy comes from teaching seven special children at Faith Center, a little school that St. Mary's Parish in Ulaanbaatar opened last September.
She teaches basic skills, such as cooking, cleaning, reading and writing, to her mentally and physically challenged students, aged 15-19. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 August 2008 )
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Ethiopia: Emergency needs "set to increase" |
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
 The number of people requiring emergency food aid is expected to increase as food security has not improved, according to the latest assessment of drought-affected areas, a senior government official said. "In general, the findings of the assessment indicated that the overall food security situation in the drought-affected areas has not improved," Abera Deresa, the minister of agriculture, told reporters in Addis Ababa on 7 August. The assessment was of the regular belg (short rains) season. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 11 August 2008 )
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Côte d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Sites Still Not Cleaned Up |
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Monday, 11 August 2008 |
 The sites around Côte d'Ivoire's biggest city where hundreds of tons of toxic waste were illegally dumped two years ago have still not been decontaminated and continue to threaten the health of residents.
Okechukwu Ibeanu, the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes, said many residents of Abidjan complain of headaches, skin lesions, digestive difficulties and nose, throat and lung problems. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 10 August 2008 )
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Indigenous peoples threatened by climate change |
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
 Increasingly tough climatic conditions and limited rights to land and other basic resources risk jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of many indigenous groups that hold the key to our long term survival, FAO noted today on the eve of the International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 08 August 2008 )
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