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Haiti: how are the elderly coping?
Read Age UK's latest update on older people in Haiti. http://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/international/emergency-relief/haiti-earthquake/?itc=0&ito=2135&itv=1022523043890 ...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu ends public career
Archbishop Desmond Tutu end public career at 79 Click to play ...
Profile: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu argued tirelessly that apartheid was against God's will Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe may have described him as "evil", but Archbishop Desmond Tutu remains a much-loved figure across the world - principally for his role in South Africa's struggle against apartheid. During the long years that Nelson Mandela was in prison, Archbishop Tutu spoke out against the regime - and won the Nobe...
DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal reaches £60m
from DEF website: 5 October 2010 The DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal is now one of the three most generously supported appeals the charity has run in its 45 year history after the 2004 tsunami and the Haiti earthquake. The Appeal has so far raised £60,800,000 and fundraising will continue until the end of January 2011. It has just surpassed the total raised by 2005 Pakistan Earthquake which raised £60,668,000. Member agencies of the DEC have said they will draw on appea...
Arrests over Aids drugs in India
BBC NEws Report by Ania Lichtarowicz Campaigners say EU trade negotiations threaten the production of generic drugs Four Aids activists and a charity worker have been briefly arrested in India during demonstrations in Delhi. They were campaigning against EU trade negotiations which they say threaten the production of generic drugs. The EU trade commission says its discussions will have n...
