http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/archive/1802 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84178 Forty-nine patients suffering from gunshot wounds were transferred to hospital from Kalma Camp in the Sudanese region of Darfur after shooting early in the morning. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/160445/1/1802 UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (OneWorld) - A major U.S.-based humanitarian aid group is urging the Bush administration to revise its aid policy toward Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and provide immediate assistance to the cyclone victims in that country. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160361/1/1802 The devastating Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar early Saturday has claimed 350 lives, as death tolls mount. While aid operations were restricted by the military junta in the outskirts of capital Yangon, the state media announced the country will go ahead with the constitutional referendum on May 10. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160149/1/1802 This week's alert on the growing global food crisis is perhaps the most worrying one we've ever sent, says OneWorld's managing editor in the United States. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83546 A World Food Programme driver has been shot dead while delivering vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159839/1/1802 DHAKA, Apr 16 (OneWorld) - Although illiterate Bangladeshi villagers don't know the climate change lingo, many have shown an awareness of the situation, using local knowledge to innovate and adapt to the natural changes. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159547/1/1802 Rodents and insects have damaged hundreds of thousands of hectares of wet rice and jhum paddy cultivation for the second successive year in a north-Indian state. Already many people are facing starvation. If immediate measures are not taken by the state and central governments, the situation may become even worse. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159503/1/1802 A little-known mobile helpline will now help you find a blood donor in times of crises. All it takes is an SMS. The messages access an online database of 45,000 blood donors in 300 Indian towns and cities. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159432/1/1802 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures to help about 1 million Somalis who have been rendered homeless by the ongoing armed conflict in their country. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158645/1/1802 UNICEF's 2008 Humanitarian Action Report emphasises on greater accountability and leadership action by humanitarian agencies for 39 emergencies across the world. Apart from strengthening coordination between actors to ensure timely response, the report also claims it is important to train women and children to cope with disasters. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158226/1/1802 More than 300,000 animals in Afghanistan have become prey to cold temperatures, severely devastating the livelihood of local farmers. Such extreme weather conditions are causing unprecedented miseries in the country, where more than 900 people have died due to cold this winter. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158202/1/1802 Fears are being expressed that Nepal can face a serious humanitarian crisis. Ethnic Madhesis – who suffer from extreme poverty, unemployment and lack of citizenship – are on an indefinite strike since February 12 demanding a separate region for themselves. Essential services remain disrupted and the situation can only worsen from here. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158150/1/1802 Insurance can help the poorest to cope with the consequences of global warming, say development experts. Paying small premiums than raising money after disasters is a better way to minimise damage. Insurance managers however say the frequency of droughts and floods can weaken such claims. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158049/1/1802 Even after three months of Cyclone Sidr hitting Bangladesh, some 1.3 million affected people are living under plastic sheeting, tarpaulins and other basic shelters exposing them to the approaching monsoon rains. Oxfam says that it is vital that the government and the international community urgently devise a better plan. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157453/1/1802 Heavy snowfall and unprecedented cold waves in Afghanistan have claimed at least 500 lives and cut off many villages from urban centres, leading to serious disruption of essential supplies. Given the magnitude of the problem, the government has expressed helplessness while assistance from NGOs is proving insufficient.