Date: 29 Jul 2010Source: ACT Alliance
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Yemen: How to source and deliver the right food to 300,000 IDPs
Date: 29 Jul 2010Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks
Pakistan: Flash floods, storms kill about 150 people
Date: 29 Jul 2010Source: Reuters - AlertNet
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SRI LANKA: Fresh catch may bring new life to former conflict zone
PANICHCHANKERNI, 26 July 2010 (IRIN) - Every day, more than 100 fishing boats launch into the waters off Panichchankerni in eastern Batticaloa District - four times the number when fighting re-erupted four years ago. Security restrictions meant boats could only go out at certain times, but these rules have been relaxed since the end of the war in May 2009.
GLOBAL: Straight Talk with Eric Goosby, head of PEPFAR
VIENNA, 26 July 2010 (IRIN) - The US president's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has committed about US$32 billion to the global fight against HIV since its launch in 2003, making it the largest donor for HIV/AIDS globally. Following annual increases in contributions, however, PEPFAR has effectively flat-lined funding from 2009.
SOMALIA: Sent back to a war zone
MOGADISHU, 26 July 2010 (IRIN) - Somali citizens among thousands recently deported from Saudi Arabia have failed to trace their families in Mogadishu, the capital, due to the frequent displacement caused by ongoing fighting between government troops and Islamist insurgents.
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U.S. closes consulate in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
Source: Reuters MEXICO CITY, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has shut indefinitely its consulate in Ciudad Juarez, the city wracked by drug violence just over the border from El Paso, Texas, to evaluate ...
PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - July 30
Source: Reuters HANOI, July 30 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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Mexico kills kingpin in drug war coup
Source: Reuters * Army kills top trafficker Ignacio Coronel
* Killing is first major take-down this year
* Kingpin's death unlikely to cut rampant violence (Recasts with confirmation of death; ...
