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...International Orthodox Christian Charities Focusing relief efforts on the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India...
...anti-virus company Symantec claims that by yesterday afternoon, over 10,000 computers worldwide were infected by Sasser. But many computer service websites placed the estimate closer to 100,000 machines. Companies in Finland, Taiwan, Australia and the United States were initially hardest-hit by the virus...
...signs that the U.S. economy is perking up are feeding expectations that Asia's hardest-hit countries may soon see a resurgence in growth led by stronger exports, adding to consumer and business confidence. Japan recently registered a spike in personal spending and business investment; the country may finish 2003 with 2% GDP growth, not roaring but better than previous expectations. Barring disasters such as a major recurrence of SARS, booming China expects 9% growth next year, which will help spur demand for goods made elsewhere in Asia. Not every region is out of the woods; Hong Kong, for example...
...planting the oak and ash, mayors plant quick-growing pines so they can point to the new forest before their terms run out," Thinon says. "Then we get more fires." France passed a law in 1995 demanding that local authorities take strict fire-prevention measures, but in the hardest-hit Var region not a single such program is yet in place. Mayors say they don't have the money to clear the underbrush that accelerates the fires, nor do they widely enforce provisions aimed at preventing developers from cashing in on fire-cleared parcels. Once the fire has done...
...Millions more around the world are feeling trapped by this mysterious illness. More than 80 victims in nearly two dozen nations had died of SARS by the weekend, leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue an unprecedented warning against travel to the hardest-hit regions of Guangdong province and neighboring Hong Kong and airlines to cut flights to affected zones. Despite hope early last week that the virus might be burning out on its own, suspected new cases popped up in countries as disparate as Fiji, Israel and Brazil. Mainland China and Hong Kong each announced more deaths from...