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South Asian ministers propose economic union plan DHAKA (AFP) Nov 11, 2005 Seven South Asian foreign ministers met Friday ahead of a weekend summit in the Bangladesh capital to push a free trade agreement and a possible "economic union", officials said. Police baton-charge Pakistan quake survivors MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 11, 2005 Police baton-charged around 250 earthquake survivors in Pakistani Kashmir who were protesting against orders to vacate a squalid makeshift camp on Friday, a police chief said. Bangladesh deploys 30,000 troops for South Asian summit DHAKA (AFP) Nov 11, 2005 More than 30,000 troops have been deployed in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka for this weekend's summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the police chief said Friday. |
Free trade tops agenda for South Asian foreign ministers DHAKA (AFP) Nov 11, 2005 Foreign ministers of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) met Friday to push a major free trade agreement ahead of a two-day summit in Dhaka. Half of South Asia quake dead were likely children: UNICEF MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 11, 2005 Children likely make up half of the 74,000 people who died in the South Asian quake, the United Nations said Friday, confirming fears that the disaster had claimed a "lost generation." Quake-ravaged Kashmir villagers forced to start from scratch CHARUNDA, India (AFP) Nov 11, 2005 Earthquake survivor Mohammed Arif, just five years old, stands in his makeshift school and sings a rhyme his teacher says reflects the plight of everyone in this flattened village in a remote district of Indian Kashmir. |
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US relief helicopter probably not fired on: admiral WASHINGTON (AFP) Nov 10, 2005 A US military helicopter probably was not fired on while delivering earthquake aid in Pakistan earlier as initially reported, the commander of the US relief effort said Thursday. South Asian nations to set up disaster centre in India DHAKA (AFP) Nov 10, 2005 South Asian nations will set up a disaster management and preparedness center in the Indian capital, officials said Thursday. Rain in Pakistan quake zone heightens disease fears MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 10, 2005 United Nations officials warned Thursday that widespread rain in Pakistan's quake zone could be disastrous for their struggle to contain an outbreak of acute diarrhoea in squalid tent camps. |
EU health commissioner in Thailand on bird flu mission BANGKOK (AFP) Nov 10, 2005 EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou promised European help in fighting bird flu in Southeast Asia, after meeting Thursday with top officials in Thailand where the disease has killed 13 people. Hannover Re nine-month earnings hit by hurricane losses HANOVER, Germany (AFP) Nov 10, 2005 Hannover Re, the world's third-bigget reinsurer after Munich Re and Swiss Re, said Thursday it was cutting its full-year forecasts after that nine-month earnings were hit by the huge losses connected with the series of deadly hurricanes in the US recently. Rain in Pakistan quake zone compounds disease fears MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 10, 2005 UN officials warned Thursday that fresh rain in Pakistan's quake zone could have a "disastrous" effect on their struggle to contain an outbreak of acute diarrhoea. |
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