A Stricken Town Seeks Scapegoats
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BESLAN, Russia -- Astan Belikoyev knows what people are saying. They don't say it to his face. If anyone did, he noted bitterly, he would probably punch them in the face.
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A bankrupt Japanese coal town may provide a glimpse  of a grim future to a country riddled with debt and an aging, shrinking population
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Their homes are in ruin, many have only the clothes they&#39;re wearing, yet those who took a direct hit from hurricane Ivan returned to their neighbourhoods Saturday determined to rebuild.
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Criminals and opportunists are reported to be trying to cash in on the tsunami victims' misfortune.
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Tsunami survivors were trying to rebuild their shattered lives on Friday as aid agencies scrambled to reach some 5 million people affected by the most wide-reaching natural disaster in living memory.
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A group of political leaders urged Gov. George Pataki on Sunday to designate a section of the city suffering from a prolonged power failure a disaster area, making it eligible for federal aid.
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Villages along the western coast of Aceh Province in Indonesia, where help was slow to arrive, appear to have suffered some of the worst losses in the tsunami.
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Authorities in this picturesque coastal town continued searching for clues Saturday in the shooting deaths of a young couple, and some residents said they feared for their own safety.
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For residents of these 10 towns, life can be a death sentence.
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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KAMP-LINTFORT, Germany  - A tidy German town that has long flourished above its underground treasure of subsidized coal is struggling to cope with the shock after the government decided last week to shut down the mine.
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Faced with the collapse of the subprime mortgage market that has pockmarked their cities with vacant houses, the nationâs mayors pleaded for a huge infusion of federal aid.
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Bodies, dirty water spreading disease. Medical supplies have started to run out and panicked residents are fighting for provisions.
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Residents and businesses devastated by November's ink factory explosion in Danvers may band together to try to hammer out a compensation deal without resorting to a potentially massive and prolonged lawsuit.
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Shouting names of the missing relatives, looking around to identify the loved ones and moving bodies for burials -- all are the scene in a Sri Lankan coastal town a day after the sudden tsunamis.
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com. A number of local relief efforts from a wide variety of local communities have sprung up around the island for victims of the Asian tsunami catastrophe.
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In this nation beset by violence, disease and environmental devastation, weary relief workers struggled yesterday to gauge the magnitude of the latest disaster