Professor EDWARD BLAKELY (University of Sydney): Well, a lot of wisdom and that is how to organize the bureaucracy to respond to a disaster or a catastrophe of this scale.

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"Hopefully the security will come right for India but if everybody pulls out of the IPL then it would be a disaster, a catastrophe, and world cricket would really be on a down, " added Pietersen.

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They grabbed the attention of world leaders who suddenly realized, you know, this isn't just another disaster, this is a massive catastrophe happening right before our eyes and something needs to be done about it.

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Interactive mapShe is one of 23 million Africans who are living with HIV and Aids, just one young life in a disaster which has been called the greatest catastrophe to hit the African continent since slavery.

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Given the time it would take to clear up any disaster, he says, Brazil may block BP or delay the offshore drilling as they are eager to avoid any catastrophe in 2014 and 2016 when the nation will be in the world spotlight for the FIFA World Cup and the summer Olympics.

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