Some evacuees proving hard to process
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Eight months pregnant and with her husband thousands of miles away in Michigan, Siba Bazzi is among several hundred people evacuated from Lebanon who did not get on a flight home within days of reaching Cyprus.
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Insecurity continues to hamper relief efforts in northern Haiti, as rescue workers struggle to distribute relief supplies to thousands of flood victims in the city of Gonaives.
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A lack of coordination in the relief effort for survivors of a deadly tsunami in south India has led to an excess of supplies in some villages while others lack the most basic necessities.
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As local officials struggled to account for the dead and missing, another challenge began to loom: heading off disease.
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Tsunami survivors in Aceh are reluctant to move into newly-built camps because they fear they may not leave.
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Military and civilian interrogators in Iraq who have long relied on the element of surprise and fear of the unknown find themselves having to explain their methods.
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Evacuees began to flee before dawn, shelters opened and residents and emergency workers hustled to prepare for the region&#39;s first Category 3 hurricane in more than half a century.
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The &#36;2 billion Asian tsunami relief operation was encountering chaos and "a wall of devastation" in Indonesia as aid workers struggled to help thousands of survivors huddled in makeshift camps Monday.
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Someone else is running out of things to close.
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Efforts to organize Iraqi immigrants to cast absentee ballots in their homeland's elections are beset by delays in planning and logistical obstacles.
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Many don&#39;t realize they are eligible; others feel application forms are too complicated to fill out. By Justin Pope / Associated Press.
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For some, the terrors and techniques of mingling at parties in this season are more daunting than holiday shopping.
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There are various issues in operating in a disaster environment, usually starting with electrical power but also extending to employee concerns and the need for resupply.
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With an estimated 2 million refugees seeking shelter abroad, officials in Jordan are straining to cope with the crisis.
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They are returning home with a sense of accomplishment, but also with feelings of anger and frustration, even despair.
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A look at the difficulties some Iraqis can face in trying to escpape their violent homeland.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent and Red Cross say they are increasingly worried about civilians trapped in the city of Fallujah. The relief workers say no drinking water or electricity is available, food is running