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How well is the world doing in reducing disaster risk?
Brazil floods leave hundreds of thousands homeless
Food prices still rising in many poor countries - UN
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AlertNet for journalists is a set of tools and services designed to make life easier for reporters, fact-checkers and editors when covering humanitarian emergencies.
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