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Nations Discuss Steps to Improve Response to Disasters

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The United Nations estimates that countries in Asia account for some 80 percent of the world’s disaster events, such as typhoons, earthquakes and heat waves. As nations try to better plan for responding to and recovering from disasters, the United Nations has convened a gathering of some 40 countries in Bangkok to discuss how to ensure that human and economic losses are kept to a minimum. Over 2,500 delegates from more than 40 countries are attending the four day conference on...

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