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KABUL, 18 October 2009 (IRIN) - He sleeps in derelict outbuildings, eats dirty leftovers, wears tattered clothes and spends his days on the streets. He knows neither his name, nor his age, nor any relatives. People give him a wide berth despite - or because of - his frantic begging gestures. He is middle-aged and mentally ill in Kabul city.
ISLAMABAD, 19 October 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of people have fled Pakistan’s South Waziristan territory adjacent to the Afghan border, as a military operation against Taliban militants got under way on 17 October.
DATU PIANG, 19 October 2009 (IRIN) - When Kamesa Usop fled her home in August 2008, little did she know she would still be displaced 14 months later. Today, the 50-year-old is one of 1,500 residents of the Notre Dame Dulawan evacuation centre in Datu Piang, in conflict-affected Mindanao.
ISLAMABAD, 19 October 2009 (IRIN) - A drill for rescuing people in coastal areas in the event of a tsunami was carried out in Thatta, Sindh Province, by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) supported by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) on 17 October.
MANILA, 19 October 2009 (IRIN) - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) says it is working with the government to establish a mechanism to protect civilians in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Mindanao from crossfire or clashes before formal peace talks resume.
KHUROSON, 20 October 2009 (IRIN) - Five months after mudslides completely destroyed her home in Uyali village in Tajikistan’s southern district of Khuroson, Momogul Sharipova, in her 60s, moved to a brand new government-built house, but there is a major problem: it has no toilet.
KABUL, 20 October 2009 (IRIN) - Ahmad Wali died in a bomb blast in Kandahar city on 25 August and Samim was killed in a suicide attack in Kabul on 15 September. Both men left grieving families with little capacity to cope on their own.
MANILA, 20 October 2009 (IRIN) - Rescue and relief officials are rushing supplies and food to the north of the Philippines, while thousands of people living in areas prone to landslides and flooding were ordered on 20 October to evacuate to safer areas, as Typhoon Lupit was due to make landfall.
DHAKA, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) - Fishermen and experts agree: climate change is taking its toll in the world’s largest bay, with more sudden changes in atmospheric pressure and storms.
MAUNGDAW, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) - Hla Moe, 25, has a university degree but it is worthless in the eyes of Myanmar's military government. Thus, he and other Rohingya youth have no choice but to till the land just as their ancestors have done for generations in Northern Rakhine State.
ISLAMABAD, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme has been forced to close 20 food hubs supplying food aid to over two million people in North West Frontier Province, owing to rising security fears.
VIENTIANE, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) - The UN launched a flash appeal on 22 October for more than US$10 million after Typhoon Ketsana brought devastating floods to Laos, hitting some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
KATHMANDU, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) - Food insecurity has increased for thousands of families in Nepal’s far- and mid-west regions as a result of flooding and landslides earlier this month.
MANILA, 23 October 2009 (IRIN) - Pummelled by back-to-back typhoons and facing another, the Philippines is experiencing its toughest humanitarian challenge in recent history, Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), said on 23 October.
JAKARTA, 23 October 2009 (IRIN) - The Indonesian government and aid agencies have begun building temporary shelters for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by last month's earthquake in West Sumatra Province.
BANGKOK, 23 October 2009 (IRIN) - Donors are increasingly concerned over the conditions in Sri Lanka’s camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) and are less likely to provide funding if they continue to restrict IDPs’ freedom of movement, say UN officials.