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January 28, 2013
1/28/2013 Gupta, ITT. Disaster Capitalism Hits New York
September 19, 2011
9/19/11 DemocracyNow, United Nations Requests $350 Million in Flood Relief Aid for Pakistan
March 27, 2011
3/27/11 Takenaka & Kubota, Reuters, Disaster-hit Japan faces protracted nuclear crisis
3/27/11 CNN, Status report: Reactor-by-reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant
March 23, 2011
3/23/11 Bird, CSM, Tokyo tap water too radioactive for infants, officials say
March 15, 2011
3/15/11 Detzel, ProPublica, Spent Fuel Now Focus at Japanese Reactor, Highlighting Concerns About Plant Design
3/15/11 Wang, ProPublica, Our Reading List for Following Nuclear News From Japan
3/15/11 AP, Tsunami killed thousands of seabirds at Midway
3/15/11 MSNBC, Workers evacuate stricken nuclear plant
March 14, 2011
3/14/11 Palast, DeepJournal, The no-BS info on Japan's disastrous nuclear operators
September 9, 2010
9/09/10 Shahzad, Asia Times, Pakistan stares into a void
August 28, 2010
8/28/10 BBC, Indus river overflows 40 times normal volume of water
August 25, 2010
8/25/10 Crilly & Yusufzai, Telegraph, Pakistan Floods: 800,000 Can Only Be Reached by Air
August 18, 2010
8/18/10 CNN, Desperation outpaces aid for flood victims in Pakistan
8/18/10 BBC, Earthquake 'double whammy' caused 2009 Tonga tsunami
August 17, 2010
8/17/10 Marquand, CSM, France dismisses petition for it to pay $17 billion in Haiti reparations
July 16, 2010
7/16/10 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Haiti earthquake aftermath: The "Shock Doctrine" in action
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 BBC, Storm rips through Haiti tent city for homeless
July 13, 2010
7/13/10 Paez, IPS, Haiti's Tent Camps Likely to Remain for Years
7/13/10 CNN, Indictments announced against officers in New Orleans bridge deaths
7/13/10 Kurczy, CSM, Why one Guatemalan newspaper now refuses to cover the giant sinkhole
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 BBC, Audio slideshow: Living in the rubble
July 1, 2010
7/01/10 Wang, Govt's Banned Trailers, Unsafe for Housing, Reappear in Gulf
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Costantini, IPS, Haitian Farmers Leery of Monsanto's Largesse
June 18, 2010
6/18/10 Sapien, ProPublica, Freddie Mac Offers Relief to Homeowners Dealing With Chinese Drywall
June 11, 2010
6/11/10 Robertson, NYT, 5 Officers Indicted in Katrina Killing
June 9, 2010
6/09/10 Herz, IPS, As "Temporary" Camps Linger, Tensions Rise with Haitian Landowners
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Gardner-Smith, ProPublica, Joaquin Sapien on Chinese Drywall
June 3, 2010
6/03/10 Sadowski, Catholic news Service, Monsanto's 475-ton Seed Donation Challenged by Haitian Peasants
June 1, 2010
6/01/10 Feiser, CSM, Guatemala City sinkhole so big, so round it 'doesn't seem real'
May 30, 2010
5/30/10 Sapien & Kessler, ProPublica, Tainted Chinese Drywall Concerns Went Unreported for Two Years
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 Knutson, ProPublica, Justice Department Opens Probe of NOPD
May 12, 2010
5/12/10 Robles, Miami Herald, Haiti's neighbors pull back welcome mat
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 Shoichet, CNN, New Orleans mayor asks feds to review city police force
May 4, 2010
5/04/10 Gergely, Reuters, Ash closes Irish, UK airports; summer chaos feared
May 3, 2010
5/03/10 Loller & Hall, AP, Death toll rises as river crests, floods Nashville
April 29, 2010
4/29/10 Kaiser, U.S. Lawmakers Reach Trade Deal To Help Haiti; News Outlets Examine Health Care, Housing
April 23, 2010
4/23/10 Snow, CNN, Haitians seek refuge, face uncertainty
April 15, 2010
4/15/10 CNN, Travel chaos as ash closes air space
4/15/10 Landreth, CSM, Rescuers battle roadblocks, high altitude to reach survivors in China earthquake
April 8, 2010
4/08/10 Elliott, TPM, New Orleans Cop Explains How Police Gunned Down Unarmed Civilians In Post-Katrina Incident
March 26, 2010
3/26/10 Zibechi, FPIF, Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile: The Militarization of Natural Disasters
March 25, 2010
3/25/10 Aziz, FPIF, Ghosts Threaten to Return to Haiti
March 22, 2010
3/22/10 Lacey, NYT, Americas Development Bank Forgives Much of Haiti's Debt
March 21, 2010
3/21/10 BBC, Volcano erupts near Eyjafjallajoekull in south Iceland
March 17, 2010
3/17/10 Llana, CSM, Haiti says it needs $11.5 billion to rebuild after earthquake
March 15, 2010
3/15/10 Folarin, FPIF, Sweatshops Won't Save Haiti
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 AFP, Private Firms Line Up as Haiti Opens for Business
March 7, 2010
3/07/10 Rubin, LAT, What happens to Haiti when 'the good doctors' leave?
