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World
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3/15/2023 7:03:04 PM
Floods caused by torrential rains hit two Turkish provinces that were devastated by last month’s catastrophic earthquake, killing at least 14 people and increasing the misery for thousands who were left homeless, officials said Wednesday.
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World
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International
3/5/2023 5:11:14 PM
A fire destroyed 2,000 shelters at a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving around 12,000 people homeless, an official said.
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World
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Region
2/14/2023 10:59:16 AM
Among the rubble, hundreds of thousands of homeless people face cold and hunger as authorities in Turkey and Syria tackle the dire humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquake that has left more than 35,000 dead.
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World
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Region
2/13/2023 5:32:17 PM
The toll from last week's earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless.
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World
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Region
2/10/2023 8:21:00 PM
Rescuers pulled children alive Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless.
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World
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Region
2/10/2023 6:22:54 PM
Aimilia Balta's mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago but it has not stopped the elderly Greeks from donating clothes for the thousands left homeless by the deadly earthquake there.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/1/2023 4:24:18 PM
Orphaned and homeless, Eddy Kenzo used to struggle to persuade DJs to play his songs, but Uganda's first Grammy contender said his success offers hope that even the poorest person can triumph.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/4/2022 4:17:14 PM
Alarmed by a surge in disease, the United Nations is asking for five times' more international aid after deadly floods in Pakistan left millions of survivors homeless and at rising risk of waterborne diseases and other ailments.
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Egypt
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Politics
6/23/2022 10:09:23 PM
Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine El-Qabbaj convened on Thursday with 22 nominated civil society organisations to discuss partnership on the implementation of the national program to protect homeless children and the elderly.
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World
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International
6/18/2022 7:08:19 PM
Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday.
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World
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Region
5/5/2022 3:58:55 PM
Israel's Supreme Court has upheld a long-standing expulsion order against eight Palestinian hamlets in the occupied West Bank, potentially leaving at least 1,000 people homeless, an Israeli rights group representing the villagers said Thursday.
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World
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Africa
9/22/2021 10:41:42 AM
Over 288,000 residents and refugees have been affected in Sudan where heavy rains and flash floods have hit 13 of the 18 states, according to the United Nations
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World
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Region
8/23/2021 10:57:34 AM
Human Rights Watch noted that the attacks damaged buildings, left dozens of people homeless and destroyed scores of businesses
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World
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International
8/22/2021 4:33:26 PM
The previous figure had been 2,189 on Wednesday. The agency said via Twitter that 12,268 people were injured and nearly 53,000 houses were destroyed by the Aug.- 14 quake
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World
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Region
8/8/2021 10:34:46 AM
A UN draft report labelled the Mediterranean region a "climate change hotspot", warning that heatwaves, droughts and fires would become more fierce in the future, supercharged by rising temperatures
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World
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Region
7/7/2021 8:31:37 PM
The demolitions left the villagers, who earn their livelihood primarily by herding some 4,000 sheep, homeless for at least the fifth time in the past year
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World
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International
6/5/2021 3:13:43 PM
UN war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, is set on Tuesday to close the case against Mladic, the most notorious figure in the 1992-1995 war that killed more than 100,000 people and left millions homeless
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World
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Region
5/21/2021 5:45:09 PM
UNRWA's Gaza chief said the agency must also help rebuild the lives of a "terrified, traumatised population"
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World
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International
1/20/2021 5:00:07 PM
The first group was made up of about 25 individuals, and others will follow in coming days, said Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
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Egypt
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Politics
11/7/2020 2:38:04 PM
Around 798 Palestinians in the West Bank have been left homeless by Israeli demolitions in 2020, B’Tselem said
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