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August, 2011

August 10, 2011 - 
The New York Times
Rachel’s Last Fund-Raiser
Perhaps every generation of geezers since Adam and Eve has whined about young people, and today is no different. Isn’t it clear that in contrast to our glorious selves, kids these days are self-absorbed Facebook junkies just a pixel deep? No, actually that’s wrong at every level.
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August 10, 2011 - 
CNN's AC360
Saving Ahmed from starvation
Dadaab, Kenya (CNN) -- In the middle of a famine, there is a place that houses the sickest survivors of all. Along the border between Somalia and Kenya at the International Rescue Committee hospital it is simply called a stabilization center.
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August 9, 2011 - 
CBS News
80 percent of Somali refugees at camp are female
(CBS News) DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP, Kenya - The Hagadera neighborhood of Dadaab Camp was first settled by refugees back in 1992, during one of Somalia's endless civil wars.
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August 9, 2011 - 
CBS News
Children of Somalia's famine flood hospital
(CBS News) DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP, Kenya - U.S. officials are warning that hundreds of thousands of children face death from starvation and thirst. The people at the world's largest refugee camp have survived a journey that has taken weeks or even months.
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August 9, 2011 - 
Associated Press
Kenya burdened by famine refugees; rape attacks up
Marauding gangs and criminals are attacking Somali famine refugees more frequently as they flee across the border to Kenyan camps, but Kenyan police say they don't have enough manpower to stop them.
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August 9, 2011 - 
CNN's AC360
Hope and horror at world's largest refugee camp
Dadaab, Kenya (CNN) -- Humphry Musyoka, a doctor at the world's largest refugee camp, knows well how quickly dehydration can ravage the body of a child.
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August 7, 2011 - 
The Wall Street Journal
The Challenge of Drawing the Line on Famine
When reports of malnutrition and deaths began pouring in from Somalia last year, relief organizations weren't yet ready to declare a famine was under way.
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August 6, 2011 - 
Associated Press
Malnourished Somali baby thriving as rare success

DADAAB, Kenya — Only 10 days ago, Minhaj Gedi Farah was too weak to cry and his skin crumpled liked thin leather under the pressure of his mother's hands.

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