March 4, 2010
3/04/10 AFP, Katrina Victims Seek to Sue Greenhouse Gas Emitters
3/04/10 CNN, Investigation under way after waves kill cruise passengers
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Klarreich, CSM, As world watches Chile earthquake, deadly floods hit quake-rocked Haiti
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Jacobs, Wired, Microfinance Project Could Be New Kiva For Haiti's Diaspora
3/01/10 Wendlandt, Reuters, Storms rip through Europe, kill up to 50 in France
3/01/10 Ellingwood, LAT, Haiti confronts a monumental disposal problem
3/01/10 EDIE, World-wide floods leave many dead
3/01/10 BBC, Chile quake sends copper prices higher
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 BBC, Chile quake affects two million, says Bachelet
February 27, 2010
2/27/10 Witte and Miller, CSM, Chile earthquake much stronger than Haiti's but far less damage. Why?
February 25, 2010
2/25/10 Thompson, ProPublica, Former New Orleans Detective Pleads Guilty in Katrina Shooting Cover-up
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Al Jazeera, Haiti's neglected orphans
2/23/10 Thompson, NYT, Questions Surface After Haitian Airlift
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Guardian, After the Tsunami came a flood of developers
February 18, 2010
2/18/10 Virgo, IPS, HAITI: Food Crisis Looms
2/18/10 Gantz, ITT, Helping Haiti, for a Price
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Colson, Socialist Worker, Christian Right kidnappers
February 15, 2010
2/15/10 Fawthrop, Al Jazeera, Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Lacey & Urbina, NYT, Church Adviser May Face Warrant
February 10, 2010
2/10/10 ChicagoBreaking News, Mild earthquake rattles Chicago area
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Slevin, WO, Haiti earthquake relief efforts are still falling short
2/09/09 Quiggley, TruthOut, Haiti Numbers - 27 Days After the Quake
February 8, 2010
2/08/10 Blumberg, NPR, Business At The Very Bottom Of The Income Ladder
2/08/10 Brannigan & Charles, Miami Herald, U.S. firms want part in Haiti cleanup
February 7, 2010
2/07/10 Al Jazeera, G7 pledges to wipe out Haiti debt
February 6, 2010
2/06/10 Ford, PSL, Venezuelan government writes off Haiti's debt
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Lendman, IntelDaily, Child Slavery in Haiti
January 29, 2010
1/29/10 Reuters, U.N. trade body calls for write-off of Haiti's debt
January 27, 2010
1/27/10 Alcuna, IPS, ASIA: 'Post-Disaster Psychosocial Support a Must for Children
1/27/10 Van Auken, WSWS, US Marines in Haiti: Back to colonialism
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Sontag, NYT, Haiti's Children Adrift in World of Chaos
1/26/10 White, WSWS, Criticism mounts over US response to Haiti disaster
1/26/10 Van Auken, WSWS, "Reconstructing Haiti" on starvation wages
1/26/10 CNN, Numbers tell stories of horror, heroism in Haiti
January 25, 2010
1/25/10 Lendman, IntelDaily, Focus on Haiti: Washington's Militarized Takeover
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Van Auken, WSWS, As US prepares long-term occupation, Haiti's quake victims still without aid
1/23/10 McKenzie, IPS, HAITI: 'Adoption Not the Best Choice for Quake Orphans'
1/23/10 LaFranchi, CSM, With plastic and cardboard, Haitians build communities
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Collins, IntelDaily, It's the "New Haiti!"
