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the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission's relevant country-specific configuration said today.
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Already facing limited access to health care, pregnant women are also at a higher risk of malaria infection as pregnancy reduces the body's ability to fight disease. Once infection occurs, malaria increases the chance of death or illness for both the mother and child.
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Noting that the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the Peacebuilding Commission adopted the Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding on 1 October 2008, that the Commission and the Government agreed to track progress towards the implementation of the commitments in the Strategic Framework through a regular review process,
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The United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty has granted Chad $19.5 million to finance a water project for nomadic herders in the arid sub-Saharan Sahel region.
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The leading United Nations official in Iraq today strongly condemned the assassination of a female candidate in the northern city of Mosul ahead of the start of the electoral campaign for the 7 March general elections.
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NAIROBI, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - A bomb explosion was the last thing Abdiqani Sheikh Omar, 26, expected on his graduation day, after six years of studying medicine at Somalia's Benadir University in the capital,
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PORT-AU-PRINCE — Près d'un mois après le tremblement de terre, les équipes hospitalières déployées en urgence à Port-au-Prince voient arriver une nouvelle vague de blessés, plus classiques,
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Dr. Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan, and Dr. Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President, had an official meeting in Tokyo on February 8, 2010. They discussed the Middle East Peace Process and the relationship between Japan and the Palestinian National Authority.
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KHARTOUM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Chadian President Idriss Deby on Monday began a rare visit to Sudan, part of a rapprochement aimed at ending a proxy war between the two African neighbours.
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P-au-P, 6 fevrier 2010 [AlterPresse] --- L`ex-président américain, William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton, a effectué hier vendredi 5 février 2010, une courte visite dans le pays au cours de laquelle il s`est entretenu avec le président haïtien,
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AMSTERDAM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Palestinian Authority officials will present more arguments in March urging the International Criminal Court to investigate possible war crimes during the Israeli offensive in Palestinian-ruled Gaze,
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une cinquantaine d'enquêteurs sont déployés dans 10 communes des départements de l'Ouest et du Sud-est. Ils doivent interroger, sur 119 sites, des ménages, des groupes de représentants de familles et des autorités locales notamment sur leurs conditions de sécurité alimentaire et leurs moyens d'existence.
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After two decades, the ramshackle scrap-wood hut here that Cynthia Maung turned into a temporary clinic for destitute refugees is still in use.
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The Thai military on Saturday warned Karen refugees at Tha Song Yang not to speak to the media or the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR––or risk arrest and deportation.
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Il a également livré environ 1900 kilos de fournitures médicales. L'ancien président a également rencontré des hauts dirigeants des Nations Unies, et des femmes leaders pour répondre à leurs questions et écouter leurs préoccupations.
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MAE SARIANG, Thailand -- Saw Phad Klo spent a week trekking through the jungles of Burma's Karen State with his wife and children. Like many others who take similar journeys, they weren't sure where they were going but knew they had to leave and find a new place to live.
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CONAKRY — Guinea's interim president has named a union leader to head a council charged with managing a transition from military to civilian rule, a decree read on state radio and television said Monday.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE — The struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback Monday as the UN halted deliveries to some 10,000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation.
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All 4 types of vaccines which are planned to be supplied in the countries of Western Pacific Region are already prequalified.
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HARARE — "No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms, backyards and plots across Harare.
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Farmers, pastoralists and fisher-folk from Mali, Benin, Senegal and Burkina Faso will have their say on the future of food and agriculture research during two forthcoming citizens' juries, which have been welcomed by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
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For families fleeing the war in northern Yemen, options are shrinking. The capital Sanaa hosts more than 10,000 displaced people, and most live packed into dirty stone rooms without enough food, water or medical care.
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In recent years, the rise of the militant al-Shabab group in Somalia, an al-Qaida ally fighting to implement its ultraconservative version of Islam in the Horn of Africa, has been accompanied by suicide and roadside bombings that have horrified Somalis,
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Divisions have rocked the European Union about whether to renew targeted measures against Robert Mugabe and his regime cronies or heed Morgan Tsvangirai's plea to end them to try and coax the geriatric Zimbabwean leader into fulfilling outstanding issues in the Global Political Agreement which ushered in Zimbabwe's unity government early last year.
