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William Shawcross

British Writer

Born: May 28, 1946

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It is so basic as to be mundane, but in disaster relief, all the good will in the world can go to hell in a hand basket if the logistics don't work. In Ethiopia at the best of times, the logistics are difficult. It is a huge country - about the same size as Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma combined. It is also a transportation nightmare. William Shawcross

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A few weeks before the jubilee began in 2002, Queen Elizabeth died, and the public outpouring of grief and affection, with hundreds of thousands of people queuing for hours to pass by her coffin, showed how widely and deeply loved she was. William Shawcross

Grief People Queen Affection Before Few Hundreds Hundreds Of Thousands Thousands Thousands Of People Outpouring Weeks Hours Jubilee She Pass How Began Died Loved Public Deeply Her Coffin Widely Elizabeth

Writing or talking about famine and the world's response to it is not very easy. William Shawcross

Writing World Response Easy About Talking Very Famine

Charities should not become the junior partner in the welfare state; whether or not they provide services funded by Government or, indeed, receive grants from Government, they must remain independent and focused on their mission. William Shawcross

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