Midwives funding move a Band-Aid Scoop.co.nz
National’s Health spokesman, Tony Ryall, says Labour's $2 million a year on the rural midwife workforce is a band-aid. “The announcement fails to provide any leadership or direction for the future. It is a band-aid that will not provide a lasting solution to the maternity crisis in rural areas.
Philippines typhoon: Oxfam sends out aid experts Scoop.co.nz
Oxfam is sending out a team of public health aid workers to complement its staff on the ground in the central Philippines area hit by the super-typhoon of Friday 1 December.
Built for war, Air Force units reap peace The Christian Science Monitor
By getting damaged air bases up and running, rapid-deployment groups expedite the flow of disaster aid.
VAN ZUIDEN: Proper distribution of aid funds almost too difficult to tackle Daily Nebraskan
On the day immediately following Christmas, only a small number of Americans will give any consideration to the second anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. More than a quarter of a million lives were lost two years ago in 12 different countries. Understandably, that is just the nature of world events - we are too far removed from that situation to have it affect us the way Hurricane
November 13, 2006 The Davis Enterprise
Published Nov 13, 2006 - 16:13:44 CST. Editor's note: Julianne Phillips is a puppy raiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind who is raising a German shepherd named Randolph. The Enterprise is following her story; this is the third in a five-part series.
Should we still be in Iraq? Ridgecrest Daily Independent
With everything that's been going on in our country, should we still be trying to save Iraq or should we be concentrating on saving our selves?
FEATURE-Disabled in war-scarred S.Leone seek rights and hope AlertNet
Source: Reuters By James Knight and Katrina Manson FREETOWN, Dec 3 (Reuters) - When Bambay Sawaneh came face to face with the man who had ordered rebel fighters to cut off both his forearms three years earlier, he
Holidays are a time for fun -- and funding Chicago Tribune
Dear Readers: This is my favorite time of year. I love the twinkle lights, goofy office parties, garish sweaters and sticky candy canes of the season. Holiday celebrations chase away winter's gloom and provide occasions for us to review our many blessings.
World Vision despatches relief assessment team Scoop.co.nz
World Vision Philippines has dispatched a relief assessment team aboard a military Hercules C-130 into a province hit by 265km per hour winds and where villages were thumped by super-typhoon Durian.
Best of 2006: Nonfiction Washington Post
The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism , by Ross King (Walker). A fluent account of an era that was anything but uncomplicated.

Foreign Policy: Money for Nothing
The United States received hundreds of millions in foreign aid last year, after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. But what happened to the money?
FOXNews.com - Rice: All Foreign Aid Offers Will Be Accepted
Rice: All Foreign Aid Offers Will Be Accepted, US is now on the receiving end of help from around the world as some two dozen countries offer post-Katrina
Allthings2all: List of Foreign Countries Offering Katrina Aid, US
The governments of more than twenty foreign nations are offering aid for Katrina relief. Here is the list of countries offering aid, From RedNova News (via
Allthings2all: Foreign Nations Offer Aid for Katrina Relief
Foreign Nations Offer Aid for Katrina Relief, & Some Thoughts. Update See the bottom of this post for a list of foreign countries offering Katrina aid.
German plane carrying Katrina aid turned back - Katrina, The Long
MSNBC.com follows two towns as they rebuild after Katrina. Follow their progress through on-going stories and Foreign aid to U.S. for Katrina relief
GAO: Foreign Katrina Aid Donations 'Lost'
Thursday, April 6, 2006 10:17 a.m. EDT. GAO: Foreign Katrina Aid Donations 'Lost' other donations sent from abroad to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
FDA recalls foreign meat used in aid for victims of Hurricane
(Redirected from FDA to incinerate foreign aid meant for victims of Hurricane Katrina). Jump to: navigation, search. September 26, 2005
Katrina Coverage Ray Nagin seeks foreign aid; "The king of Jordan
Ray Nagin seeks foreign aid; "The king of Jordan can take the Lower Ninth Ward" of foreign dignitaries since Hurricane Katrina hit in late August,
Katrina's Impact On Foreign Policy, Wolfson Says An Early Test
With the US facing a domestic crisis in the wake of Katrina, other countries may attempt U.S. Says No Offers Rejected; Says $1B In Foreign Aid Accepted
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the CR Cyril Svoboda symbolicaly handed over today the humanitarian aid for people affected by the hurricane Katrina to aid+foreign+katrina: aid+foreign+katrina