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Five years after Katrina devastated their city, New Orleanians are putting their knowledge and experience to use in Haiti.
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Civil Rights Defenders, Front Line, and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations called on the government to ensure a safe working environment for human rights organizations in Chechnya, as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised in January 2010.
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DAKAR, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Tensions following clashes in N'kérékoré, southeastern Guinea, are hampering the movement of some humanitarian workers and supplies, according to the UN.
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Direct Relief staff in Haiti received this week more than 16 tons of medical material aid, which will be managed and allocated to partners through Direct Relief's secure warehouse outside Port-au-Prince.
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- Opportunities to grieve, a new routine and access to basics critical for families to recover from loss,
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The final batch of the nearly 3,000 child soldiers who served in the Maoist army during Nepal's decade-long civil war have been discharged and re-entered civilian life today, in a move hailed by United Nations officials as a milestone in the country's peace process.
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Salvation Army and Alumni Relations department at McGill University, present two benefit concerts for Haiti relief.
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According to the USAID/DART, communities in Artibonite Department reported few emergency needs other than transitional shelter assistance, instead noting longer-term concerns regarding the strain of population inflows on resources and livelihoods.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's ex-rebels called for militias loyal to their former foe President Laurent Gbagbo to be disarmed, a statement on their website said on Monday.
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SANAA/DUBAI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called for a regional Muslim holy war and a blockade of the Red Sea to cut off U.S. shipments to Israel, a further sign of the group's ambitions to mount new strikes outside its base.
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Human Rights Watch, WITNESS, and the Endorois' lawyers said today. The Commission ruled on February 4, 2010 that the Endorois' eviction from their traditional land for tourism development violated their human rights.
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while also taking into consideration General Assembly resolution 62/179, entitled "New Partnership for Africa's Development: progress in implementation and international support". The present report reviews the state of progress in the implementation of NEPAD as well as its social dimensions within the context of the converging global food and energy crises,
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The top United Nations political official will arrive in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) tomorrow for talks with senior Government officials after wrapping up meetings in Beijing and Seoul.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The United Nations has offered to take a lead role in educating hundreds of former Nigerian rebels and providing graduates with job opportunities in the Niger Delta,
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As a relatively young discipline, the field of conflict management is still struggling to determine the best way to define goals and objectives, to measure impact, to articulate theories of change that describe why a particular program will lead to its expected outcome,
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The spread of cholera to 2,000 people in Papua New Guinea has highlighted the urgent need for additional support to tackle the root causes of the outbreak, international aid agency Oxfam said today.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Landina Seignon's arm had been removed an inch below her shoulder. Like most performed in the week after the earthquake, hers was a "guillotine amputation" -- a straight cut through flesh and bone that left little cushion for an artificial arm.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Haiti's criminal justice system was brought to a standstill by last month's earthquake, which leveled the capital city's courthouse. But crime did not stop, and that has left police commanders with jail cells full of frustrated inmates who have not been given a chance to go before a judge.
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La ministre a également rappelé aux Canadiennes et aux Canadiens qu'il ne leur restait que quelques jours pour faire un don à des organisations admissibles à une contribution équivalente du gouvernement.
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8 février 2010, Rome/Port-au-Prince – En Haïti, la FAO vient de lancer un programme de soutien dans l'urgence à 600 personnes pour le déblayage des canaux d'irrigation dans et autour de l'épicentre du tremblement de terre du 12 janvier dernier,
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essentiellement des volontaires de la Croix-Rouge haïtienne. Elle compte toucher au moins 80 pour 100 du nombre total des personnes ciblées.
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- Selon le personnel de la Banque qui avait participé aux opérations de redressement en Indonésie après le tsunami, l'effort de reconstruction doit s'appuyer sur un plan initié par le gouvernement et à base communautaire.
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Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Kim Bolduc, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator, Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative for UNDP,
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Il aura pour objectif de réduire la vulnérabilité et la pauvreté aussi bien dans les zones pastorales qu'agropastorales.
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16,281 hectáreas de cultivos perdidos y 56,855 hectáreas afectadas, de acuedo s reportes del Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil – INDECI en los departamentos de Cusco, Puno, Apurímac, Huancavelica,
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 8 February 2010 – On a dusty, hot day here in the Haitian capital late last week, UNICEF's new logistics hub was buzzing. Fifty people were loading trucks with hygiene kits for immediate dispatch to quake-stricken communities in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel.
