10 Feb 2010 11:21:12 GMT YEMEN: New FGM/C law possible "within four years" - minister Nearly a decade after a ban on health workers performing female genital mutilation/cutting
(FGM/C) in Yemen, the harmful practice continues unabated, with the government saying more research is needed before an outright ban can be imposed.
10 Feb 2010 11:20:50 GMT Q+A-Will Myanmar's ethnic groups agree to junta deal? (For main story, click on [ID:nSGE61806M]
By Martin Petty
BANGKOK, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Military-ruled Myanmar wants ethnic groups to take part in this year's elections, the first in two decades, ...
10 Feb 2010 11:20:35 GMT Elections mean nothing to Myanmar's ethnic armies LOI TAI LENG, Myanmar, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Whether the country is ruled by brutal military dictators or democratically elected civilians, rebels who control this jungle enclave have made one thing very ...
10 Feb 2010 11:06:07 GMT Q+A-Is Pakistani Taliban leader Mehsud dead? (For more on Pakistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) (Recasts with comment from interior minister)
By Robert Birsel
ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters ...
10 Feb 2010 11:05:26 GMT Palestinians tries to break off bricks from a building in Gaza Palestinians tries to break off bricks from a building at an abandoned airport that was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip February 10, 2010. Israel launched an air strike ...
10 Feb 2010 MONITORING OFFICER - DR Congo Deadline: 20 Feb 2010 CODE 78/2009 MO DRC
POSITION Monitoring Officer
LOCATION Bunia (DR CONGO)
DURATION 4 months, renewable
REQUIRED COMPETENCES
At least 3 years relevant experience in emergency or post emergency ...
10 Feb 2010 11:04:00 GMT Accelerated migration and climate change a 'recipe for social disaster'-UN LONDON (AlertNet) - Climate change is speeding up chaotic urbanisation which will be a "recipe for social disaster" if cities do not learn to manage and prepare for it better, the head of the United Nations' agency for human settlements said this week.
Half of the world's people now live in cities and by 2050, that share is expected to go up to 70 percent, said Anna Tibaijuka, executive director of UN-HABITAT, which promotes sustainable towns and cities.
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10 Feb 2010 10:57:22 GMT Militias raid Darfur camp, kill two refugees * Raid follows murder of a militia member's relative
* Several huts burned, looted
By Andrew Heavens
EL-FASHER, Sudan, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Militias raided a Darfur refugee camp, shooting dead ...
