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UNHCR demining machines to arrive in Sri Lanka
06 Nov 2009 12:08:17 GMT
Source: UNHCR
Some 90,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their villages in Sri Lanka's north and east over the past three months, under the ongoing return plan of the Sri Lankan government. ... 

CORRECTED-TIMELINE-Attacks in Afghan capital target officials, f
05 Nov 2009 11:16:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
(In final paragraph corrects number of U.N. staff killed to five.) (For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) Nov 5 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it would temporarily ... 

Bottles reborn as blankets for disaster victims
05 Nov 2009 03:25:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Ralph Jennings TAIPEI, Nov 5 (Reuters Life!) - A plastic bottle thrown into a Taipei recycling bin could be reincarnated as a blanket to warm disaster victims in any of 20 countries, thanks to a ... 

BANGLADESH: Eight people, a dog, a goat and the sea
03 Nov 2009 14:37:51 GMT
Source: IRIN
The fisherman, his wife, three sons, two daughters, a sister-in-law, a dog and a goat and I eye each other dubiously. The family of eight is not certain whether I will be able to sleep in their mud hut, which is slightly bigger than a large sports utility vehicle. The animals seem to agree. 

RPT-A key figure in 2010 election: US jobless rate
02 Nov 2009 13:00:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Democrats face early test in Tuesday's off-year election * New president's party typically loses seats in Congress By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The key number in next year's ... 

A key figure in 2010 election: US jobless rate
01 Nov 2009 13:00:23 GMT
Source: Reuters

INTERVIEW-Pakistan seeks US trade, not aid, says minister
01 Nov 2009 08:01:15 GMT
Source: Reuters

Latvia's Tiger Economy Loses Its Bite, by Kristina Rizga, The Nation
28 Oct 2009 18:30:48 GMT
Source: Pulitzer center

TIMELINE-Pakistan suffers bloodiest militant attack in 2 years
28 Oct 2009 10:06:37 GMT
Source: Reuters

FACTBOX-Attacks targeting U.N. staff, sites in 2009
28 Oct 2009 07:35:00 GMT
Source: Reuters



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