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Briefing: Sri Lanka’s Muslim IDPs 25 years on
21 January 2013
(IRIN
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Almost three years after the Sri Lankan government looked into resettling up to 100,000 Muslims displaced from the country’s north during the 1983-2009 civil war, thousands of Muslim families still find themselves in limbo, without the means to return to their former homes.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97297/Briefing-Sri-Lanka-s-Muslim-IDPs-25-years-on
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Philippines typhoon affecting maternal health
18 January 2013
(IRIN
),
With many health facilities damaged or destroyed in typhoon-affected Mindanao, experts have expressed concern about the state of maternal health care.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97277/Philippines-typhoon-affecting-maternal-health
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WASH woes for Myanmar’s Rakhine IDPs
18 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) will be a key issue for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State as the weather gets warmer, say aid workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97279/WASH-woes-for-Myanmar-s-Rakhine-IDPs
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Indonesian bird flu outbreak "has only infected ducks"
17 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Indonesian health officials have downplayed concerns over a fresh outbreak of avian influenza which has killed some 160,000 reared ducks since September 2012.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97268/Indonesian-bird-flu-outbreak-has-only-infected-ducks
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Myanmar’s Laiza town “tense” after government attacks
17 January 2013
(IRIN
),
A recent escalation in attacks by Burmese government forces in northern Kachin State, including air strikes, has left internally displaced persons (IDPs) and residents in and around Laiza town, close to the Chinese border, in fear, aid workers say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97273/Myanmar-s-Laiza-town-tense-after-government-attacks
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Vietnam’s Buddhist response to disaster
16 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Buddhist monks, nuns and their followers have long contributed to Vietnam’s disaster relief efforts. Sometimes equipped with canoes filled with instant noodles, woollen hats and psychosocial counsellors, this local cadre may lack standard operating procedures, but it constitutes a largely undocumented and significant disaster relief system running parallel to governmental efforts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97256/Vietnam-s-Buddhist-response-to-disaster
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Activists rap Australia’s offshore processing of migrants
14 January 2013
(IRIN
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Human rights groups have strongly condemned conditions at Australia’s two offshore processing centres for asylum seekers on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Manus.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97243/Activists-rap-Australia-s-offshore-processing-of-migrants
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Floods, drought in Sri Lanka exacerbate vulnerability
11 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Recent extreme weather in Sri Lanka is likely to intensify the vulnerability of the poorest living in the country’s hardest hit northern and eastern regions, experts warn.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97220/Floods-drought-in-Sri-Lanka-exacerbate-vulnerability
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No let-up in trafficking of Cambodian males
11 January 2013
(IRIN
),
The trafficking of male Cambodians for labour exploitation purposes remains rife, says a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97222/No-let-up-in-trafficking-of-Cambodian-males
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Typhoon-hit Filipino schools to reopen
11 January 2013
(IRIN
),
Thousands of children across typhoon-hit Mindanao island in the southern Philippines will return to school on 14 January, more than a week later than schools elsewhere in the country, as officials struggle to get education back on its feet.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97227/Typhoon-hit-Filipino-schools-to-reopen
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