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    Nearly 200 children freed from south India brick kiln in one of biggest rescues

    Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:58 PM

    "The rescue teams spotted girls as young as seven and eight carrying bricks on their head. Some of the children were as young as four"

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    FEATURE-The goat slaughterhouse that drives a Kenyan slum's economy

    Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:21 PM

    The growth of the goat market has led to other businesses opening their doors from car wash points to barber shops

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    Insurers paid out $50 bln for natural disasters in 2016

    Wed, 4 Jan 2017 14:03 PM

    "There are now many indications that certain events – such as persistent weather systems or storms bringing torrential rain and hail – are more likely to occur in certain regions as a result of climate change"

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    Drones help communities map flood risk in Dar es Salaam slums

    Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:19 AM

    With almost 70 percent of its inhabitants living in informal settlements, Dar es Salaam is highly vulnerable to flooding

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    North Dakota governor warns pipeline protesters of possible March flooding

    Wed, 4 Jan 2017 10:24 AM

    Protesters at construction site of Dakota Access Pipeline advised to vacate camp before spring due to risk of flooding

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    France to launch inaugural 'green' bond this month

    Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:38 PM

    Government is seeking to make Paris a centre for financing environmentally friendly projects

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    Revamp of South Africa's largest city leaves poor battling for housing

    Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:09 PM

    Tensions between Johannesburg's rich and poor are being strained by the government's critical neglect of low income housing, say campaigners

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    FACTBOX - Why polio is proving so hard to beat

    Tue, 3 Jan 2017 13:35 PM

    There is no cure for polio, it can only be prevented. Polio vaccine, given multiple times, can protect a child for life

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    Six die in India bakery fire, spurs calls for enforcement of labour laws

    Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:26 PM

    Many people in India work in conditions that violate laws enacted decades ago to protect labour rights

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    Smog returns, but Beijing says skies are getting cleaner

    Tue, 3 Jan 2017 13:03 PM

    China is in third year of "war on pollution" aimed at reversing damage done to its skies, soil and water after decades of untrammelled economic growth

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