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IRAQ: Years of war, current insecurity take toll on environment
5 June 2007
(IRIN
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Neglected factories, military scrapyards and battle sites containing hazardous material across the country pose a serious threat to Iraq's environment and to public health, experts warn. The current security situation is also hampering rubbish collections and clean-up operations.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72565/IRAQ-Years-of-war-current-insecurity-take-toll-on-environment
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OMAN: Authorities on high alert for approaching cyclone
5 June 2007
(IRIN
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Oman’s police and army are on high alert in anticipation of a powerful tropical cyclone that is expected to hit the Gulf country’s shores late on Tuesday or on Wednesday. At least 7,000 people living in coastal areas have already been evacuated.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72567/OMAN-Authorities-on-high-alert-for-approaching-cyclone
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IRAQ: Reporters Without Borders calls for special unit to protect journalists
4 June 2007
(IRIN
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Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the creation of a special task force to protect journalists as violence claimed the lives of at least five Iraqi journalists last week.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72528/IRAQ-Reporters-Without-Borders-calls-for-special-unit-to-protect-journalists
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IRAQ: Curfew leaves Bagdhad suburb residents in trouble
4 June 2007
(IRIN
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Clashes between rival Sunni militant groups in the Sunni neighbourhood of Amiriyah in western Baghdad have left residents facing acute difficulties. In a bid to restore calm after the last week of clashes, the Iraqi authorities and US forces imposed a curfew, adding to residents’ problems.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72529/IRAQ-Curfew-leaves-Bagdhad-suburb-residents-in-trouble
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ISRAEL-OPT: West Bank movement restrictions can be lethal for Palestinians, says Amnesty report
4 June 2007
(IRIN
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Rights group Amnesty International on Monday said Israel's restrictions on movement in the West Bank were killing Palestinians by severely hampering access to health services. Israel controls the 2.5 million Palestinians through a matrix of more than 500 checkpoints and roadblocks as well as a 700km barrier that encloses 10 percent of the West Bank on the Israeli side.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72530/ISRAEL-OPT-West-Bank-movement-restrictions-can-be-lethal-for-Palestinians-says-Amnesty-report
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LEBANON: UNRWA appeals for $12.7m as camp clashes spread south
4 June 2007
(IRIN
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The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) launched a global appeal for US$12.7 million on Monday in an effort to raise funds to meet the humanitarian needs of more than 27,000 Palestinians displaced from the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72531/LEBANON-UNRWA-appeals-for-12-7m-as-camp-clashes-spread-south
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IRAQ: Local tribes in south set up schools
3 June 2007
(IRIN
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Shia Muslim tribes in Iraq’s southern provinces have begun setting up their own schools in an effort to prevent their children losing another academic year due to insecurity. Using empty mosques, the homes of tribal leaders and open areas, 21 temporary schools in Basra, Missan, Najaf and Kerbala provinces will eventually provide free education to some 2,000 children.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72517/IRAQ-Local-tribes-in-south-set-up-schools
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LEBANON: Three-day bombardment of camp cuts off vital aid supplies to terrified residents
3 June 2007
(IRIN
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Aid agencies and emergency services have been unable to access the besieged Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon for three days to either evacuate the injured or deliver vital supplies of water and food to trapped residents.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72518/LEBANON-Three-day-bombardment-of-camp-cuts-off-vital-aid-supplies-to-terrified-residents
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ISRAEL-OPT: Palestinian workers’ situation has worsened, says ILO
31 May 2007
(IRIN
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A new report issued on Monday by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says seven out of 10 households in the occupied Palestinian territories, or about 2.4 million Palestinians, are living in poverty. It says the workers' situation has continued to worsen dramatically over the past year.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/72468/ISRAEL-OPT-Palestinian-workers-situation-has-worsened-says-ILO
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IRAQ: Adeela Harith, Iraq “I have to scrounge around rubbish bins to feed my children”
31 May 2007
(IRIN
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Adeela Harith, a 39-year-old widow and mother of three, says she misses the days when her husband was daily bringing them food and when they used to sleep in a safe house in comfort. As a recently-widowed displaced person, she has no support and is now collecting left-overs from rubbish bins to feed her children.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/72476/IRAQ-Adeela-Harith-Iraq-I-have-to-scrounge-around-rubbish-bins-to-feed-my-children
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