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Islamabad, 21 November, 2005— The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) on Saturday launched a transitional winterised shelter initiative in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir and close to the epicentre of October’s devastating quake that […]

Washington, 15 November, 2005— President Bush says that terrorists have demonstrated their brutal nature by targeting innocent people and that their ideology differs greatly from the Islamic faith they seek to exploit. Speaking November 14 […]

Muzaffarabad, 14 November, 2005— The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a massive measles immunisation campaign to vaccinate 800,000 children affected by the South Asian earthquake. At least 86,000 people were killed and more […]

Washington, 8 November, 2005— The U.S. Department of State released the seventh annual International Religious Freedom Report, which examines the status of religious freedom around the world. The annual report to Congress, released November 8, […]

Muzaffarabad, 1 November, 2005— As an expectant crowd gathers below, hovering overhead, Capt Leonid Toderenciuc, a seasoned pilot for the World Food Programme (WFP) delicately positions his MI-8 helicopter to land in the mountain village […]

Ankara, 26 October, 2005— The United Nations called on Wednesday for a massive and urgent increase in donor commitment to help the survivors of the South Asian earthquake that has killed at least 79,000 people, […]

Balakot, 26 October, 2005— Children gathered on tattered mats and small pieces of carpeting spread out under a colourful canopy in earthquake-ravaged Balakot, where no building remains, drawing surprisingly cheerful pictures. Unlike child survivors of […]

Washington, 25 October, 2005— President Bush says that the United States will “not rest or tire until the War on Terror is won,” and the United States will not leave Iraq until it is secure […]