http://www.irinnews.org/Asiafp.asp Updated every day en-gb Sun, 19 May 2013 10:13:54 GMT United Nations Integrated Regional Information Networks, http://www.irinnews.org/Asiafp.asp Fri, 17 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>LAHORE/DUBAI, 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Hamza Mazhar, a 35-year-old teacher from Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, says he never wants to see the inside of a government hospital again. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98055 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98055 LAHORE/DUBAI, 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Hamza Mazhar, a 35-year-old teacher from Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, says he never wants to see the inside of a government hospital again.]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>DHAKA, 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Some 50,000 volunteers in coastal communities across southern Bangladesh are out and about warning people to move to higher ground ahead of Cyclone Mahasen. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated so far. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98046 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98046 DHAKA, 16 May 2013 (IRIN) - Some 50,000 volunteers in coastal communities across southern Bangladesh are out and about warning people to move to higher ground ahead of Cyclone Mahasen. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated so far.]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>LAIZA, 15 May 2013 (IRIN) - Former rebel fighter Lahpai Hkam has been in pain every day since a landmine destroyed his lower right leg during a battle with government soldiers 18 months ago in Myanmar's northern Kachin State. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98040 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98040 LAIZA, 15 May 2013 (IRIN) - Former rebel fighter Lahpai Hkam has been in pain every day since a landmine destroyed his lower right leg during a battle with government soldiers 18 months ago in Myanmar's northern Kachin State.]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>BANGKOK, 14 May 2013 (IRIN) - The government of Myanmar has launched a large-scale effort to relocate to higher ground tens of thousands of Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDPs) ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, says the UN. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98034 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98034 BANGKOK, 14 May 2013 (IRIN) - The government of Myanmar has launched a large-scale effort to relocate to higher ground tens of thousands of Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDPs) ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, says the UN.]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>BANGKOK, 13 May 2013 (IRIN) - Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing for Cyclone Mahasen, a storm which could affect millions in the region, the UN has warned. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98024 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98024 BANGKOK, 13 May 2013 (IRIN) - Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing for Cyclone Mahasen, a storm which could affect millions in the region, the UN has warned.]]> Fri, 10 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>LAHORE, 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - On the frontline in the fight against dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city, the authorities have a sharp eye for spare car tyres. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98010 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98010 LAHORE, 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - On the frontline in the fight against dengue fever in Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city, the authorities have a sharp eye for spare car tyres.]]> Thu, 9 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>COLOMBO, 9 May 2013 (IRIN) - Planners in Sri Lanka should do more to mitigate the effects of extreme weather in order to help those most likely to be affected, experts say. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98008 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=98008 COLOMBO, 9 May 2013 (IRIN) - Planners in Sri Lanka should do more to mitigate the effects of extreme weather in order to help those most likely to be affected, experts say.]]> Tue, 7 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>DHAKA, 7 May 2013 (IRIN) - As Bangladesh armed forces retrieve bodies from the country's worst ever industrial disaster, a garment factory collapse killing over 700, contingency planning is taking place for something worse - a long-predicted earthquake striking the mega-capital of Dhaka. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97990 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97990 DHAKA, 7 May 2013 (IRIN) - As Bangladesh armed forces retrieve bodies from the country's worst ever industrial disaster, a garment factory collapse killing over 700, contingency planning is taking place for something worse - a long-predicted earthquake striking the mega-capital of Dhaka.]]> Mon, 6 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>DHAKA, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Corpses are still being recovered from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster ever - a factory building collapse on 24 April that killed at least 600 workers near the capital. Government experts are scrambling to prevent a repeat. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97987 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97987 DHAKA, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Corpses are still being recovered from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster ever - a factory building collapse on 24 April that killed at least 600 workers near the capital. Government experts are scrambling to prevent a repeat.]]> Mon, 6 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>JAKARTA, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people are vulnerable to being trafficked in Southeast Asia, with governments struggling to understand and respond collectively to the problem, say experts and government officials. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97979 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97979 JAKARTA, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people are vulnerable to being trafficked in Southeast Asia, with governments struggling to understand and respond collectively to the problem, say experts and government officials.]]> Fri, 3 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>BANGKOK, 3 May 2013 (IRIN) - Human rights groups are calling for a review of Myanmar's citizenship law, which has left more than 1.2 million people stateless nationwide, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97966 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97966 BANGKOK, 3 May 2013 (IRIN) - Human rights groups are calling for a review of Myanmar's citizenship law, which has left more than 1.2 million people stateless nationwide, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).]]> Thu, 2 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>RAKHINE STATE, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Almost one year after the first wave of inter-communal violence struck Myanmar's western Rakhine State, sectarian hostilities have gone unabated, leaving little room for reconciliation, residents and experts say. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97956 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97956 RAKHINE STATE, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - Almost one year after the first wave of inter-communal violence struck Myanmar's western Rakhine State, sectarian hostilities have gone unabated, leaving little room for reconciliation, residents and experts say.]]> Thu, 2 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>KABUL, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - As Asia's poorest country and the deadliest for aid workers, rugged Afghanistan offers a considerable challenge to humanitarian work. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97936 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97936 KABUL, 2 May 2013 (IRIN) - As Asia's poorest country and the deadliest for aid workers, rugged Afghanistan offers a considerable challenge to humanitarian work.]]