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Environment

IRAN: Rescuers work to help quake victims in north

30/05/2004 ANA 0

Tehran, 29 May, 2004— Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) rescue teams worked throughout the night following a violent earthquake which shook northern Iran on Friday, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale. About 30 people were […]

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Environment

IRAN: Deadly quake kills at least 20 in north

30/05/2004 ANA 0

Tehran, 28 May, 2004— At least 20 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in northern Iran which measured 6.2 on the Richter scale on Friday. The quake shook the Alborz mountain range damaging […]

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News

BURUNDI: Annan appoints new special representative

28/05/2004 ANA 0

Nairobi, 27 May, 2004— UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Assistant Secretary-General Carolyn McAskie his Special Representative for Burundi, with effect from 1 June. McAskie, a Canadian who has been serving as Annan’s humanitarian envoy […]

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Africa

DRC-RWANDA: Fighting breaks out in Bukavu

28/05/2004 ANA 0

Bukavu, 27 May, 2004— Two people were killed on Wednesday after fighting broke out in the eastern town of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), between soldiers loyal to the Kinshasa government […]

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Africa

SUDAN: Government, rebels sign landmark protocols

28/05/2004 ANA 0

Naivasha, 27 May, 2004— The Sudanese government and the main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), signed three key protocols in the Kenyan town of Naivasha on Wednesday evening, bringing them one step […]

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