"That is an astounding number given that we know how to prevent tobacco-attributable death and disease, " says Dr. Sarah England, the World Health Organization's ( WHO) Tobacco Free Initiative Officer in China.

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Techies behind the efforts say programming know-how is going to be important in a growing number of professions and that those who have the skills should give back.

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Though the information the search engine provides on the cameras themselves is typically little more than an IP address and a camera name or model number, Google still provides those who know how to ask with extensive lists of IP cameras and Web-enabled surveillance systems throughout the world.

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Total said it was "encouraged" by the amount of feedback from workers involved, but would not know how many had reapplied for their jobs until the end of the week because of the number of sub-contractors on the site.

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