Pak assures ADB of employing anti-corruption measures for $650mn flood project loan
April 30th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 30(ANI): Pakistan has assured the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of the implementation of all applicable policies and procedures of the bank- including its anti-corruption measures- for obtaining a 650-million-dollar loan ... Read more...
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Indian recovery seen pushing global wheat output 3.4 percent
March 24th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, March 24 (IANS) With recoveries in India and the Russian Federation, the World Food Organisation (FAO) has predicted a 3.4-percent growth in global wheat output this year at 676 ... Read more...
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US flood aid reaches Sri Lanka
February 12th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Feb 12 (IANS) More US assistance has reached Sri Lanka to aid the thousands hit by massive flooding.The latest consignment of American assistance was handed over to Minister of Economic Development ... Read more...
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Krishna links security with enhancing economic development in UNSC
February 12th, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said that there is a link between enhancing economic development and the goals of international peace and security.Addressing a high-level ... Read more...
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Mobile phones can save lives of mothers in childbirth, infants and children
November 8th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): Cell phones can save the lives of mothers in childbirth, and improve the care of newborns and children, reaching underserved populations in remote areas, according to experts."With mobile ... Read more...
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Underfunding for Pak flood emergency jeopardizing life-saving operations: UNICEF
November 6th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Geneva, Nov 6 (ANI): A 'serious' shortfall in international aid for the UNICEF's emergency operation in Pakistan is jeopardizing life-saving programs for Pakistani flood victims including children and families, the organisation has ... Read more...
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IMF approves $451mn loan for flood-hit Pakistan
September 16th, 2010 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 16 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will give a $451-million loan to Pakistan to help accelerate the rehabilitation work after floods ravaged the country, a media report said.
"The (IMF) ... Read more...
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More evacuations in flooded Pakistan
August 21st, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 21 (DPA) Authorities in Pakistan moved tens of thousands of people to safe areas as floods threatened dozens more villages in the south of the country Saturday.
Floods triggered by heavy ... Read more...
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200,000 animals dead in Pakistan floods: FAO
August 20th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Over 200,000 domesticated animals have died in the floods in Pakistan, and poultry in many areas have been completely wiped out, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said ... Read more...
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Pope urges international community to help Pakistan
August 18th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Castel Gandolfo (Italy), Aug 18 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday urged the international community to show solidarity towards the victims of floods in Pakistan by providing "concrete support".
"As I entrust to the ... Read more...
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Eight die as doctors strike work in flood-hit Pakistan
August 18th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) A strike by doctors in the flood-hit Muzaffargarh district in Pakistan's Punjab province has led to the death of at least eight people who could not receive timely ... Read more...
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UN secures half of funds required for flooded Pakistan
August 18th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 18 (DPA) The UN said Wednesday that it has secured almost half of the $460 million it requires in emergency assistance for flood victims in Pakistan.
"We have received $208 million ... Read more...
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UN seeks $459 mn in emergency aid to Pakistan (Lead, Changing dateline)
August 11th, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 11 (DPA) The UN said Wednesday Pakistan would need $459 million in emergency assistance to cover needs for the next 90 days for victims of some of the country's ... Read more...
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170 killed in Kyrgyzstan ethnic violence (Lead)
June 15th, 2010 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 170 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 2,000 people from the country, media reports said ... Read more...
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Post-Soviet bloc to offer aid to Kyrgyzstan
June 15th, 2010 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The post-Soviet security bloc Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will offer emergency assistance to law-enforcement agencies in Kyrgyzstan, where more than 138 people have died in four ... Read more...
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US to establish Quick Reaction Force to protect diplomats in Pak
March 2nd, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar.2 (ANI): Perturbed over the deteriorating law and order situation in the country, the US government has decided to form a 'Quick Reaction Force' (QRF) to provide protection to its diplomats ... Read more...
