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SYRIA: US funding offer for NGOs draws mixed reactions
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DAMASCUS, 21 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - US funding that has been made available for local pro-democracy NGOs has received mixed reactions from Syrian rights groups.Full report
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IRAQ: Thousands of families still displaced after flooding
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BAGHDAD, 21 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Nearly 6,000 families forced to leave their homes in the wake of heavy flooding in northern and southeastern Iraq earlier this month remain displaced, mostly due to the destruction of their houses.Full report
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YEMEN: Two killed in flash floods
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SANA, 21 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Two people were killed and a number of houses destroyed in flash floods that hit the village of Ma’abar, in the southwestern Thamar governorate, on the night of 20 February.Full report
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YEMEN: Measles vaccination campaign launched to prevent children’s deaths
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SANA, 21 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - A massive vaccination drive against measles began this week in an effort to stamp out a disease that kills between 5,000 and 10,000 Yemeni children ever year. For the first time in the country, the campaign is targeting children over 18 months old as part of a global campaign to eradicate the contagious disease.Full report
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EGYPT: Defiant judges charged with “defamation”
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CAIRO, 20 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Human rights groups condemned a recent decision by the Higher Judiciary Council to strip three members of the Egyptian Judge’s Club of their right to judicial immunity for calling attention to voting irregularities during recent elections.Full report
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IRAQ: Local NGO documents prisoner abuse
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BAGHDAD, 20 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - An NGO established this year to assist former prison detainees who have suffered abuses in prison has received an overwhelming initial response. “This organisation has already received nearly 125 reports of prisoner abuse inside Iraqi prisons,” said Khalid Rabia’a, spokesman for the Prisoners’ Association for Justice (PAJ), which officially began its work six weeks ago.Full report
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IRAQ: New suspected bird flu infection cases being tested in Iraq
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BAGHDAD, 19 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The Ministry of Health has said it is testing 13 new suspected human cases of the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, in the southern governorate of Missan and 12 in Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq.Full report
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EGYPT: Government appeals for calm after appearance of bird flu among poultry
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CAIRO, 19 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The government appealed for calm after poultry infected with the H5N1 virus, known as bird flu, were detected in three different Egyptian governorates, including the capital, Cairo. “There is no immediate danger,” said a source at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, who requested anonymity. Full report
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IRAQ: Loss of oil revenue hampers reconstruction efforts
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BAGHDAD, 19 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Attacks on oil pipelines cost the Iraqi economy an estimated US $6 billion in 2005, severely restricting the funding available for post-war reconstruction, according to the Ministry of Oil. Full report
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IRAQ: Health alert in south warns of bird flu
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BAGHDAD, 16 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The Iraqi government has raised a health alert in a southern governorate after local laboratory tests confirmed the presence of the H5N1 bird flu virus in dozens of birds in the area.Full report
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