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SANAA - What mechanisms are in place to ensure that international aid reaches its intended recipients in Yemen rather than corrupt officials? How effective has aid delivery been hitherto? full report






Rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown
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EGYPT: FGM/C still widespread, says WHO-funded study


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Bulletin 19: Yemeni lawyer Shada Mohammed Nasser on child brides; and Iain Logan of the Red Cross on preparing for Haiti hurricanes
OPT: Why violence against women is widespread


Gaza fishermen under fire
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers

Wasit Province initiative to get doctors to return
OPT: Uphill battle to supply prosthetics to Gaza war injured


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YEMEN: Landmine awareness campaign targets IDPs

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SYRIA: The road to third country resettlement for Iraqi refugees
YEMEN: “I’d rather die than go back to him”
EGYPT: H1N1 flu down but not out
IRAQ: Local NGOs welcome cluster bomb ban
SYRIA: Over a million people affected by drought
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HAITI: US remittances keep the homeland afloat
NEW YORK, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - Haiti's economy depends on the estimated US$1.5 billion a year in remittances sent home by its million-strong diaspora. Dilip Ratha, lead economist at the World Bank, said the figure could be even higher, accounting for perhaps half the national income.
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GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon"
JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rice producing Asian countries had to contend with poor rains in 2009, and now another season of low rainfall has been forecast for some of them, which has prompted concern whether the price of the grain could go up later in 2010.
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IRIN: Today's most popular IRIN articles
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) - Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. This feature was launched on 18 July, but will display the latest, most popular items of today.
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GLOBAL: Free care for expectant mothers - is it enough?
DAKAR, 2 March 2010 (IRIN) - The government of Sierra Leone has announced that from Independence Day (27 April) it will abolish user fees for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children under five, but will this, on its own, improve their lot?
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ISRAEL-OPT: Gaza fishermen under fire
GAZA CITY, 24 February 2010 (IRIN) - Sami al-Qouqa, a 30-year-old former fisherman from al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, lost his left hand when his fishing boat came under fire from an Israeli gunboat on 12 March 2007, in an incident documented by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
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