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Thursday

World

Indian Survivors Seek Water

With clean-up efforts underway, relief workers in southern India concentrate on removing corpses and finding potable water. Emergency workers are also trying to get drinking water to tens of thousands of survivors. Health workers worry contaminated drinking water may result in more deaths then the 7,000 the tsunami caused. Laura Womak reports.

Indian Survivors Seek Water

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World

Epidemic Feared from Tsunami

In the southern Sri Lankan city of Galle, the number of those killed by Sunday's tsunami reaches 23,000. Across much of southern Asia, contaminated drinking water and the lack of sanitary facilities threaten the lives of survivors. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Jason Beaubien.

Epidemic Feared from Tsunami

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Sunday

World

Asian Quake is Most Powerful in 40 Years

NPR's Sheilah Kast speaks with geophysicist Julie Martinez of the United States Geological Survey about Sunday morning's earthquake. It was the strongest quake in more than 40 years, and is estimated to have killed thousands as it spawned tsunamis in Southeast Asia.

Asian Quake is Most Powerful in 40 Years

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Saturday

World

Nigerian Town Struggles to Support Its Orphans

Foreign aid can be a mixed blessing. For a while, in one small Nigerian town, the money flowed. Five years later assistance came to an end, and that left thousands of orphans to fend for themselves. NPR’s Brenda Wilson reports.

Nigerian Town Struggles to Support Its Orphans

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Sunday

World AIDS Fund Has Critics

It's been three years since the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was founded. With billions of dollars at its disposal, the fund has attracted criticism, especially from the United States, over how it uses the money. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.

World AIDS Fund Has Critics

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Wednesday

Watching for the Next Pandemic

Bird Flu Deaths in Thailand Raise Pandemic Fears

In September, an 11-year-old Thai girl and her mother died from bird flu. Days later, the girl's aunt became ill. Thai researchers feared the virus had mutated, now easily moving from person to person. That could be first sign of a global pandemic. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

Bird Flu Deaths in Thailand Raise Pandemic Fears

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Tuesday

Watching for the Next Pandemic

Thai Chicken Farms Are Front Line for Bird Flu Fight

Thailand has killed more than 40 million chickens this year in an effort to stop a deadly strain of bird flu that's killed at least 17 people in the country. But the virus keeps resurfacing. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

Thai Chicken Farms Are Front Line for Bird Flu Fight

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Saturday

Books

'Telling Tales': Writers Unite to Fight AIDS

A new anthology of fiction was published on World AIDS Day in response to the global epidemic. Conceived and edited by Nobel Prize-winning novelist Nadine Gordimer, Telling Talesfeatures stories from 21 distinguished authors. All profits will go to medical and advocacy programs on AIDS. NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with Gordimer.

'Telling Tales': Writers Unite to Fight AIDS

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Friday

National

Bhopal's Toxic Legacy Lingers Two Decades Later

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Martin Regg Cohn, Asia correspondent for The Toronto Star, about the legacy of the deadly chemical plant accident in Bhopal, India 20 years ago that killed as many as 15,000 people. Two decades after 40 tons of methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant, the effects of the disaster are still evident.

Bhopal's Toxic Legacy Lingers Two Decades Later

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World

After 20 Years, Effects of Bhopal Tragedy Linger

Twenty years ago, tons of toxic gas escaped from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. It was one of the worst industrial accidents in history, with a death toll of more than 15,000. Many survivors say they have yet to receive compensation. Hear Miranda Kennedy.

After 20 Years, Effects of Bhopal Tragedy Linger

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Thursday

Wednesday

World AIDS Day Focuses Global Battle with Disease

The scourge of HIV and AIDS is regarded as both a potentially manageable infection and the most devastating health problem facing the human race. On World AIDS Day, NPR's Tony Cox speaks about progress in the worldwide fight against HIV and AIDS with Dr. Helene Gayle, president of the International AIDS Society and director of HIV, TB and Reproductive Health at the Gates Foundation, and with Dr. Robert Scott, an HIV-AIDS specialist and chair of the Allen Temple Baptist Church AIDS Ministry based in Oakland, Calif.

World AIDS Day Focuses Global Battle with Disease

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