> Wed, 1 May 2013 05:05:05 GMT ]]>KATHMANDU, 1 May 2013 (IRIN) - More work is needed to improve nutritional behaviour in Nepal, where nearly half of children under five are chronically malnourished, experts say. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97949 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97949 KATHMANDU, 1 May 2013 (IRIN) - More work is needed to improve nutritional behaviour in Nepal, where nearly half of children under five are chronically malnourished, experts say.]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>DHAKA, 30 April 2013 (IRIN) - Bangladesh must strengthen its urban search and rescue capacity, say experts, following the collapse of an eight-story factory building outside Dhaka which left nearly 400 dead. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97945 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97945 DHAKA, 30 April 2013 (IRIN) - Bangladesh must strengthen its urban search and rescue capacity, say experts, following the collapse of an eight-story factory building outside Dhaka which left nearly 400 dead.]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>COMPOSTELA VALLEY, 30 April 2013 (IRIN) - Health authorities in the Philippines were vigilant in keeping out infant formula donations when Typhoon Bopha hit last December, but activists are concerned the infant formula industry will succeed in pushing through legislative changes that will allow formula donations in future emergencies, making it harder to convince women in those crises to continue exclusive breastfeeding. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97943 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97943 COMPOSTELA VALLEY, 30 April 2013 (IRIN) - Health authorities in the Philippines were vigilant in keeping out infant formula donations when Typhoon Bopha hit last December, but activists are concerned the infant formula industry will succeed in pushing through legislative changes that will allow formula donations in future emergencies, making it harder to convince women in those crises to continue exclusive breastfeeding.]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>KATHMANDU, 26 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is the nightmare scenario aid workers and government officials have long feared: a massive earthquake striking Nepal's densely populated Kathmandu Valley, with tens of thousands feared dead. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97925 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97925 KATHMANDU, 26 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is the nightmare scenario aid workers and government officials have long feared: a massive earthquake striking Nepal's densely populated Kathmandu Valley, with tens of thousands feared dead.]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>COTABATO, 25 April 2013 (IRIN) - For Chris Rush, of the Swiss-based NGO Geneva Call, nuance is everything when engaging with armed groups. Although the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Maoist-inspired New People's Army (NPA) are both fighting insurrections on the same Philippines island of Mindanao, the choice of terminology is a tender issue when it comes to the use of such phrases as "armed non-state actors (ANSAs)”. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97918 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97918 COTABATO, 25 April 2013 (IRIN) - For Chris Rush, of the Swiss-based NGO Geneva Call, nuance is everything when engaging with armed groups. Although the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Maoist-inspired New People's Army (NPA) are both fighting insurrections on the same Philippines island of Mindanao, the choice of terminology is a tender issue when it comes to the use of such phrases as "armed non-state actors (ANSAs)”.]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>ISLAMABAD, 25 April 2013 (IRIN) - Delivering humanitarian aid in northwestern Pakistan has recently been hampered by attacks on schools, aid workers and polio vaccination teams, and bureaucratic procedures for aid projects are making matters worse. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97908 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97908 ISLAMABAD, 25 April 2013 (IRIN) - Delivering humanitarian aid in northwestern Pakistan has recently been hampered by attacks on schools, aid workers and polio vaccination teams, and bureaucratic procedures for aid projects are making matters worse.]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>RAKHINE STATE, 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - More than 125,000 displaced Rohingya in Myanmar's western Rakhine State are bracing for this year's punishing monsoon rains. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97915 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97915 RAKHINE STATE, 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - More than 125,000 displaced Rohingya in Myanmar's western Rakhine State are bracing for this year's punishing monsoon rains.]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>SUKKUR, 23 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is seven months since the monsoon rains fell on Mohammed Qayyum's village in the Taib area of Shikarpur District in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97904 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97904 SUKKUR, 23 April 2013 (IRIN) - It is seven months since the monsoon rains fell on Mohammed Qayyum's village in the Taib area of Shikarpur District in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh.]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>MAI JA YANG, 23 April 2013 (IRIN) - Traditional Kachin music fills the community hall as a troupe of singers bellows out a song for family and friends at the Teacher Training College in the town of Mai Ja Yang. It is a night of celebration for 65 graduates who have upgraded their teaching skills in Myanmar's northern Kachin State, not far from the Chinese border. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97899 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97899 MAI JA YANG, 23 April 2013 (IRIN) - Traditional Kachin music fills the community hall as a troupe of singers bellows out a song for family and friends at the Teacher Training College in the town of Mai Ja Yang. It is a night of celebration for 65 graduates who have upgraded their teaching skills in Myanmar's northern Kachin State, not far from the Chinese border.]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>DHAKA, 22 April 2013 (IRIN) - Ongoing political instability in Bangladesh is undermining disaster preparedness efforts, experts warn. From January to April 2013, opposition parties have enforced 18 nationwide strikes throughout Bangladesh, with even more enforced at the regional and district level, according to security analysts. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97889 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97889 DHAKA, 22 April 2013 (IRIN) - Ongoing political instability in Bangladesh is undermining disaster preparedness efforts, experts warn. From January to April 2013, opposition parties have enforced 18 nationwide strikes throughout Bangladesh, with even more enforced at the regional and district level, according to security analysts.]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>YANGON, 19 April 2013 (IRIN) - At bus stops across Yangon, young people approach passengers and bus drivers, handing out stickers and T-shirts proclaiming: “I won't let racial or religious conflict occur because of me.” http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97881 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97881 YANGON, 19 April 2013 (IRIN) - At bus stops across Yangon, young people approach passengers and bus drivers, handing out stickers and T-shirts proclaiming: “I won't let racial or religious conflict occur because of me.”]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:04:04 GMT ]]>KABUL, 18 April 2013 (IRIN) - Attacks on aid workers in Afghanistan - the world's most dangerous country for aid workers - are likely to be as high in 2013 as the worst year on record, 2011, according to a new report from the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) published today. http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97874 http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=97874 KABUL, 18 April 2013 (IRIN) - Attacks on aid workers in Afghanistan - the world's most dangerous country for aid workers - are likely to be as high in 2013 as the worst year on record, 2011, according to a new report from the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) published today.]]>