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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 11:06:26 GMT
Wind farms banned as MoD listening post demands hush to detect nuclear blasts
THE Ministry of Defence has put a blanket ban on turbines being built within 31 miles of a nuclear test monitoring station, The Scotsman has learned.

10 Feb 2010 11:06:25 GMT
Blanket ban on turbines as nuclear test listening station calls for hush
THE Ministry of Defence has put a blanket ban on turbines being built within 31 miles of a nuclear test monitoring station, The Scotsman has learned.

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 ...

thumb for Palestinians tries to break off bricks from a building in Gaza 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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