| Women And Children Last |
| Mon, 6 Sep 2010 05:04:00 GMT |
In 2005, Oxfam reported that up to four times as many women as men died in the 2004 tsunami, and in many cases, it was the yards of material in their saris that anchored the women under the water. While many men often feel like failures if they were 
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| Mutts Mania 2010-a Family and Dog Friendly Fun Day! |
| Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:18:00 GMT |
- Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter is sponsoring Mutts Mania 2010, it's annual fundraiser and day of fun for families and their dogs. The event takes place on Sunday, October 3, from noon till 4pm
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| The Cost of Sheltering Jakarta’s ‘Little Troops’ |
| Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:09:00 GMT |
mean that many such shelters end up closing their doors. This is a possible future facing Balarenik, a shelter for children from poor families who are forced to eke out a living on Jakarta’s streets. Managed by the Balarenik foundation — the name
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| Fresh floods force thousands of Pakistanis to flee |
| Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:23:00 GMT |
flee to escape the flood waters. ‘‘The city is completely submerged. Nothing left there. We just grabbed our children and fled from there: What else could we do? No government representative has visited yet to make enquiries,’‘ one fleeing
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| BRIEF: Private-court tennis tourney aids Stanislaus County kids crisis center |
| Sun, 5 Sep 2010 10:07:00 GMT |
(The Modesto Bee - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Children's Crisis Center of Stanislaus County, a nonprofit organization that provides shelter for abused, neglected and at-risk children, is having its 19th annual private court
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