Weekly Round-Up - IRINAS-140: 09-Sep-07
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IRIN-AS Weekly Round-Up 140
3 - 9 September 2007
CONTENTS:
AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Jalozai refugee camp wins temporary reprieve
AFGHANISTAN: Opium production, addiction soar in Helmand Province
AFGHANISTAN: Civilian casualties reportedly peak in August
AFGHANISTAN: Hundreds of schools remain closed in south
AFGHANISTAN: Canadians and Kandaharis differ on security and
development
BANGLADESH: Number of diarrhoea cases stabilizing
NEPAL: WHO concerned at increasing risk of post-flood diseases
PAKISTAN: Government mulls new law on illegal kidney sales
PAKISTAN: Infrastructure badly hit in flood areas
PAKISTAN: Karachi suburbs still struggling with floods
SRI LANKA: Orphanages used as last resort by parents of 19,000 children
SRI LANKA: Uneven progress in post-tsunami schools' reconstruction
UZBEKISTAN: Food price rises spark sporadic protests
AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Jalozai refugee camp wins temporary reprieve
Thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan's largest refugee camp have won
a temporary reprieve after an official closure date set by Islamabad was
postponed by about six months.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74076
AFGHANISTAN: Opium production, addiction soar in Helmand Province
Nazar Mohammad was brought to Wadan Rehabilitation Centre (WRC) - a drug
addiction treatment and counselling facility in southern Afghanistan -
by his father three days ago. The 16-year-old is addicted to opium,
which his father cultivates on their farm in southern Helmand Province.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74101
AFGHANISTAN: Civilian casualties reportedly peak in August
One hundred and sixty-eight civilians died in armed conflicts, suicide
attacks, improvised explosions and aerial bombardments in Afghanistan in
August, the country's human rights watchdog told IRIN on 4 September.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74118
AFGHANISTAN: Hundreds of schools remain closed in south
As the new school year begins on 10 September in Afghanistan's
insurgency-hit southern provinces, there are concerns that hundreds of
schools will remain closed due to insecurity.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74153
AFGHANISTAN: Canadians and Kandaharis differ on security and development
Insecurity in southern Afghanistan, particularly in the volatile
province of Kandahar, is a major obstacle for humanitarian and
development work in the area, aid workers and officials say. But
opinions differ widely on the extent of the insecurity problem in
Kandahar and the effectiveness of Canadian work there.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74199
BANGLADESH: Number of diarrhoea cases stabilising
The number of diarrhoea cases in flood-hit Bangladesh shows signs of
stabilisation, health experts on the ground say. As of 2 September, the
country's National Disease Surveillance Centre reported 128,957
diarrhoea cases nationwide since 30 July, resulting in 21 deaths and a
case fatality rate of about 0.02 percent; an extremely low number under
the circumstances.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74092
NEPAL: WHO concerned at increasing risk of post-flood diseases
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) in Nepal in a new report has said
it is concerned about the increasing risk of diarrhoeal and vector-borne
diseases in the country due to recent floods and landslides.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74080
PAKISTAN: Government mulls new law on illegal kidney sales
"I came from my village, about 20km outside Lahore to sell my kidney,
but I can't find anyone to help me," 25-year-old Haroon Ahmed said as he
sat beside a busy road in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's populous
Punjab Province.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74114
PAKISTAN: Infrastructure badly hit in flood areas
Aslam Khoro, a farmer in the flood-ravaged sub-district of K.N. Shah in
Dadu District in the southern province of Sindh, about 350km southwest
of Karachi, points in the general direction of where his village lay.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74126
PAKISTAN: Karachi suburbs still struggling with floods
Saadia Amir looks in exasperation at a roughly dug trench in Karachi
that cuts a swathe through the roads in her up-market, seaside
residential area to the sea just a few hundred yards away. "In normal
circumstances, it would take me just two minutes to drive through these
by-lanes and reach my child's school," the young mother said.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74198
SRI LANKA: Orphanages used as last resort by parents of 19,000 children
Thirteen-year-old Kumuduni Perera (not her real name) was found outside
the Suvasetha orphanage in Panadura town, Kalutara District, when she
was just two months old. The authorities from the orphanage believe
Kumuduni was left at the entrance early one morning by one of her
relatives who has not visited her since. Raised in the orphanage,
Kumuduni says that some day she hopes to find her parents.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74073
SRI LANKA: Uneven progress in post-tsunami schools' reconstruction
Fourteen-year-old Vinoka Rosari's story is an all too common one among
the civilian population in northern and eastern Sri Lanka where the
decades-old conflict and the 2004 tsunami continue to affect lives. A
camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Alles Garden, not far
from Trincomalee, is the only home Rosari has ever known.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74156
UZBEKISTAN: Food price rises spark sporadic protests
Sharp increases in the prices of basic foodstuffs are causing discontent
and sporadic protests in Uzbekistan, say rights activists. The price of
flat local bread has gone up 50-100 percent and the flour imported from
Kazakhstan used for baking bread, has almost doubled in price, according
to activists.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=74097
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