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His team arrived in Port-au-Prince one day after the 12 January earthquake, setting up a field hospital – complete with surgical suite – on the grounds of the Laboratoire National de Santé Publique.
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El viaje se realiza a partir de un acuerdo de cooperación en desastres entre la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) y la Comisión de Cascos Blancos de Argentina.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in London early on Thursday morning, 27 January.
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Si bien no originaron pérdidas humanas ni materiales, las precipitaciones han causado aniegos en poblados de Tumbes,
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is reiterating his appeal to all parties in Sri Lanka and their supporters to show restraint and refrain from violence after the reported arrest of the defeated opposition presidential candidate.
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Puerto Príncipe, 8 feb (AIN) Los servicios de rehabilitación y fisiatría, tercer escalón en el proyecto de la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) que apoya al sufrido pueblo haitiano,
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El DAPARD en convenio con Acción Social, implementaron en las últimas semanas 430 proyectos productivos con familias desplazadas del Urabá, Bajo Cauca y Oriente antioqueño por valor de $1.180.000.000.
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private sector representatives and other donors. These meetings enabled a rich exchange of views and engaging in a free and open dialogue, quite unique in the Middle East and North Africa Region.The consultations report,
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In my capacity as President of the Security Council, I am forwarding to you a letter dated 11 January 2010, from the Chairman of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict established by Security Council resolution 1612 (2005),
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In my capacity as President of the Security Council, I am forwarding to you a letter dated 11 January 2010 from the Chairman of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict established by Security Council resolution 1612 (2005),
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The arrest of retired General Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka's former Chief of Army Staff and opposition political candidate in Sri Lanka's recently held Presidential Election, escalates post-election repression,
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We are now in the tail of the out break and number of reported cases weekly is around one case/province/week. It is of vital importantance to collect blood samples as well as carefully complete the case investigation form for every case.
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During the first week of 2010, only 5 AFP cases were reported from all 19 DoHs. The AFP rate of 2 per 100,000 for population under 15 years of age (Fig 1) has been attained for the country as a whole and another 4 DoHs.
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The identities of the perpetrators who stand behind these crimes and their motivations have remained unknown. Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights condemns these attacks and demands that Gaza Government act upon its legal obligations by pursuing the perpetrators and prosecuting them.
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A revised Flash Appeal for Haiti is being prepared and will be launched on 17 February. Under the revised Flash Appeal, health cluster activities will focus on:
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UNMIS Spokesperson, Ashraf Eissa: We are very pleased today to launch our new series of Spokesperson's Briefings with a very special guest coming from New York, Mr. Maxwell Kerley, who is the head of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) currently visiting the country.
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ZIGUINCHOR, 8 février 2010 (IRIN) - Le village de Baraf, dans la région de la Casamance au Sénégal, ne compte plus aucun habitant, à l'exception d'un groupe de séparatistes armés – et de la famille Goudiaby.
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The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) was represented by its Presidential Affairs Minister, Dr. Luka Biong Deng.
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8 février 2010 – Une nouvelle estimation du Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population (FNUAP) évalue à 8.000 le nombre de femmes violées l'année dernière par des combattants dans l'est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC),
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in order to avoid giving the "impression of a double standard level of justice". Last Wednesday, the appeals section of the ICC asked judges to "reconsider" the possibility of inserting the possibility of inserting the genocide accusation in the arrest warrant issued against the Sudanese president in March 2009.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Western-backed Palestinian Authority said on Monday it would hold local elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on July 17.
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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — Afghan men, women and children fearing imminent fighting between the Taliban and US troops, loaded up trucks on Monday and streamed out of one of the world's main sources of heroin.
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BAGHDAD, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A ban on election candidates accused of links with Saddam Hussein's Baath party threatens to drag Iraq into civil war, a former prime minister and head of a group seen as a strong contender in the polls said on Monday.
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On 2 February the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Richard Bennett met with the newly appointed Chairperson of the National Dalit Commission Bijul Bishowkarma Dulal and the members of the Commission.
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Addis Ababa, February 8, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - Finance and Economic Development Bureau of the Oromia State underscored importance of stakeholders' continued assistance toward the success of the food security program of the nation.
