Month: October 2006

Kabul, 25 October, 2006— Afghan police and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) seized 9.2 mt of marijuana from a truck in the southern province of Zabul Province, the multi-national force said on Wednesday. […]

Nairobi, 25 October, 2006— Acute watery diarrhoea has continued to spread alarmingly in Ethiopia, with the death toll rising to 279 and 29,880 people infected, despite efforts by the government and humanitarian agencies to control […]

Harare, 25 October, 2006— More than six years after Zimbabwe launched its fast-track land reform programme, only around 200 of the several thousand commercial white farmers affected have received compensation, and the government will only […]

Baghdad, 25 October, 2006— Residents of Amarah, a half-million strong city in south-eastern Iraq, say they are being severely restricted by an indefinite daily 20-hour curfew. Imposed by the Iraqi government on Monday after clashes […]

Mbabane, 25 October, 2006— Demands for democratic reform in Swaziland are meeting with an angry response from government, which denies that the recently promulgated constitution is illegitimate. “It is ludicrous that it is suggested that […]

Washington, 25 October, 2006— A large and mainly untapped global market exists for more effective, affordable tests to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in low- and middle-income countries, where most cases now occur. This is the major […]

Washington, 25 October, 2006— Greater use of information technology is the quickest way to boost developing economies, such as those in Africa, technology expert Wayan Vota said in an online discussion October 25. “Technology is […]

Washington, 25 October, 2006— President Bush said that although the United States is adapting its military tactics in Iraq, its objective remains unchanged: a democratic Iraq capable of defending and governing its people while becoming […]