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Leonardo DiCaprio donates $1 million to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
January 22nd, 2010 - 2:13 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) – Actor and Activist Leonardo DiCaprio on Thursday donated $1 million to The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.DiCaprio’s donation, disbursed through the Leonardo DiCaprio Fund which ... Read more...
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Same flight, another incident of a ‘verbally disruptive’ passenger
December 28th, 2009 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) Two days after an Amsterdam-Detroit flight was targeted in what prosecutors called a failed attempt to blow up a jetliner, a security alert was sounded on the ... Read more...
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Terrorism scare on US-bound plane (Lead)
December 28th, 2009 - 9:18 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 28 (DPA) A flight from Amsterdam to Detroit requested emergency assistance beacuse of a disruptive passenger Sunday, two days after an attempted terrorist attack aboard the same flight.
The Nigerian ... Read more...
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Plane requests police assistance in US amid terrorism fears
December 28th, 2009 - 4:51 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 28 (DPA) A flight from Amsterdam to Detroit requested emergency assistance for a disruptive passenger Sunday, two days after an attempted terrorist attack on the same flight.
The passenger was being ... Read more...
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Indian Missions to have Indian Community Welfare Fund
August 20th, 2009 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today approved setting up the Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) in the Indian Missions in 17 countries to meet contingency expenditure incurred by the ... Read more...
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UN special envoy meets Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
February 2nd, 2009 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Feb 2 (DPA) UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari Monday met Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a government guest house in Yangon, officials said.The meeting lasted about one hour ... Read more...
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UN special envoy to meet Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar
January 30th, 2009 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Jan 30 (DPA) The United Nations special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, is scheduled to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on an official visit expected to start this weekend, ... Read more...
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Zardari wants to win countrymens hearts and minds over US-led war-on-terror
September 25th, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sept 25 (ANI): Amid threat of more Marriott-like terror strikes in the near future in Pakistan from the militant outfit Fedayeen al-Islam (which claimed responsibility for Saturdays blast), the countrys ... Read more...
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Cuba accuses US of ‘unscrupulous lying’ over hurricane aid
September 12th, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Sep 12 (DPA) Hurricane-hit Cuba has accused the United States of lying about its conditional offers to help the communist country as it struggles to recover and rebuild."The United States ... Read more...
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Oxfam warns of food crisis in east Africa
July 24th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
London, July 24 (DPA) Britain's leading charity Oxfam has warned that 13 million people in East Africa are at risk of hunger and destitution as food prices spiral out of control. A ... Read more...
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US embassy in Colombo closed on finding suspicious powder
June 25th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 25 (IANS) The US embassy in Colombo was Thursday closed temporarily for public after a suspicious-looking powder was discovered at the mission. "At approximately 11.00 a.m. on June 25, a ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu gets 108 as new emergency helpline
May 6th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Tuesday signed an agreement with the Hyderabad-based Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI) to provide free emergency assistance to people across the state through an integrated dialling ... Read more...
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Myanmar cyclone toll exceeds 22,000 (Second lead)
May 6th, 2008 - 8:06 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Yangon, May 6 (DPA) The death toll in Cyclone Nargis that ravaged Myanmar reached 22,464 Tuesday, state media reported, putting the number of missing at 41,054 and those injured at 6,708. Myanmar's ... Read more...
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UN gears up for Myanmar emergency assistance
May 5th, 2008 - 10:12 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bangkok, May 5 (DPA) UN agencies and international aid organisations met Monday in Bangkok to make preparations for a major disaster relief effort in neighbouring Myanmar, where a cyclone killed hundreds of ... Read more...
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Drought-hit Bundelkhand gets funds
April 17th, 2008 - 5:43 pm ICT by admin
Bhopal, April 17 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region is facing severe drought for the fourth consecutive year - acres of land lie barren, starved of water. The drought has forced villagers of ... Read more...
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Clooney donates $25,000 to Actors Fund
November 16th, 2007 - 1:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): George Clooney is doing his bit for workers who have fallen on hard times due to the ongoing writers strike in Hollywood.The actor has made a 25,000 dollars ... Read more...
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