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SEE ALSO: Cats; Charity; Swearing
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SEE ALSO: Beggars; Charity
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Oct 2004Number of its international workers that Doctors Without Borders has lost to political violence in its 34-year history : 8
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Doctors Without Borders (N.Y.C.)

Oct 2004Number of them killed in Afghanistan in June : 3
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Doctors Without Borders (N.Y.C.)

Aug 2003Rank of Detroit among major U.S. cities whose residents give the largest portion of their income to charity: 1
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Washington)

Feb 2003Minimum number of yachts that were donated to U.S. charities in 2001: 527
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Harper's research

Jul 2001Percentage of Americans who would allow "churches and other houses of worship" to seek federal funds for charitable work: 75
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The Pew Research Center (Washington)

Jul 2001Percentage who would allow "Muslim mosques" to seek federal funds for charitable work: 38
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The Pew Research Center (Washington)

Apr 2001Percentage change since then in the average amount per member these churches allocated to charitable work: +10
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Empty Tomb, Inc. (Champaign, Ill.)

Apr 2000Factor by which combined U.S. individual charitable donations in 1998 exceeded those of foundations and corporations: 6
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Ann E. Kaplan, Ed., Giving USA, American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel Trust for Philanthropy (Sewickley, Pa.)

Dec 1998Number of Harvard fellowships endowed by members of Osama bin Laden's family since 1992: 2
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Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)

January 4, 2005Sandra Bullock gave $1 million to charity,
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News 8 Austin

October 20, 2004Margaret Hassan, the local director of CARE International, was kidnapped and later appeared on television begging for her life.
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Associated Press

May 26, 2004Doctors in Kentucky, who have been practicing face transplants on dead bodies, asked for permission to give a living person a new face.
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BBC

April 1, 2004George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist, was splattered with mayonnaise by Ukrainian militants.
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Guardian

January 21, 2004The Salvation Army received a $1.5 billion donation.
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New York Times

October 27, 2003 Charitable giving was down.
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New York Times

July 18, 2003A woman from Delaware shipped 200 air-conditioning units to American soldiers in Iraq.
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Ananova

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