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ALERTNET DISASTERS GUIDE: Overview

thumb for EXPERT TALK: Has tsunami compassion killed other aid? EXPERT TALK: Has tsunami compassion killed other aid?
The $4 billion pledged to tsunami survivors is a whopping 20 percent of the world's total annual aid budget. Is it too much?

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thumb for GRAPHIC: Natural disasters since 1900 21 Jan 2005
GRAPHIC: Natural disasters since 1900
Our map locates some of the worst disasters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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INTERVIEW: UN wants 10 pct of disaster relief for prevention
A dollar spent on disaster prevention pays back tenfold, says U.N. emergency coordinator Jan Egeland.

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INTERVIEW-Help tsunami nations help themselves, says IFRC
The head of the world’s biggest humanitarian organisation calls for greater investment in helping local communities fend off the impact natural hazards.

thumb for The bluffer’s guide to humanitarian disasters 18 Jan 2005
The bluffer’s guide to humanitarian disasters
What is a humanitarian disaster? There’s no simple answer, but we have a go.



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