[DIPECHO Network] Disaster updates

Tue Aug 7 05:45:21 CDT 2007

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<p><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium">FYI</font></p>
<p><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="4">Recent News related to Disasters 
and Disaster Response in South Asia.</font></p>
<p><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="4">With kind regards,</font></p>
<p><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium" size="4">Santosh<br>
ICIMOD<br>
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<font color="#800000"><u>Click on the title to get the news in detail</u></font></font></p>
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    <font size="4">Flood Victims Battle Waterborne Diseases as Flood Waters 
    Recede in South Asia</font></a><br>
    <i>Source: International Herald Tribune <br>
    Publish Date : 2007-Aug-06</i><br>
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    Aid workers scrambled to get food, water and medicine to the millions 
    marooned in flood-hit South Asia following an outbreak of diarrhea and other 
    waterborne diseases in northern India, officials said Tuesday.<br>
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    <font size="4">Canada Giving $1M for Flood-ravaged South Asia</font></a><b><br>
    </b><i>Source : CTV.ca <br>
    Publish Date : 2007-Aug-06</i><br>
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      <font face="Franklin Gothic Medium">Canada is providing $1 million in 
      emergency aid to the monsoon-devastated regions of Bangladesh, India and 
      Nepal, where the death toll continues to climb. &quot;Canada is deeply saddened 
      by the tragic loss of life and by the destruction that has occurred over 
      the past few weeks,&quot; Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said in a 
      statement on Monday.<br>
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    <font size="4">Bangladesh Flood Death Toll Rises to 156</font></a><br>
    <i>Source : China View<br>
    Publish Date : 2007-Aug-06</i></font><p><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium">
    The current flood in Bangladesh claimed 36 more lives in last 24 hours 
    raising the death toll to 156 till Monday morning, showing the incidence of 
    casualty on a steady rise.<br>
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    <font size="4">Battle for South Asia Flood Victims</font></a><b><br>
    </b><i>Source : BBC News <br>
    Publish Date : 2007-Aug-06</i></font><p><font face="Franklin Gothic Medium">
    Aid workers are battling to supply food and water to millions of 
    increasingly desperate flood victims in South Asia. Clashes were reported 
    over food drops in the worst hit area, India's state of Bihar, where 11 
    million are affected.The state's latest victims were in a boat that capsized 
    on the Ganges. Two are known dead but dozens are missing.Water levels in 
    some north Indian rivers are now receding but at least 240 people are known 
    to have died across the region.</font></td>
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