BANGKOK,
29 March 2012
(IRIN) -
As millions go to the polls across Myanmar, IRIN took a brief look at a chronology of key events that have impacted this nation of around 50 million since the country gained its independence from Britain in 1948.
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BANGKOK,
27 March 2012
(IRIN) -
An NGO-government partnership in the Philippines has improved access to treatment for paediatric cancer, a leading cause of death in children aged 1-14, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
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JAAR,
27 March 2012
(IRIN) -
At first glance the city of Jaar, in Abyan Governorate near the Gulf of Aden, resembles many Yemeni towns struggling to rebuild after a year of nationwide protests shackled the central government’s ability to provide basic services.
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KABALO,
26 March 2012
(IRIN) -
Landmines planted about a decade ago in parts of Kabalo territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) southeastern Katanga Province are adversely affecting farming livelihoods, and an important World Food Programme (WFP) project.
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NAROK,
26 March 2012
(IRIN) -
Along a small seasonal stream in Ewaso Nyiro village in Narok, southwestern Kenya, Leleseina Nkoitoi sells vegetables from a stall whose bright colours contrast with the parched landscape.
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