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• As of 28 January 2010, 64% of the revised requested amount for the HAP 2009 has been received. The major donors include: United States, ECHO, United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, Belgium,
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• Main causes: chronic instability, remnants of the Ituri Conflict, attacks against civilians by the LRA.
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Il fait ainsi partie de la première vague de rébellion armée qui a sévit au Niger à partir des années 1990 et a touché notamment les zones de l'Aïr et de l'Azawak, impliquant principalement les communautés Touarègues.
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• Main causes: chronic instability, recurrent waves of fighting, human rights abuses by belligerent parties.
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traités et conventions sur les droits humains, souligner l'approche droits humains en matière d'accès à la santé, à l'éducation, à la liberté d'expression et d'opinion, c'est cela la promotion des droits humains.
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Il est confronté du même coup à la question de sa réinsertion sociale. L'on comprend dès lors la joie d'Aboubacar Malam Kourna lorsqu'il brandit son carnet de santé avec ces mots : « « Je suis totalement guéri et je me sens bien à présent.
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Today, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued a decision declining to confirm the charges in the case of The Prosecutor v. Bahar Idriss Abu Garda.
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Bidding farewell to the media on 7 February in Khartoum, outgoing Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi called 2010 a crucial year for Sudan and commended the country on developments.
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QAWRA, Malta, 8 February -- The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean will convene the International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace at the Dolmen Hotel in Qawra,
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Namibe – The Programme of Essential Medicines in Namibe distributed in 2009, over 278 several kits of medicines to 75 different health units in the whole province.
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BOGOTA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake.
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JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - More than a dozen people were injured when Israeli police confronted Palestinian protesters in a refugee camp at the edge of Jerusalem on Monday, violence stoked by rising tensions over a stalemate in peace talks.
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BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a car killed a man in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, the Baghdad security spokesman's office said.
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MOGADISHU, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An exchange of mortar shells between Somali government forces and rebels killed at least nine civilians and injured 14 others, a human rights group said on Monday.
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DAKAR, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - The emergency aid industry has improved but must try harder, according to the broadest ever assessment of its performance.
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JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A Palestinian refugee camp on the edge of Jerusalem erupted in violence on Monday after Israeli police carried out a raid to arrest tax evaders and Palestinians responded by throwing stones.
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On the 6th of February 2010, Medecins du Monde – France (MdM-F) and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) organized a marathon for fathers and children in Burin village, South of Nablus.
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Henriette Diabaté, ont discuté lundi à Abidjan, du processus électoral et de la situation actuelle dans le pays.
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Four times a month, recent school leaver Ajebush Wakalto sets off on a two-hour trek from her village in southern Ethiopia. Her destination is the nearest health centre, where her mission is to pick up as many vaccines as she can carry back home.
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whose combined effort in this exercise makes me deeply proud of our organisation; and everyone gathered here.
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Assistant Minister for Agriculture Kareke Mbiuki said this in Maara District, in Imenti South Constituency during a farmer's field day. He further disclosed that Mitunguu Irrigation scheme in Imenti South district is to be expanded at a cost of Kshs.
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so that elections can be conducted in a credible manner with the assistance of the international community, leading to an outcome acceptable to the Iraqi people.
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C'est ce qu'a déclaré l'évêque de Kilwa Kasenga, Monseigneur Fulgence Muteba, à l'issue de la restitution des travaux du dernier synode des évêques tenu le week-end dernier à Kipushi, rapporte radiookapi.
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compte en son sein notamment un représentant de la société civile et du bureau conjoint des droits de l'Homme de la Monuc, rapporte radiookapi.
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d'après un sondage-éclair mené par Oxfam international. Si de nouveaux camps organisés s'ouvrent proche de leur ancien lieu de résidence, cette proportion grimpe à près de 75 % des répondants.
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fundamentalmente alimentos, agua potable y suministros médicos. El "Papanlapou", primero de los buques que ha arribado a Puerto Príncipe, lleva en sus bodegas 2.000 toneladas de arroz, alubias,
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GAZA, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Hassan al-Err, aged 67, and his seven-member family are moving into a mud house built by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, because other building materials are not available.
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NAIROBI, Feb 8 (Reuters) - At least 17,000 illegal migrants from the Horn of Africa leave their countries for South Africa annually, most of them transiting through Kenya, a top U.N. official said on Monday.
