For many kids who are threatened by disease, natural disasters and war in places like Somalia, Bangladesh, Myanmar and too many other developing countries, this spare change has meant the difference between thriving and merely surviving, health and illness, even life and death.

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Clearly at the top of the hierarchy of guilty landscapes we would find extermination camps, war zones, battlefields and sites of major disasters.

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Outfits such as the International Crisis Group and Global Witness publish detailed and opinionated reports from places beset by war or other disasters.

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President GEORGE W. BUSH: It is important for Americans to know that we have enough guard forces to win the war on terror, to respond to natural disasters, and to help secure our border.

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Soldiers must endure heavy physical demands, from boot camp and basic training to the rigors of duty, which can include not just war but aiding in natural disasters like hurricane Sandy.

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When comparisons are made with the earthquake of 1923 that leveled most of Tokyo, and the disaster of the Second World War that left most Japanese cities leveled this exuberance is rational, as the disasters changed economic fundaments, especially policy.

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