1/22/10 Weaver, Guardian, Haiti aid agencies accused of 'jostling for position'
1/22/10 Van Auken, WSWS, Haitians dying by the thousands as US escalates military intervention
1/22/10 Gupta, Wired, New Hi-Res Flyover of Haiti Will Aid Recovery and Research
1/22/10 Kalrreich, CSM, Haiti earthquake diary: Haiti's leaders speak, finally
January 21, 2010
1/21/10 PSL, A message from the U.S. military: Haitians not welcome
1/21/10 Jones, ProPublica, U.S. Private Security Firms Head to Haiti
1/21/10 Scahill, RebelReports, Defense Secretary Robert Gates Confirms Blackwater in Pakistan
1/21/10 Wilkinson, LAT, Haiti's elite hold nation's future in their hands
1/21/10 BBC, Haiti to relocate 400,000 homeless outside capital
1/21/10 Van Auken, WSWS, Haiti's tragedy: A crime of US imperialism
1/21/10 Lantier, WSWS, US military operations block relief efforts in Haiti
January 20, 2010
1/20/10 Kim, Nation, IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti's Loan
1/20/10 CNN, Gen. Honoré: Evacuate most vulnerable Haitians
1/20/10 CNN, Alternate supply routes could open Haiti aid bottleneck
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Eley, WSWS, US military to enforce state of emergency in Haiti
1/19/10 Hsu, WP, Officials Try to Prevent Haitian Earthquake Refugees From Coming to US
1/18/10 Scahill, Rebel Reports, US Security Company Offers to Perform "High Threat Terminations" and to Confront "Worker Unrest" in Haiti
1/19/10 Schofield, BBC, Sarkozy quells Haiti rift with US
1/19/10 Bennis, FPIF, Haiti Again?
January 18, 2010
1/18/10 McKinley, NYT, Homeless Haitians Told Not to Flee to U.S.
1/18/10 WorldFocus, Haiti situation devolves into disaster of 'epic proportions'
1/18/10 WorldFocus, Relief spreads to damaged areas beyond Haiti's capital
1/18/10 Booth, Guardian, Cruise Ships Still Find a Haitian Berth
1/18/10 Drash, CNN, Beyond survival, health crisis looms
January 17, 2010
1/17/10 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Obama Executive Order Seeks to "Synchronize and Integrate" State and Federal Military Forces
1/17/10 Palast, Huffington Post, History of a Haitian Holocaust
1/17/10 Hopkinson, The Root, When Are Haitians Looters and When Are They Just Hungry?
1/17/10 McKenzie, IPS, FRANCE: Time to Pay Back Haiti
1/17/10 BBC, Senegal offers land to Haitians
1/17/10 Guardian, Haiti earthquake devastation
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 Van Auken, WSWS, Haiti: US troops deployed as popular anger mounts
1/16/10 Reuters, Haitians in Mass Exodus from Shattered Port-au-Prince
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Kim, Nation,
1/15/10 Lawrence et al, Haiti aid efforts hindered in critical hours
1/15/10 McClatchy, Haiti begins burying earthquake dead in mass graves
1/15/10 Roan, LAT, In Haiti, aid workers face a dual challenge
January 14, 2010
1/14/10 LAT, Click here to find out more! Haiti: Resources and how to help
1/14/10 Henley, Guardian, Haiti: a long descent to hell
January 13, 2010
1/13/10 CNN, Haitian envoy: Quake levels most of capital
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 AP, Tsunami hits Solomon Islands village
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 BBC, Brazil landslides 'may close nuclear plants'
1/03/10 CNN, Quake leaves 20,000 homeless in Tajikistan
1/03/10 BBC, Hundreds flee Australia flooding
January 1, 2010
1/01/10 CNN, Mountain falls onto Brazil resort; 22 killed
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Fink, ProPublica, Louisiana Doctors Drafting Guidelines on Access to Critical Care During a Disaster
December 26, 2009
12/26/09 Al Jazeera, Asia marks tsunami anniversary
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, Flood waters drench city of Venice
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 CNN, Residents flee as Philippines volcano threatens to erupt
12/15/09 Grant, BBC, Venezuela flood victims still live in ruins 10 years on
November 21, 2009
11/21/09 Bird & McIntosh, Times Online, 'Rain like this happens once every 1,000 years'
November 19, 2009
11/19/09 BBC, US Army blamed for Katrina floods
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Watts, Guardian, Philippines flooding hits refugee camps in the Rizal province
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 Reuters, Typhoon cuts power, uproots trees in Philippines
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Kaiser Family Foundation, Natural Disasters In India, Philippines Affect Rice Supply, Could Have Global Implications
October 18, 2009
10/18/09 Al Jazeera, Philippines braces for new typhoon
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 BBC, UN Philippines fund 'falls short'
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Al Jazeera, Flood death toll rises in India
October 3, 2009
