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September 25, 2005
What the news and the movies leave out: Behind the scenes of disaster aid

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

The hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast and the tsunami that ravaged southeast Asia was the stuff one expects to see in overblown movies, not on the nightly news. Peter Walker, PhD, director of the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts' Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, critically assesses what the movies skip over: the behind the scenes workings of disaster relief. The insight he offers will be helpful in the months to come as the Gulf Coast begins to rebuild. Read more from this post.
Posted on September 25, 2005 09:49 PM



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