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The top humanitarian headlines from trust.org this week include:

AFRICA

Ebola costs Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone $2 billion -World Bank

Idris Elba, footballers take to African airwaves to fight Ebola

Sierra Leone lags in Ebola fight, but prognosis is "very good"

Ebola batters Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone economies -World Bank

VIDEO: Obama says Ebola fight not over as he calls for more funding

• SPOTLIGHT: Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Three Somalis killed in attack on U.N. convoy in capital

• SPOTLIGHT: Somalia in turmoil

In Senegal, women kill own babies due to strict abortion laws

Kenyan president changes security officials after al Shabaab kill 36

We cannot abandon Kenya's Mandera County as medics flee Islamist attacks

Sudan's Bashir slams UN peacekeepers, demands they leave

Inter-ethnic conflict racks Congo's mining heartland

C.African militia says to lay down arms, become political party

Zimbabwe triples cost to sell groundwater

MIDDLE EAST

Poverty fuels tensions as Syrian refugees brace for another winter

WFP suspends Syria refugee aid due to lack of funds

Greece says it cannot help protesting Syrian refugees

• SPOTLIGHT: Syria's war

Islamic State lacks funds to keep control of Iraqi, Syrian territory-experts

Conflict, militancy hit human rights in Middle East, African nations

Arab-Jewish school, symbol of Jerusalem co-existence, torched

• SPOTLIGHT: Israeli-Palestinian conflict

ASIA

Bhopal demands justice 30 years after deadliest industrial disaster

In Bhopal, two women spark hope for disaster's disabled children

Bhopal's toxic legacy lives on, 30 years after industrial disaster

VIDEO: Suffering continues in Bhopal 30 years after disaster

Philippines starts evacuating residents ahead of typhoon Hagupit

Philippines hardest hit by extreme weather in 2013-report

• SPOTLIGHT: Super typhoon Haiyan: what happened to the survivors?

Menace or myth, Myanmar frets over Rohingya militant group

EXCLUSIVE-Poor and besieged, Myanmar's Rakhine join Rohingya exodus

FEATURE-Myanmar's women garment workers join forces amid lure of city jobs

Mosquito-borne chikungunya now spreading rapidly through South Pacific

Typhoon-proof homes in Vietnam build hope for disaster-prone areas

Disputes over Indian land for industry on the rise, angering locals-charities

LATIN AMERICA

Colombian general freed from FARC rebel captivity resigns post

Ignoring indigenous rights in Amazon fuels global warming - study

El Salvador's ex-gang members tell of long, hard road ahead

HIV/AIDS

AIDS campaigners say pandemic has finally reached tipping point

Lack of access to clean water hampers fight against AIDS in Africa

South African mother turns tragedy into fight against HIV

• SPOTLIGHT: Is a world free of HIV/AIDS achievable?

GLOBAL

Developing nations urge deeper climate cuts to zero emissions

Climate change adaptation comes of age in UN talks

Star Philippines negotiator kept at home as U.N. climate talks begin

• SPOTLIGHT: Lima climate talks

United Nations says aid chief Valerie Amos plans to step down

ICRC seeks record $1.7 billion for humanitarian work in 2015

"New Abolitionist" anti-slavery campaign launches in NY

Religious leaders vow to eradicate modern-day slavery

More data, even if imperfect, is important to combat slavery

• SPOTLIGHT: Trafficking and modern day slavery

Foreign "land grabs" redraw global map of farmland ownership

 

 

 

 

 

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