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the net emergency food requirement for 2010 amounts to $231 million, including $187.7 million for general food rations (246,771 MT) and $43.5 million for targeted supplementary food (43,500 MT).
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¿La reunión de los alcaldes cusqueños, usted y el primer ministro ha sido altamente positiva o positiva,
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Varios pueblos de la provincia de Lambayeque resultaron inundados por una lluvia de más de 25 horas de duración y que se inició el sábado, informó el corresponsal de El Comercio en Chiclayo, Wilfredo Sandoval.
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Las intensas lluvias terminaron por desbordar el río Huallaga, tal como advirtió un día antes el Senamhi.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, 8 février 2010 (IRIN) - Un appel lancé par le gouvernement haïtien pour demander la réouverture des écoles dans les zones épargnées par le tremblement de terre du 12 janvier est restée sans effet en raison des craintes des parents et de leurs difficultés financières.
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LISAPAT, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Ask anyone in rural Timor-Leste what they want most and the answer is always water.
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KABUL, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Flash floods killed at least 10 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in different parts of Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, on 7 February, according to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS).
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Rome, Port-au-Prince, 8 February 2010 – FAO has started an emergency support scheme for 600 people to quickly clear irrigation canals in and around the epicentre of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti to save beans and maize crops.
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More than 300 journalists and media houses across Sudan will be trained to cover elections by a consortium of six national and international organisations in the lead-up to Sudan's nationwide elections in April 2010.
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Female religious leaders have taken a central role in the fight against AIDS in Somalia. This follows a series of trainings recently conducted by local organizations, with support from UNDP.
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NAIROBI, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Internally displaced people (IDPs) are still being abducted by armed groups for forced labour in several territories in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) even as authorities beef up security in IDP camps,
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transition and recovery. This note, which is not exhaustive, is designed for operational use and does not reflect any official position of the WHO Secretariat.
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PCHR is concerned about such measures, as they aim to expel international witnesses of human rights violations perpetrated by IOF against Palestinian civilians during peaceful protests against the construction of the Annexation Wall and settlement activities in the West Bank.
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The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) is assisting hundreds of people displaced by cattle-related clashes in Uganda, who are camping in open air in Pokot North District. The cattle raid in the neighbouring country occurred at night on 28th January 2010.
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Rome, 04 février 2010 – Le Fonds international de développement agricole (FIDA) a accordé un don de 5,66 millions d'USD à la République d'Haϊti pour améliorer la production agricole dans certaines régions pauvres au Nord Haïti.
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The United Nations has completed its "winterization" programme in two provinces of the southeast region benefiting 5,000 families in all.
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An estimated 600 homes were destroyed and all communications were cut for two days. Tubuai, an island in the Australes, was especially hard-hit. The initial estimate of damage in Tubuai alone is around USD 11M.
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There are about 70,000 IDPs still housed in relief villages. Mr.Fernando stressed they will also be resettled immediately.
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D'après lui, cette situation risque de donner l'impression d'une justice à deux vitesses, rapporte radiookapi.
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KABUL, 8 February 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of civilian families are fleeing parts of Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, ahead of a major military operation by foreign and Afghan forces.[ http://www.
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DAKAR, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - Natural disasters, epidemics and political unrest deal a particularly heavy blow to communities in West and Central Africa, where people live in a "fragile" state daily,
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(Cairo/New York, 8 February 2010): Countries from around the world have responded generously to the humanitarian appeal to assist the people of Haiti following the devastating earthquake, but more funds are needed.
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MOGADISHU, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops in armoured vehicles crossed into two border towns in south central Somalia and seized the family of a man with links to al Shabaab insurgents, residents said on Sunday.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast, Feb 7 (Reuters) - President Laurent Gbagbo has promised Ivory Coast will hold elections this year but after years of missed deadlines, rows and political turmoil, many of his war-weary citizens no longer believe him.
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Throughout December and January, more than 600 families of the Jalriz district in the province of Maidan Wardak received food packages funded by the Italian Government and distributed by UNOPS.
