Full Coverage: South West Asia
September 2008
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19.09.2008
As the 21 September International Day of Peace approaches, UN agencies call for a halt to hostilities in Afghanistan to allow polio immunization to take place.
more...Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] Image: Child receiving polio vaccine © WHO
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17.09.2008
Corruption is a serious threat in humanitarian assistance, Sarah Bailey of Britain’s Overseas Development Institute (ODI) told a meeting in London.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Liberia] [Sri Lanka] [Uganda] [United Kingdom] Image: Jan Egeland of the UN admires a pot made in a displaced peoples' camp in northern Uganda, 2006 © Tugela Ridley / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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16.09.2008
Luciano Pavarotti’s legacy of generosity lives on in a tribute charity concert and memorial ceremony to be held in Petra, Jordan, next month.
more...Related topics/regions: [Jordan] [Afghanistan] [United Nations] [Refugees] [Aid] Image: Luciano Pavarotti, a UN Messenger of Peace (courtesy of Pavarotti and Friends International)
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11.09.2008
Ending executions for crimes committed by children in just five countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen - would result in universal implementation of the prohibition on the juvenile death penalty, says a leading rights organisation.
more...Related topics/regions: [Iran] [Pakistan] [Saudi Arabia] [Sudan] [Yemen] Image: Stop the Death Penalty © Amnesty International - International Secretariat
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05.09.2008
The six-month prison sentences imposed on four Iranian cyber-feminists for "publishing information against the government" are an outrage, says a media freedom group.
more...From: Reporter Senza Frontiere Related topics/regions: [Iran] Image: Internet rights, women's rights
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