Full Coverage: Emergency relief

31.08.2006 Oxfam has expanded its operations in the north and east to meet the needs of displaced families as the humanitarian situation in the north and east continues to draw attention of the aid agencies. Though a few displaced families have returned to their homes, thousands of displaced families are still in camps in Trincomalee, Kilinochchi, Batticaloa and Jaffna districts.

30.08.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 30 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of local residents protested the reopening ceremony for a 3.2-million-square-foot luxury resort in Biloxi, Mississippi Tuesday that was timed to coincide with the 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall in the region.

29.08.2006 Une personne a été tuée, des maisons endommagées, des plantations ravagées et des têtes de bétail emportées : c’est le bilan provisoire dressé ce lundi 28 août 2006 par les autorités après le passage du cyclone Ernesto sur la république d’Haïti

17.08.2006 With the Nepal government and Maoist rebels agreeing to begin the process of arms management, all eyes are now focused on the United Nations to manage a difficult and touchy issue in Nepal's peace process.