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Aucune confirmation officielle à Port-au-Prince à quelques heures de l'ouverture de cette réunion extraordinaire au cours de laquelle les nations sud-américaines devraientt statuer sur la façon dont elles entendent aider Haïti ; la présence d'au moins six chefs d'Etat,
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but to Haitians it means everything. I have come to take this coincidence as a sign that there was bound to be some kind of unbreakable bond between Haiti and me. And that came to pass.
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The African Union Commission has learnt of the judgment rendered by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), directing the ICC Pre-trial Chamber I to reconsider whether or not the indictment of President Omar Hassan Al Bashir,
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This Humanitarian Update covers the period from 19 January to 3 February 2010. The next Update will be issued on or around 19 February 2010.
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The UN Secretary-General has "missed an opportunity" by failing to make an assessment of the credibility of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into violations during the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel just over a year ago,
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"Today when I walk through Grozny I do not see the rebuilt houses or shops, I still see the dead and the faces of those who killed them." - Elvira Dombaeva,
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On 4 January, Burma's Independence Day, Burmese Senior General Than Shwe announced that plans were under way to conduct elections in Burma this year.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Haitian earthquake survivors protested in a suburb of the wrecked capital on Sunday, accusing a district mayor of corruption and hoarding food aid provided by relief groups,
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Amnesty International reiterated its call on the Sudanese authorities to arrest President Omar al Bashir immediately, after the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague today reversed a ruling that held that there was insufficient evidence to charge the Sudanese President with genocide in Darfur.
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ABIDJAN — L'opposition ivoirienne a prévenu vendredi que l'accord de paix signé en 2007 "n'a jamais été autant menacé", du fait de la crise actuelle autour de la liste électorale,
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- Le 4 Février, il a été décidé en Conseil de Gouvernement que dans la mesure du possible, les Ministères recommenceraient à fonctionner normalement. Cette décision prendra effet la semaine prochaine.
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KATHMANDU — Legal experts have called for international adoption of Nepalese children to be suspended after an investigation uncovered widespread abuse of the system.
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THE Ministry of Health has unearthed seven ghost health centres in Kampala district which made the Government lose over sh6m every month, state minister James Kakooza has said.
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The traditional distinction between natural and man-made disasters is often blurred in reality: people face what has been called "compound crises", characterised by multiple and inter-connected aspects of vulnerability reinforcing each other .
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The first dialogue to explore ways of enhancing the effectiveness of humanitarian response brought together 40 leaders of UN humanitarian organizations, NGOs, the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement, the IOM and World Bank in Geneva,
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BULAWAYO -- South African mediators are expected to meet negotiators from Zimbabwe's squabbling coalition partners on Monday ahead of resumption of talks to resolve a raft of differences and outstanding issues threatening the stability of the Harare unity government.
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JOHANNESBURG –The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal at the weekend said ongoing farm disturbances in Zimbabwe were beyond the regional court's control and that it was up to southern African leaders to deal with the matter.
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PROMOTION ET PROTECTION DE TOUS LES DROITS DE L'HOMME, CIVILS, POLITIQUES, ÉCONOMIQUES, SOCIAUX ET CULTURELS,
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If the new improved camps are established close to where they used to live then the proportion willing to move leaps to nearly three quarters.
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(New York, February 7, 2010) – The growing harshness of attacks by Israeli government officials on nongovernmental organizations poses a real threat to civil society in Israel, Human Rights Watch said today.
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In its resolution 2005/7, the Commission on Human Rights requested the High Commissioner to report on "the issue of Palestinian pregnant women giving birth at Israeli checkpoints owing to denial of access by Israel to hospitals".
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Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva, qui devrait arriver à Port-au-Prince le 25, s'apprête à annoncer un important programme de coopération comprenant notamment la création de 150.
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After March 5 this year, the focus of CARICOM in earthquake ravaged Haiti will shift from relief efforts to recovery interventions and longer term contributions.
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Gala-Nefhi, 7 Febraury 2010 – A water project constructed at the cost of 2 million Nakfa through the collaboration of Central Region Administration and development partners was inaugurated in Adi-Keshi,
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Oli, désormais redevenue dépression tropicale depuis vendredi 23h45, s'éloigne des côtes de Rapa.
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Mengula, 05 February 2010 - A new water reservoir has been constructed in Mengula administrative area, Golij sub-zone, with a view to ensuring drinking water supply to livestock.
