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Punjab cops clueless about missing Pakistani prisoner
(Cached)
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3.9.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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[indiatogether :: Paramilitary Forces]
[pwdc :: All-States]
[pwdc :: All]
[TOM :: All-States]
[TOM :: All]
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Exodus to Iran feared
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3.9.2010 |
Hindu: News |
| The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday warned that the deteriorating condition of the flood-affected people in Balochistan could force them to move into Iran's Sistan... |
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[arghyam :: Floods2009]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[basavapatna :: Any Refugee Term]
[basavapatna :: Refugees]
[tushargupta101 :: Floods2009]
[fredericknoronha :: United Nations]
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Flood victims' resentment hurting aid effort: ICRC
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2.9.2010 |
DAWN |
| GENEVA: Growing resentment among Pakistan flood victims on the pace of aid delivery is hampering the relief effort, the international Red Cross warned Thursday, saying it had to halt two distributions recently due to unrest.
“What we are detecting is a very worrying trend of areas where ... people are so in need, so resentful of not getting enough aid, that they turn understandably aggressive and this is bad because it doesn't help in our efforts to reach more of them,” said Jacques de Maio, the head of operations for South Asia for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
He pointed out that in two instances in the past eight days, officials had to stop distribution of relief items “because of unrest.”
”We are worried because if this ... |
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World Bank, IMF step up aid to Pakistan
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2.9.2010 |
DAWN |
| WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Thursday raised flood aid to Pakistan to one billion dollars while the IMF approved 450 million dollars in emergency financing to help the nation cope with its worst-ever humanitarian disaster.
The World Bank would “raise its flood-related support in the current fiscal year to one billion dollars from 900 million dollars,” the bank's president Robert Zoellick told Pakistan Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh, a statement said.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn announced separately that the fund “will provide around 450 million dollars in immediate emergency financing” to Pakistan to help it manage the aftermath of the massive and devastating floods.
The unprecedented floods have engulfed an area the size of England, ... |
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[newstrust :: Regulation]
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UN concerned at slowing of funds for Pakistani flood victims
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2.9.2010 |
Hindu: International |
| The United Nations said on Thursday that international funding for Pakistan’s flood victims was ebbing, jeopardizing emergency relief efforts to help more than 18 million people.&ldquo... |
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[tushargupta101 :: Floods2009]
[peacock :: Banned Organizations]
[fredericknoronha :: United Nations]
[basavapatna :: Any Refugee Term]
[basavapatna :: Refugees]
[arghyam :: Floods2009]
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UN concerned at slowing of funds for Pakistani flood victims - Summary
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2.9.2010 |
Earth Times |
| UN concerned at slowing of funds for Pakistani flood victims - Summary |
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Punjab police clueless about Pakistani prisoner's disappearance
(Cached)
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1.9.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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[fredericknoronha :: IANS]
[rose_skyzen :: Cine World]
[TOM :: All-States]
[pwdc :: All-States]
[indiatogether :: Paramilitary Forces]
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Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods
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1.9.2010 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods |
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[flenvcenter :: Refugees]
[newstrust :: aid]
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Afghan refugees hit by Pakistani floods forced to start over yet again
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1.9.2010 |
Star Tribune: World |
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[flenvcenter :: Non-Motorized Recreation]
[newstrust :: aid]
[flenvcenter :: Refugees]
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Mexico confirms 2nd migrant — a Honduran — survived massacre of 72
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1.9.2010 |
Star Tribune: World |
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[newstrust :: Poverty]
[nwct :: Healthcare_US]
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Pakistan: Postcards From Hell
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1.9.2010 |
NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed |
| By Rezwan Farrukh Zafar visited some flood effected areas in Sindh, Pakistan and posted some pictures depicting the miserable state of the flood refugees in a relief camp. |
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Pitching in
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1.9.2010 |
BBC South Asia |
| Celebrities join in to help Pakistan flood victims |
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[rose_skyzen :: Tele World]
[basavapatna :: Any Refugee Term]
[basavapatna :: Refugees]
[tushargupta101 :: Floods2009]
[arghyam :: Floods2009]
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Lahore: Several injured in Youm-e-Ali procession blast
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1.9.2010 |
A Pakistan News |
| Several persons have been injured in a low intensity blast occurred near Karbala Gamay Shah when Youm-e-Ali procession was concluding there. The blast was occurred just few minutes after Iftar time. According to police, it was not a suicide blast. |
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[newstrust :: Taliban]
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MI6 worker's body 'locked in bag'
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1.9.2010 |
BBC: World |
| The body of an MI6 employee found dead at his flat was padlocked into a sports bag, an inquest is told. |
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Clegg issues Pakistan aid warning
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1.9.2010 |
BBC: Front Page |
| Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warns Pakistan will need aid for years to come during a visit to the flood-hit country. |
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Opinion: The answer to water shortages: ship it here
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1.9.2010 |
San Jose Mercury News: Opinion |
| In the time it takes to read this article, 16 children will have died from water-related diseases. According to the United Nations, they are among the one-third of people on Earth who do not have adequate sanitation, or the one in five who lack access to clean drinking water. |
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[newstrust :: Climate change]
[newstrust :: United Nations on Climate]
[newstrust :: Floods n Droughts]
[newstrust :: Disease]
[newstrust :: Trade]
[demo :: Climate change]
[demo :: Floods n Droughts]
[demo :: Disease]
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Body recovered after sea search
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1.9.2010 |
BBC: Front Page |
| Coastguard teams searching for a missing woman near the Britannia Bridge off Anglesey say they have recovered a body. |
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[irge304 :: Biodiversity]
[chintan :: Landfills]
[irge304 :: Landfills]
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Desperate flood refugee gives birth in vast Muslim graveyard in southern Pakistan
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1.9.2010 |
Star Tribune: World |
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[flenvcenter :: Refugees]
[newstrust :: aid]
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Pakistani prisoner disappears from Punjab jail
(Cached)
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1.9.2010 |
New Kerala: World News |
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[fredericknoronha :: IANS]
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Analysis: Mideast talks? Deja vu, anyone?
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31.8.2010 |
MSNBC |
| Analysis: Mideast talks? Deja vu, anyone? |
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[newstrust :: Greater Middle East]
[newstrust :: Hamas]
[newstrust :: Negotiations]
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