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Vanuatu appeals for aid after cyclone 'calamity'

2015-03-14 11:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Vanuatu's president made an emotional appeal for international assistance on Saturday after his island nation was hit by a calamity of a cyclone, wreaking devastation in what is feared to be one of the region's worst weather disasters. Though the full extent of the damage is unknown, the UN had unconfirmed reports of 44 people killed in just one province while aid agencies described scenes of destroyed homes, uprooted trees and blocked roads as a result of Super Cyclone Pam, a maximum category...

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Japan promises US$4 billion in aid to combat disasters over four years

2015-03-14 09:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Japan will provide assistance amounting to US$4 billion (2.71 billion pounds) in the coming four years to reduce the number of disaster victims and their suffering around the world, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Saturday. Under the initiative, Tokyo will train 40,000 government officials and local leaders - including a project focussed on women - to spearhead national efforts to cut disaster risk and build back better after disasters, Abe told a U.N. conference in the northeastern...

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Pitt to aid displaced U.S. Steel employees

2015-03-11 23:47:53| Steel - Topix.net

The University of Pittsburgh's Small Business Development Center has received a $100,000 Small Business Administration grant to help displaced workers and small business owners affected by the closing of a United States Steel Corp. plant in McKeesport. U.S. Steel announced the indefinite idling of the plant in June 2014, citing the importation of unfairly traded tubular products into the country.

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Orange to see $18 million in federal transit aid

2015-03-11 02:02:40| Railroads - Topix.net

NEW WINDSOR – The Orange County Transportation Council on Tuesday allocated tens of millions of dollars in federal transit aid that had been held hostage in a multi-state dispute.

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