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así como con el Distrito Federal para realizar acciones que eviten la presencia de brotes epidémicos en la población afectada por las intensas lluvias de los últimos días.
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However, the Austral Island of Tubuai is the worst hit, with over half of the buildings on the island either damaged or destroyed.
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Cuvelai – At least 770 children with less than five years of age were vaccinated this year against measles, by the Public Health Department in the Cuvelai district, southern Cunene province.
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JUBA, Sudan — South Sudan's former rebels warned on Sunday that leading party members must not contest seats in upcoming elections as independent candidates, and issued a deadline for them to withdraw.
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Guano (Chimborazo).- El Presidente de la República, Rafael Correa, al iniciar su Enlace Ciudadano 158, aseguró que se firmará el decreto que declara el Estado de Emergencia para las provincias de la Sierra Central,
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Qazi further added that in the event of southern succession, the UN Security Council will decide whether to be present in the south.
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JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe's Co-Ministers of Home Affairs have urged thousands of Zimbabweans living in neighbouring South Africa to return home and said police were willing to consider dropping some charges against political activists.
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A federal court in the United States has ordered the son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor to pay more than US$22 million in damages to five people tortured by his paramilitary unit during Liberia's civil war,
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Laurent Maurice, le collaborateur du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge enlevé dans l'est du Tchad le 9 novembre dernier, est libre.
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- Since the earthquake, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and partners have provided emergency food assistance to approximately 1.7 million people in total, including approximately 950,000 people through a 16-site distribution system.
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Les autorités sanitaires de Walikale lancent un SOS au gouvernement provincial et aux organisations caritatives afin d'appuyer sans délai cette structure hospitalière, rapporte radiookapi.
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Hours after officials said the situation appeared to have calmed down, residents of Nzerekore said soldiers were shooting into the air on Sunday afternoon to try to disperse roving mobs of people armed with machetes and knives.
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El 04 de febrero de 2010, a las 20:00 horas aproximadamente, se registraron intensas precipitaciones pluviales ocasionando deslizamientos y desbordes de ríos, causando daños materianes y personales, dichos eventos se detallan a continuación:
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A consecuencia de las intensas precipitaciones pluviales registradas a partir de la primera semana del mes de enero en la Región Puno, se han producido inundaciones que han provocado daños materiales,
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desborde de ríos e inundaciones; los mismos que ocasionaron daños materiales, población damnificada y pérdidas de vidas humanas, dichos eventos se detallan a continuación:
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- El viernes 29 de enero 2010, a las 18:00 horas aproximadamente, a consecuencia de las intensas precipitaciones pluviales, ocasionaron el desborde de los ríos Paque y Huampal afectando viviendas en localidades del distrito de Codo de Pozuzo,
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dichos eventos han causado daños materiales y pérdidas de vidas humanas, que se detallan a continuación:
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The Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive indicated that there were more than 200,000 people dead, 300,000 injuries treated, 250,000 destroyed houses, and 30,000 disrupted businesses as of February 3.
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The three groups are: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)- Revolutionary Faction, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Road Map Group.
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HIGHLIGHTS Southern Sudan - Interagency assessment in Gemeiza, Terekaka – Central Equatoria - pg. 3 - Criminal activity increase in Twic East reported by County Commissioner – Jonglei - pg. 3 - Akobo Peace Conference once again delayed – Jonglei - pg. 3 - Sudan Recovery Fund stabilisation support kicks off in Lakes State - pg. 4 - Lack of essential drugs in State Ministry of Health – Lakes State pg. 4 - The Dinka Malual-Rizeigat Peace Conference held – Unity pg. 5 - SGBV working group established in Western Equatoria pg. 7 Transitional Areas and Eastern Sudan - Returns to Abyei expected to surge - pg. 1 - Persistent food shortages in Blue Nile State – pg. 1
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MUNICH, Feb 7 (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai called on Sunday for a halt to military raids on Afghan villages by the international coalition forces and a complete end to civilian casualties.
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KANDAHAR - Four Afghan policemen were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb on the western outskirts of southern Kandahar city, senior police official Abdul Ahad said. Two civilian passers-by were also wounded in the blast.
