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| PAKISTAN: IDP hosts under pressure |  LAHORE, 29 June 2009 (IRIN) - “I and my family of seven are living with strangers… They are kind people, from the NWFP [North West Frontier Province] who speak our language and know our ways - but they are poor themselves and cannot afford to feed seven more mouths,” said Mansur Khan, 50, from a village near Kalam in Pakistan’s troubled Swat District.
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| | LAOS: Barn owls to the rescue? |  VIENTIANE, 25 June 2009 (IRIN) - A burgeoning rodent population is damaging crops and worsening the food security situation for thousands of families across northern Laos, but experts believe the introduction of barn owls could ease the problem.
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| | GLOBAL: Geneva Conventions and 21st-century combatants |  DAKAR, 24 June 2009 (IRIN) - To mark the 150th anniversary of the International Red Cross Movement IRIN spoke with humanitarian and legal experts about how conflict has changed in the 21st century and to what degree the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols stand up when it comes to protecting civilians in conflict.
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| | PHILIPPINES: Vendettas and violence on Mindanao - analysis |  LANAO DEL SUR, 24 June 2009 (IRIN) - The murder of Helen Accoon, a college principal, on the southern conflict-ridden island of Mindanao in 2008, shocked many people as it seemed to mark an escalation in clan feuding, known as `rido’. The ‘rido’ code of honour does not normally allow attacks on women.
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| | GLOBAL: Do the Geneva Conventions still stand up? |  DAKAR, 23 June 2009 (IRIN) - One hundred fifty years ago the battle of Solferino left 40,000 soldiers and civilians either wounded or killed. With too few doctors on hand, Swiss civilian Henry Dunant helped villagers care for the victims. Recognizing the direct and dire impact of war on civilians, his experience led him to found the International Red Cross Movement, which celebrates its anniversary on 24 June.
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