Contributor ReportsAustralia 'sorry' for child abuse
Posted by: GMBAIG
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Thu Nov 19 11:54:22 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
Mr Rudd said he was "deeply sorry" for the pain caused to the children and their extended families. He said he hoped the national apology would help to "heal the pain" and be a turning point in Australian history. Some...
ReachUN chief urges unity over hunger
Posted by: GMBAIG
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Sat Nov 21 01:55:41 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for a "single global vision" from world leaders to address the problems of world hunger and pollution. Mr Ban's comments came at the start of a UN conference in Rome aimed at stabilising...
Who are the Taliban?
Posted by: GMBAIG
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Mon Nov 16 23:57:35 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
Recent years have seen the re-emergence of the hardline Islamic Taliban movement as a fighting force in Afghanistan and a major threat to its government. They are also threatening to destabilise Pakistan, where they control areas in the north-west and...
Pakistan's Forgotten Crisis
Posted by: GMBAIG
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Mon Nov 16 17:20:28 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
Over the last month world attention has focused on the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who have returned to their homes in Pakistan’s conflict-ridden Swat Valley . The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and other aid groups are helping these...
9 killed in Karachi train collision
Posted by: GMBAIG
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Tue Nov 17 00:22:05 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
KARACHI: Nine persons have been killed when Allama Iqbal Express collided with Super Parcel Express near Jumma Goth railway station. According to reports, AIE being on its way from interior Sindh, met a head-on collision with a goods’ train near...
Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79
Posted by: GMBAIG
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Sat Nov 21 01:56:09 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
The Croydon-born star had been suffering from various illnesses including pneumonia and died in hospital, said Janet Glass. Woodward is most famous for his roles in the cult 1973 horror film The Wicker Man, alongside Christopher Lee, and US TV...
Daycare centres for Alzheimer’s patients urged
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mwasifali 
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Mon Nov 16 15:53:36 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
PUNJAB Governor Salman Taseer has called for setting up day care centre for setting up daycare centres for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The governor was talking to a five-member delegation of the Regional Pacific Conference led by Chief Executive...
Pakistan's poor hit as food prices soar
Posted by: GMBAIG
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Thu Nov 19 03:59:33 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
Twilight in Karachi, and outside some of the main restaurants in Pakistan's economic and financial capital you will find the city's poor waiting. They line up most days of the week, to get a chance to grab the free food...
Robbers loot 10 persons one-by-one in Sector G-8/1
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mwasifali
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Mon Nov 16 15:01:29 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
Robbers looted ten persons one-by-one in Sector G-8/1 here on Saturday evening, a victim told ‘The News’. The daring gangsters kept on looting pedestrians for over one hour without any resistance. The victims were so terrified that they could not...
Positive role of media lauded by Information Ministry
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sanj1
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated Fri Nov 20 00:48:56 -0800 2009 | humanitarian-news
Qamar Zaman Kaira, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting while appreciating the media’s responsible role on Oct 23 said the role of media has been very positive and responsible but giving extensive coverage to terrorists activities sometimes caused disappointment among...
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