DUBAI, 27 November (IRIN) - CONTENTS:

EGYPT: Street children worst hit by violence, experts say IRAQ: Children have been the main victims of war IRAQ: Neglected nurses fight their own war IRAQ: Life as a street seller - dodging bombs IRAQ: Thousands forced out by floods IRAQ: More than 3,700 civilians killed in October, UN reports IRAQ: Hard lessons for Baghdad teachers

ISRAEL: Army to investigate use of cluster bombs on civilian areas JORDAN: Abuse of domestic workers on the rise LEBANON: Seasonal typhoid fever cases on the rise LEBANON: Crisis looms after assassination of minister occ. Palestinian terr.: Gazans want to protect homes, say rights activists UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: More could be done to improve workers' conditions, gov't says

EGYPT: Street children worst hit by violence, experts say

A culture where the rights of children, especially those living rough and homeless, are intrinsically protected has yet to emerge in Egypt, according to child experts and testimonies of children themselves.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56426 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=EGYPT

IRAQ: Children have been the main victims of war

With insurgency and sectarian violence continuing to escalate in beleaguered Iraq, children are some of the most vulnerable. Facing limited healthcare and education as well as witnessing death and destruction on a daily basis has made their existence increasingly miserable.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56427 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ

IRAQ: Neglected nurses fight their own war

Nissrin Muhammad, 36, sees death every day and worries how her children would survive if she were killed. The only means this widowed mother-of-five has to support her family is to continue working in the dangerous and deteriorating conditions of a public hospital in the capital, Baghdad.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56425 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ

IRAQ: Life as a street seller - dodging bombs

Working in Iraq has never been more dangerous. Bakers, hairdressers and rubbish collectors are just some of the professions that have been singled out by death squads. As a street vendor, Fua'ad Amin, 48, faces danger every day in order to feed his family of nine.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56435 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ

IRAQ: Thousands forced out by floods

Heavy rains, thunderstorms and enormous mudslides in Iraq's northern Kurdish region have submerged vast areas and made nearly 3,000 families homeless, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on Tuesday.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56453 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ

IRAQ: More than 3,700 civilians killed in October, UN reports

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said on Wednesday that 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, describing it as the highest death toll since the beginning of the US-led occupation of the country in March 2003.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56476 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ

IRAQ: Hard lessons for Baghdad teachers

Teacher Awatef Ala'a, 40, said it's a challenge getting to school every day but she does so because its important that children get the education they need to build a better Iraq.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56467 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=IRAQ

ISRAEL: Army to investigate use of cluster bombs on civilian areas

Israel will probe its use of cluster bombs in the 34-day war with the armed wing of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah after an initial inquiry found the deadly munitions were fired into civilian areas of southern Lebanon against orders, the Israeli military has said.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56468 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=ISRAEL

JORDAN: Abuse of domestic workers on the rise

At least 10 domestic helpers committed suicide this year in Jordan after psychological breakdowns at the hands of abusive employers, according to health officials. Thousands of other helpers have reported extensive maltreatment.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56431 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=JORDAN

LEBANON: Seasonal typhoid fever cases on the rise

There have been up to 30 suspected cases of seasonal typhoid fever in Lebanon over the past six to eight weeks and more are expected, health experts said.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56434 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=LEBANON

LEBANON: Crisis looms after assassination of minister

Lebanese analysts said Tuesday's assassination of Pierre Gemayel, the Industry Minister, drove another nail into the coffin of the country's frail democracy. Gemayel, a scion of a prominent Maronite Christian family which heads the Phalange political party, was a member of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56470 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=LEBANON

occ. Palestinian terr.: Gazans want to protect homes, say rights activists

Palestinian human rights activists have said that using citizens as human shields to protect the homes of suspected militants is wrong, but said Gazans are simply protecting each other and their houses because they believe no one else will.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56475 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=OPT

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: More could be done to improve workers' conditions, gov't says

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities on Tuesday conceded that more could be done to improve the conditions of expatriate construction workers in the country.

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=56482 and SelectRegion=Middle_East and SelectCountry=UNITED_ARAB_EMIRATES

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