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MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 65 for 10-16 March 2006
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MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 64 for 3-9 March 2006
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MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 63 for 24 February-2 March 2006
DUBAI, 2 Mar 2006 (IRIN) - CONTENT: EGYPT: Poultry reparations insufficient, say rights groups IRAQ: Urgent action needed to head off civil war, says ICG IRAQ: Government defends use of curfew despite disruptions Full report
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IRAQ: Farmers seek compensation amid bird flu prevention measures
BAGHDAD, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Farmers from the northern Sulaimaniyah governorate are requesting compensation from the Kurdish government for losses incurred by the culling of fowl, undertaken to prevent the spread of avian influenza.Full report
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MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 56 for 6 - 12 January 2006
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IRAQ: Year in Brief 2005 - Chronology of humanitarian events
DUBAI, 9 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - 2005 saw a number of political watersheds, including national assembly elections and constitutional referendums. The contests pitted the country’s three biggest ethnic-religious groupings – Shi’ites, Sunnis and Kurds – against one another for domination of the parliament and government.Full report
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MIDDLE EAST: MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 54 for 23 – 29 December 2005
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MIDDLE EAST: Interview with Middle East water expert
DUBAI, 28 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - Water availability in the Middle East will continue to remain problematic and a potential source of conflict, according to water expert Dr Walid Saleh. Dr Saleh has worked with the United Nations University/International Network on Water, Environment and Health in Abu Dhabi since 1996. In an interview with IRIN, he said while some efforts were ongoing to improve supplies, better water management was essential.Full report
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MIDDLE EAST: Appeal to Arab world to give more to world’s poorest
DUBAI, 16 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - Activists launched a joint appeal to the Arab world on Friday in Dubai, the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates, to donate more money to ease poverty in Africa. Full report
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Red Crescent continues work in Iraq under difficult circumstances
ABU DHABI, 11 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - At a time when very few aid agencies are able to operate within Iraq, the United Arab Emirates’ Red Crescent Association (RC) says the risks are high but that they will continue to assist the needy with a small team of workers inside the country.Full report
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