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Agricultural cooperatives can help end global hunger, says UN food agency

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A woman farmer

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Storm Brings Ruin to NYC Family

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UN relief agency estimates 1.8 million Haitians have been affected by Hurricane Sandy

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Hurricane Sandy passed to the west of Haiti causing heavy rains and winds, flooding homes and overflowing rivers.

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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Moldova-Agroindbank help Moldovan households and private businesses cut energy bills

EBRD provides €10 million credit lines for energy efficiency projects in Moldova

Moldovan households and businesses will be able to cut their energy bills thanks to two EBRD loans of €10 million in total to Moldova-Agroindbank for on-lending to homeowners and private enterprises.

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Virginia Guard Soldiers rescue seven adults and one child after Sandy

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Virginia National Guard Soldiers transport citizens through high water to reach their medium tactical truck for evacuation on Cattail Road in the Mears, Va. area Oct. 30.

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More than 2,300 New York Guard members helping in Sandy’s wake

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New York Army National Guard Soldiers from Company F, 427th Brigade Support Battalion, along with New York State Troopers, help residents arriving at Long Beach City Hall in Long Beach, N.Y., for evacuation to shelters.

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WWF uncovers massive unreported trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna through Panama

A new study commissioned by WWF uncovers that between 2000 and 2010, the equivalent of 18,704 tonnes of live bluefin tuna were traded via Panama without being reported to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) - the international body managing the fishery.

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Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) shoal, captive, Malta, Mediteranean, May 2009

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EPA Reaches Final Agreement with Carmeuse Lime to Control Dust from its Chicago Plant

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced a consent decree with Carmeuse Lime, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to resolve Clean Air Act violations at the company's Chicago lime manufacturing facility.

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Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding

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Humanitarian Crisis Looms After Deadly Nigerian Floods

Flooding in Nigeria has killed nearly 150 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of others this year. As families continue to languish in squalid camps short of food, water, shelter and the most basic of health care, this natural disaster is rapidly turning into a humanitarian crisis.