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High child mortality in oil-rich Timor - 29 Nov 09

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East Timor sits on an oil-mine of wealth worth billions of dollars, yet the country is still one of the poorest in Asia. It suffers from shockingly high rates of child mortality and is struggling to contain the spread of the HIV virus. As Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from the capital Dili, the situation could drastically worsen unless measures are taken to improve nutrition, sanitation and access to clean water.

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  • such an inteligent comment

  • I'm white and i'm not wealthy, after having lost four jobs since last November. My mother lives off of grants from the church, and we live in the United States. Who's rich? You?

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  • Nice video..very interesting thanks for sharing,..god bless :)

  • OMG, better send the memo to OBAMA. Didnt you know govt funded healthcare saves everything!

  • They have alot of kids b/c they are catholic. No forms of contraception. A kind of "every sperm is sacred" type of ideal.

  • You don't have any heat, and yet you have a computer and internet access? Priorities?

  • That's sad. I don't have any heat in my apartment here in Columbia, South Carolina. The county (Richland, ironically) next to its neighbor Lexington have around 70% of the states homeless. I have gone without food, which is insane considering there are fat pigs, stuffing their faces in restaurants down the road. If they only knew the road ahead, they would be saving as much as they can, especially with the holiday season. I can't believe people spend money on it, anyway.

  • Compared to people from East Timor, you're rich.

  • Why have so many children!!?!?

  • Why is it that us Whites are always wealthy and rich and well fed while others suffer its terrible and Sick something should be done soon befor we are all judged by God

  • LOL you are right, they should stop reproducing like fuckin rats.

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