But getting the right kind of help is not so easy, partly because food is not a one-solution-fits-all problem and partly because some of the help needed now risks making matters worse in the long run.

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They almost certainly won't be as profitable for as long as they were in the early part of the decade, but they are delivering much-needed help now.

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For instance, when I first became disabled I couldn't even ring an alarm bell if I needed help but now I can operate many items of equipment in my home.

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And on the proposal for a permanent African peacekeeping force, Mr Mbeki said what was now needed was a firm G8 decision to help with resources and logistics.

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Some attention is already being given here to longer-lasting shelter for the refugees - beyond the tents they are being housed in for now and to what will be needed to help them become more self-reliant.

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Those neurons in the frontal cortex that we needed in the initial stages are now freed up to help in learning something else, and the area goes back to its normal size.

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"The board needs also to consider between now and the publication of the report how they can help Andrew Morgan to make the changes needed, " Mrs Coffey said.

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