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KYRGYZSTAN: Typhoid cases reported in south
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OSH, 21 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Almost half a dozen patients have been hospitalised in southern Kyrgyzstan with typhoid in a town near radioactive dump sites. “Eight local residents have been hospitalised over the past week in the Mailuu-Suu town in the southern province of Jalal-Abad and we have five confirmed cases," officials said.Full report
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PAKISTAN: Roots of the Balochistan conflict run deep
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QUETTA, 16 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - For two years, Faqir Hussain, 26, has been searching for a job. He goes about the task methodically from his tiny flat in the southern Pakistani city of Quetta, cutting out notices that appear each week in the Sunday newspapers and maintaining a meticulous list of the organisations he has already written to. Full report
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TAJIKISTAN: UN appeal for 2006 launched
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DUSHANBE, 16 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The United Nations launched its appeal for Tajikistan for 2006 in the capital, Dushanbe, on Thursday, requesting more than US $51 million from international donors. Full report
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AFGHANISTAN: TB major health problem in the south - WHO
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KANDAHAR, 15 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Zakera, a 40-year-old widow and mother of three, sits in a long queue of mostly female patients awaiting medicine at a tuberculosis (TB) control centre located in the Shar-e-Now district of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. Full report
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IRAN: Deadly avian flu strain detected in wild birds
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TEHRAN, 15 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The killer strain of avian influenza known as bird flu has been detected in dead wild birds in northwestern Iran, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Full report
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TURKMENISTAN: Interview with United Nations Resident Representative
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ASHGABAT, 15 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Richard Young is the United Nations' new Resident Representative in Turkmenistan. In an interview with IRIN in the capital, Ashgabat he spoke about the need to formulate an emergency preparedness plan for the earthquake-prone republic and about new programmes to promote human rights in the country. Full report
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KYRGYZSTAN: Farming organic cotton gains popularity in the south
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JALAL-ABAD, 14 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Many cotton growers in southern Kyrgyzstan are joining an organic farming drive in the area, with numbers up almost six times since the initiative kicked off in 2003.Full report
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AFGHANISTAN: Criticism of NGO de-registration
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KABUL, 8 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Civic groups in Afghanistan expressed varying reactions to a decision by the government on Tuesday to de-register some 1,600 NGOs in the post-conflict country. Full report
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TURKMENISTAN: Pension cuts begin to bite
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ASHGABAT, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Big reductions in state benefits announced late last year in Turkmenistan are having a serious impact in the reclusive Central Asian state - particularly on the lives of the elderly who already live marginalised lives in the country of six million people. Full report
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PAKISTAN: Rights environment grim, says report
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ISLAMABAD, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - A growing militarisation of society, coupled with an increased lack of transparency in matters of governance, has contributed to a grim human rights situation in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said in a new report on Saturday. Full report
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