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IRAQ: Trauma leaves an indelible mark

02/09/2010 ANA 0

US President Barack Obama may have hailed the end of US combat operations in Iraq, but the seven-year war has left an indelible mark on many ordinary people who are still traumatized by the horrific […]

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World

Analysis: Probing war crimes in Afghanistan

17/08/2010 ANA 0

The rising number of civilian casualties and the leaking of thousands of confidential war papers by whistleblower website Wikileaks have prompted fresh calls to bring alleged war criminals in Afghanistan to book. Immediately after the […]

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World

PAKISTAN: Back to square one for many

11/08/2010 ANA 0

Many of the victims of the current floods, which the Pakistan government says have now affected 13.8 million people, were still recovering from past disasters or conflict when they were hit by this latest calamity. […]

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World

GLOBAL: Insights into the ever more complex aid system

28/07/2010 ANA 0

As the humanitarian “system” becomes more complex, with new actors and overlapping mandates, different definitions of humanitarian aid, and ever-more ambitious goals, humanitarian aid watchdog Development Initiatives outlines some of the needs, responses and funding […]

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KYRGYZSTAN: Not yet out of the woods

22/07/2010 ANA 0

As a 40-day mourning period comes to an end on 20-21 July, security forces have begun taking measures to prevent further unrest, following clashes between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz in southern Kyrgyzstan in June. Roadblocks on […]

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SRI LANKA: Tsunami drill in coastal areas

15/07/2010 ANA 0

Sri Lanka completed its first ever mass tsunami evacuation drill this week. Over 14,000 people were evacuated in 14 coastal districts. “We selected one village in each district to carry out the drill and the […]

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