And Pavarotti also raised money for children in war-torn countries by performing with fellow celebrities like the Spice Girls.

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For almost two decades now, Women For Women has gone into war-torn countries with one goal in mind: empower women.

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The hospital had finished trauma drills before with mannequins, and several of the doctors, including Dr. Velmahos, have worked in war-torn countries.

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Unocal studied the problem extensively and concluded that, with the exception of Colombia, rebels in war-torn countries don't destroy key elements of the economic infrastructure.

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Unocal studied the problem extensively and concluded that, with the exception of Colombia, rebels in war-torn countries rarely destroy key elements of the economic infrastructure.

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In 2007, he founded The Tiziano Project, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit which teaches communities in struggling or war-torn countries how to report and photograph their own stories.

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On September 8th the Bank agreed that countries could qualify as long as they have economic reform programmes in place by 2000, two years after the original deadline, so that war-torn countries such as Congo, Angola and Sudan might benefit.

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The organization operates a one-year program for women in countries where war has torn apart lives and brought about social exclusion.

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