The International Organization for Migration says shelter, food and employment remain the most pressing needs of most of the more than 1.5 million people displaced by the bombing.
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This creates a huge bill for the service at a time when it is having trouble finding money formorepressingneeds.
Since development programs are keyed to future threats that may not materialize as currently anticipated, their use as bill-payers formorepressingneeds can be readily justified in a period of diminished danger.