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While the school collapses have been in the news in the last week, the country is still drowning in the aftermath of the storms. Gonaives, the country's third largest town, was the hardest hit and is still buried under 3 million metric tons of mud. Medecins San Frontiers (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) has set up mobile clinics, distributed water and constructed a temporary hospital in Gonaives, since the government hospital was completely destroyed during Hurricane Hannah in late August. In hard-to-reach areas, however, malnutrition is growing and the food supply shrinks. Daily food insecurity affects...
...about the future still fresh and painful. In a country where economic success has become an integral part of national identity, the IMF bailout was seen as an embarrassment. Today's financial chaos seems like a return to those tumultuous days. South Korea has been among the Asian countries hardest hit by the global meltdown; its currency, the won, has fallen to levels not seen since the days of the last crisis. Even though South Korea's economy, relative to others around the world, is expected to show some vibrancy - economists expect the country to avoid a recession, while...
Cambridge’s Department of Human Services Programs is among the areas hit hardest by the recent statewide budget cuts announced early last month. Several DHS programs that are funded through state, city, and private grants will see significant cuts to the services they provide for the community, ranging from childcare to adult education, according to DHC officials. The Center for Families, a support program that runs educational activities and provides resources for families with young children, suffered the largest direct cut: the Massachusetts Family Network grant, which makes up most of the agency’s current funding...
...issue since winning the presidential election and has offered no signs that he discussed the matter with President Bush when visiting the White House on Monday. But there's little doubt that the Guantánamo problem Bush leaves behind for Obama will be one of the hardest the President-elect will face when he finally sits in the Oval Office...
...Still, while a growing number of agents are dealing with the loss of their homes, others are optimistic that the end of the end of the real estate bust may be near. Sales are up as much as 30% in many of the hardest hit markets, such as Los Angeles, Miami and Phoenix, in the past few months. "October was our best month in a year in a half," says John Huebner, a real estate broker in Orlando, who manages three Century 21 offices. "And this is the time of year when sales are traditionally slowing...