Europe was the hardest-hit region, seeing announcements drop by 74.0% year-over-year, and 57.0% month-over-month.
The South was the hardest hit region as overall starts fell by more than a fifth in May.
The worst hit region is sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly four million children have lost one or both parents to Aids since 2000.
The WHO has launched its first ever global alert because of the disease which has created panic in much of Asia, the worst-hit region.
Droughts are common in Turkana, the hardest-hit region in the nation.
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The north west of England has been the worst hit region so far, with the Stanlow Shell Oil Refinery at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire blockaded since Thursday night.
Fars News Agency said it was the largest earthquake to hit the region in at least 40 years.
Fars News Agency reported that it was the largest earthquake to hit the region in at least 40 years.
The quake comes just days after an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude hit the region, sending tremors in New Delhi.
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Schools in the county had to be closed earlier in the week as the first snow hit the region.
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All told, an estimated 10 tornadoes hit the region, said Mark Wiley, an emergency-response meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The Cold Spring Harbor district used its built-in snow days after Superstorm Sandy hit the region Oct. 29, she said.
The snow is expected to hit the region at about midnight, with Devon the most likely area to be affected.
Seven months after the financial crisis hit the region, pain is spreading but not turmoil, nor is economic stability being lost.
One farmer in Upper Teesdale said he feared he could lose his entire flock of sheep as poor weather conditions continue to hit the region.
Katrina hit a region of the country that is home to not only millions of people, but also to thousands of businesses, many of which will be cleaning up for months.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that more than a week after Hurricane Katrina hit the region health officials still don't know if the water contains toxic chemicals.
"We are considering the proposed voluntary amendment as the best path to get Unit 2 safely up and running before the hottest months of the year hit our region, " SCE President Ron Litzinger said in a statement.
And while oysters regionwide remained 17% below 2007-09 figures, the company says that the flooding that hit the region in 2011 has been blamed for some of that downturn, again by dumping more fresh water into the coastal estuaries.
This would be the worst storm to hit the Northeast region since, well, maybe ever.
Six tornadoes have already hit the Bundaberg region, tearing off roofs and injuring 17 people.
Also, the region hit by the earthquake and tsunami tend to have below-average holdings of Brazilian debt.
Widespread cellphone service outages across the region hit by Sandy, with some carriers performing better than others depending on the location, are giving those debates new urgency.
The serenity of the temples and gardens of Hiraizumi stands in poignant contrast with the deep wounds of a region hit hard by the earthquake of 11 March 2011.
Emergency officials in New Jersey said they were monitoring a coastal storm, expected to bring lashing rain, wind, snow and possibly coastal flooding to the region hit by super-storm Sandy in October.
The project will test whether a dollop of government stimulus can make an impact in a region hit hard by the housing crisis and where more than half the home sales are foreclosures.
Sandy hit the Northeast region, which typically accounts for 25 to 30 percent of all auto sales in the United States, during the last few selling days of the month when sales are typically strongest.
The government had reports of six Australians so far missing in the region hit by the waves, but Downer said there were fears were held for nationals vacationing in Sri Lanka, particularly the resorts region of Galle.
The region was hit hard last year by a slumping housing market and a high unemployment rate.
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