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Natural disasters in 2011 prompt outpouring of charity
… destruction. The devastation across the globe included an earthquake and tsunami in Japan, flooding in Australia and a drought in Africa. The United States also was particularly hard hit … drought in the Southwest, deadly tornadoes, a massive blizzard in the Northeast, major river floods in the Midwest, an earthquake on the East Coast followed by a hurricane that caused … in the Southwest and strong windstorms in Southern California to end the year. In January, a flood in Queensland, Australia, killed 13 people and devastated much of Australia's coal, beef …
Durban: Last chance to get it right on climate change?
… action is taken on climate change. In South Africa itself, climate change has led to severe flooding in coastal areas. As a result, some people have lost their lives and others have lost …
Pope urges international agreement on climate change
… unpredictability and extreme weather conditions experienced around the world. This year we saw floods in Central America, South and Southeast Asia and drought across East Africa," Cardinal …
Beyond perfection: The de Kooning Retrospective at MoMA
… dimensions remarkably like his paintings in two. Nobody could have predicted, however, the flood of creativity the artist experienced in the mid-'70s. In what the critic David Sylvester …
Benin presents chance for papal 'do-over' in Africa
… more than $330 million. The country also faces the challenge of recovering from massive flooding in 2010, which killed 46 people and left 150,000 homeless. In one sense, Benedict, a …
'The Duty of Delight'
… July 30 … Up at 6. Mass 7. Had breakfast with Ammon and then in downpour drove upstate. Roads flooded with tropical storm Brenda. Slow leak in tire. Got to Otis by one and lunched and slept. …
'Occupy' protests keep conversation alive
… nature -- attracts more than its share of fringe elements. Remember the Tea Party people who flooded town halls in the summer of Obama's health reform? Remember "death panels" and "keep your …
Cardinal urges seminarians to look to Blessed John Paul for inspiration
… the relic in the reliquary provided the most emotional moment in the Mass for him, as a flood of memories returned to him of the pope who ordained him as a bishop 25 years ago. The …
Catholic students use Jesuit house as base to help Thai flood victims
… students and staff used the Jesuit residence Xavier Hall as a base for relief efforts for flood victims on the outskirts of the capital. About 30 students from the Catholic Undergraduate … emergency relief packages -- distributed by the Thai military -- for residents displaced by flooding. "During this semester break, our students had planned to go to Mae Hong Son (province), but because of the flood situation the CUCT committee decided to cancel the trip and offer volunteer service for …
Book uncovers hidden moral complexities
… apprehension over technology. The photograph, taken by the author himself, portrays an infant flooded in an eerie blue light. Masked by blinders, the infant is afflicted with tubes and …
Across borders that divide us
… are weak. U.S. complicity in Mexico’s woes is clear. NAFTA rules that allowed Iowa corn to flood Mexican markets undercut local suppliers and pushed thousands of campesinos off land now …