Poorest In S. Asia Face New Hardship
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An estimated 2 million people in Asia are at risk of sinking deeper into poverty as a result of the Dec. 26 tsunami and its aftermath, with the harshest long-term economic damage expected in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, according to a study by the Philippines-based Asian Development Bank.
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International aid starts to penetrate the areas worst affected by last Sunday's Indian Ocean wave.
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Millions more South Asians will suffer from diseases like malaria and cholera, or go hungry due to global warming, but governments are not fully aware of the dangers, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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Poverty-stricken areas reeling from a series of tsunamis on Sunday now must cope with the sickness and death spawned by contaminated food and water.
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The world's poorest nations are at a technological disadvantage, says a United Nations trade body.
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The World Bank says fewer people than ever are living in extreme poverty in East Asia and the Pacific due to economic growth of around seven per cent.
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PHNOM PENH : Cambodia, one of the world&#39;s poorest countries, is counting on international donors to make new financial commitments next week to prepare the nation for what is destined to be a harsh new economic year.
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 -- Every year when the monsoon rains pound South Asia, many of the poor children in Anouradha Bakshi's educational program become too sick from waterborne diseases such as diarrhea, typhoid and cholera to attend classes.
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Cheap Chinese products, which are flooding Asia, are met with deep appreciation by the regionâs poorest people.
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Cape Verde Is. The disaster in Southeast Asia touches us all. Areas, which were already very poor has been affected by incomprehensible destruction.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Starving people besieged  helicopters carrying the first aid to remote Indonesian towns  on Sunday as frustration grew at the slowness of help a week  after tsunamis devastated Indian Ocean coastlines.
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Although world families are getting smaller in many regions, the 50 poorest countries are expected to triple in size to 1.7 billion people by 2050, posing many challenges for world countries.
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Relief supplies were arriving in south Asia Wednesday, but getting them where they&#39;re needed the most is proving to be a challenge.
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Asia's superrich are grappling with an enviable new challenge: how to give away their billions
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Rescuers battled to reach survivors in stranded villages, restore basic services and prevent the outbreak of deadly diseases across South Asia in the aftermath of an undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ravaged the region.
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TO Zeng Shaotang, a farmer from South China&#39;s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the medical bills he has to pay feels like a mountain on his shoulders.
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In the northwest corner of Sumatra, the hardship from what some local people are calling "black Sunday" is taking a toll.