Charity News from Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003The Humane Society of the United States Offers Reward for Information in Sparks, Nevada Puppy KillingThe Humane Society of the United States | The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who savagely beat to death a seven month old puppy in Sparks, Nevada last month. Good News for Childhood Leukemia Survivors St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (ALSAC) | A new study from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital indicates that survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia who have not received radiation treatment have virtually the same long-term life experiences as the general population. Trade: US-EU Farm Deal Is No Breakthrough Oxfam-America | The world's two subsidy superpowers, the European Union and the United States, concluded today a bilateral agreement on agriculture which will do little to advance reforms at next month's World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico says Oxfam. Emergency Water Equipment En Route to Liberia Oxfam-America | International agency Oxfam will fly a plane with $144,000 US worth of desperately-needed emergency aid supplies from London to Liberia at 9pm GMT, to arrive in the capital Monrovia on Wednesday morning.
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