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La Coordinación General de Protección Civil de la Secretaría de Gobernación emitió hoy una Declaratoria de Emergencia para cuatro delegaciones del Distrito Federal: Gustavo A. Madero, Iztacalco, Iztapalapa y Venustiano Carranza,
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D'après l'UNFPA, le réchauffement climatique menace d'aggraver la pauvreté et alourdir le sort des communautés vulnérables, notamment avec la sécheresse, la baisse de rendement agricole, les inondations,
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Caracas, 06 Feb. ABN.-La República Bolivariana de Venezuela envió este sábado un total de 14 toneladas -alimentos e insumos- de ayuda humanitaria para Haití, nación que fue afectada el pasado 12 de enero por un sismo que alcanzó una magnitud de 7.
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Puerto Príncipe, 6 feb (AIN) A 24 jornadas de producirse en esta capital el devastador sismo que ocasionó, según versiones gubernamentales unos 212 mil muertos, sigue creciendo la ayuda cubana y del ALBA en la atención a la salud de la población haitiana.
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Ante las emergencias provocadas por las lluvias en diferentes entidades federativas de la República Mexicana, el Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (SINAPROC) ejecuta las siguientes acciones:
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con lo cual tiene acceso a los recursos del Fondo de Desastres Naturales (FONDEN), para la atención de los daños sufridos por lluvia severa.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE — Les efforts se poursuivaient samedi pour résoudre les "embouteillages", reconnus par Bill Clinton, dans la distribution de l'aide internationale en Haïti et le président haïtien René Préval a demandé à sa population de faire preuve de "patience" et de "discipline".
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Si de nouveaux camps organisés s'ouvrent proche de leur ancien lieu de résidence, cette proportion grimpe à près de 75 % des répondants.
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La dépression tropicale forte Oli s'affaiblit et s'évacue au sud-est de RAPA. Elle est passée au plus près de RAPA cette nuit à 01h locale.
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- Gracias al apoyo de cientos de miles de colombianos, empresas y organizaciones gubernamentales y privadas, la Cruz Roja Colombiana cumple su misión humanitaria en Haití.
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ISLAMABAD, 7 February 2010 (IRIN) - On a pavement in Islamabad several men sit with small stands and boxes of the equipment they need to mend shoes. All are from the Bajaur tribal area on the Pakistani-Afghan border,
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TAK, 5 February 2010 (NNT) – The Thai military are preparing to repatriate over 100 Burmese people who fled fighting between state forces and ethnic groups in Myanmar back to their homeland after such wars have long ceased.
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MOSUL - Clashes between gunmen and security guards of a private company left six gunmen and one guard dead and two guards wounded on Saturday in the Taleta district of western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad,
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KILLINOCHCHI: The FSD de- mining Team recovered thirty(30) anti – personnel mines from PERIYATHAMPANAI AREA, KILLINOCHCI in the Army 61 Division area on Saturday (06).
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SRINAGAR, India — India and Pakistan are set to relaunch peace talks but residents of Kashmir, at the heart of decades of hostility between the nuclear-armed neighbours, say they are pessimistic about the outcome.
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as the country took over the regional body's leadership, Foreign Minister and incoming Chairman-in-Office Kanat Saudabayev told the Security Council today.
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CONAKRY, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - Guineans say they are daring to hope for a peaceful transition to civilian rule, as the military junta – now with a new leader – has vowed to step down and a civilian prime minister has been sworn in to organize elections.
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The newly appointed Independent Expert on the situation of Human Rights, Justice Mohamed Chande Othman, arrived in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher today.
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["Good Friends" aims to help the North Korean people from a humanistic point of view and publishes "North Korea Today" describing the way the North Korean people live as accurately as possible.
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February 6, 2010 (MALAKAL) — The road connecting the estates of Dengreshofu and Hai Malakia in Malakal, Upper Nile State used to be one of the worst in town. Today, five years after Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement or CPA,
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Kenya's leaders say they will create a powerful new witness protection agency following reports of intimidation against those set to testify for The Hague against ringleaders of ethnic violence. Kenyan rights groups say 22 witnesses have reported harassment.
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Sudan will lead the command of the joint border monitoring forces in the first six months. Al Geneina, in northern Darfur, will be headquarters to joint forces during that time. Both host countries are to assist the joint forces,
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Floods have caused Lematang River in Muaraenim to overflow, submerging the Trans Sumatra highway section in Pinang Belarik village and restricting access to the South Sumatra town.
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