10/03/09 McDermid & Magnier, LAT, Landslides buried at least 3 Indonesian villages, authorities say
10/03/09 CNN, Typhoon Parma slams into Philippines
10/03/09 BBC, Sumatra quake 'levelled villages'
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 CNN, Storm-ravaged Philippines braced for 'super typhoon' Parma
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 o'Loughlin et al, Guardian, Samoa tsunami: 100 feared dead on Pacific islands
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Blankstein & Esquivel, LAT, Highest tides expected near Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo as tsunami advisory prompts L.A. beach closures
9/29/09 BBC, Philippine flood death toll rises
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 EDIE, US flooding causes $250m of damage
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 CNN, New Orleans hospital deaths back in spotlight
August 29, 2009
8/28/09 CNN, Katrina's Hidden Race War: Four Years Later
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 Ridgeway, MoJo, The Secret History of Hurricane Katrina
8/28/09 CNN, Charting New Orleans' progress since Katrina
August 16, 2009
8/16/09 Blumenthal, McClatchy, New data: Mega-quake could strike near Seattle
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 BBC, In pictures: Taiwan rescue effort
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 BBC, 'Hundreds lost' in Taiwan typhoon
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 CNN, Feds search NOPD in post-Katrina shooting investigation
8/10/098 Amos, BBC, 'Crisis satellite' returns images
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Amos, BBC, 'Disaster satellites' ready to fly
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Ahlers, CNN, Report slams FEMA on health hazard in emergency housing
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Thompson, ProPublica, New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Benno, PSL, New Orleans housing 'unaffordable'
May 30, 2009
5/30/09 Peltz, AP, Hurricane barriers floated to keep sea out of NYC
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 BBC, Brazil floods displace thousands
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Al Jazeera, Many dead in Philippines landslide
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Murphy, AP, UN: Growth of slums boosting natural disaster risk
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Sibaja, AP, Floods ease in Brazil, but 300,000-plus homeless
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 CNN, Thousands flee as wildfire rages
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Demick, LAT, China says 5,355 students died in last year's quake
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Litvinsky, IPS, HAITI: Battered and Unready for Looming Storm Season
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Head, BBC, UN warning over Burma cyclone aid
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 BBC, Levees 'cannot save New Orleans'
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Schwartz, NYT, Civil Lawsuit Over Katrina Begins
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 Mackey, NYT, Earthquake Warning Was Removed From Internet
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 CNN, Oil to be moved from huge tanks near volcano
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Halpin & Bluemink, ADN, Redoubt settles a bit but is building dome
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Receio, McClatchy, DHS secretary proposes forgiving post-Katrina, Rita loans
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 BBC, Deadly dam burst outside Jakarta
3/27/09 CNN, Red River reaches record level, floods Fargo with uncertainty
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Davey, NYT, Heartbreaking Triage as Fargo Battles Floods
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Foster, AP, Guard to Pull Out of New Orleans After 3 1/2 Years
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 BBC, Australia fire deaths rise to 200
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 ENS, Just Breathing in Katrina-Flooded Homes Poses Health Risks
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Smith, AP, Heartbreak at home as Aussies return after fires
2/11/09 Gelineau, AP, Turtle's shell melts in Australia's fires
February 9, 2009
2/08/09 Lexington-Herald, Cold, hard lessons Kentucky
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Cutter, PSL, Commercial logging behind severe floods in Washington State
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 Arthur, IPS, HAITI: New Peasant Alliance Demands Action on Food Crisis
January 11, 2009
1/11/09 AP, Indonesian Ferry Sinks in Storm
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Tewary, BBC, India flood victims still suffering