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PAKISTAN: More rain expected as floods kill over 800 PESHAWAR Sunday, August 01, 2010 (IRIN) - Floods triggered by exceptionally heavy monsoon rains in the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have killed at least 800 people and affected up to a million across the country. Officials fear the worst is to come if floods hit the more populated provinces of Sindh and Punjab over the coming days.


MYANMAR: NGOs cut programmes as government takes on recovery oversight BANGKOK Friday, July 30, 2010 (IRIN) - Funding shortages are forcing NGOs to cut operations in the Ayeyarwady Delta, as the Myanmar government takes on oversight for recovery efforts two years after Cyclone Nargis on 1 August.


BANGLADESH: Spreading the floating farms’ tradition CHANDRA Thursday, July 29, 2010 (IRIN) - As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming on water.


PAKISTAN: Timeline on human displacement since September 2009 LAHORE Thursday, July 29, 2010 (IRIN) - Conflict-related population displacements have been continuing in northwestern Pakistan as the government tries to take the fight to pro-Taliban rebels - highlights below.


In Brief: Dengue cases spike in Thailand BANGKOK Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (IRIN) - Dengue has reached a five-year high in Thailand, with 41,136 cases and 38 deaths to 20 July, against 22,969 infections and 19 deaths in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Public Health.


AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods leave over 20 dead KABUL Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (IRIN) - Flash floods killed over 20 people and destroyed dozens of houses in different parts of Afghanistan on 26-27 July, according to the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA).


AFGHANISTAN: Mass grave cover-ups undermine justice KABUL Tuesday, July 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Three years after President Hamid Karzai appointed a commission to investigate a mass grave site in the Chimtala plains, north of Kabul city, the site, the commission and the truth are missing.


SRI LANKA: Fresh catch may bring new life to former conflict zone PANICHCHANKERNI Monday, July 26, 2010 (IRIN) - Every day, more than 100 fishing boats launch into the waters off Panichchankerni in eastern Batticaloa District - four times the number when fighting re-erupted four years ago. Security restrictions meant boats could only go out at certain times, but these rules have been relaxed since the end of the war in May 2009.


KYRGYZSTAN: Shelter funding critical, say agencies DUBAI Monday, July 26, 2010 (IRIN) - The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in Kyrgyzstan, comprising 24 UN agencies and international NGOs, is concerned that it will not be able to meet all assessed needs in the troubled southern areas of the country because its revised flash appeal is only 30 percent funded.


PAKISTAN: Flash floods wreak havoc QUETTA Sunday, July 25, 2010 (IRIN) - With the onset of a heavier than usual monsoon season, assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by torrential rains and flash floods in different areas of the country has not been adequate and the risk of disease outbreaks is growing, local authorities have said.