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UN to launch Haiti emergency appeal for $550 mn

Geneva: UN aid agencies will launch an emergency appeal to raise about $550 million to help survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, a UN spokeswoman said on Friday. Thousands of people injured in Tuesday’s massive earthquake in the Caribbean country ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, livemint.com,  15 Jan 2010
Related Topics: John Holmes,  World Food Programme

Swine flu: light at end of tunnel

SWINE flu had not peaked but seemed to be waning in Canada and the United States, signalling that the end of the pandemic may be on the horizon, the World Health Organization said yesterday. A third wave of infections may be ahead, said Keiji Fukuda, ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Shanghai Daily,  3 Dec 2009
Related Topics: World Health Organization

Warning Over Drug

COUNTRIES should phase out the use of Stavudine, the most widespread antiretroviral, because of "long-term, irreversible" side effects in HIV patients including wasting and a nerve disorder, the World Health Organization said in Geneva yesterday. In ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Shanghai Daily,  30 Nov 2009
Related Topics: World Health Organization

Switzerland votes to ban minarets

S wiss voters have approved a right-wing-backed proposal to ban construction of new minarets, initial projections showed on Sunday, a surprise result that could damage Switzerland's economic ties with Muslim states. If confirmed, the result would be a ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Globe and Mail,  29 Nov 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

Swiss voters set to approve ban on minarets

S wiss voters have approved a right-wing-backed proposal to ban construction of new minarets, initial projections showed on Sunday, a surprise result that could damage Switzerland's economic ties with Muslim states. If confirmed, the result would be a ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Globe and Mail,  29 Nov 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

UN group rates Afghanistan as most dangerous place for kids

EIGHT years after a US-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations says. The country is especially dangerous for girls, the ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Shanghai Daily,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: UNICEF,  Taliban,  Ann Veneman

WHO dispels inoculation death link

ABOUT 40 people have died after being inoculated against swine flu, but investigations so far show the fatalities were not caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organization said yesterday. The UN agency reaffirmed that the H1N1 vaccine was safe ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Shanghai Daily,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: World Health Organization,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  AstraZeneca PLC,  Novartis,  Sanofi-Aventis

Swine flu deaths rise, but no risky mutations

THE H1N1 flu has killed at least 2,837 people but is not causing more severe illness than previously, and the virus has not mutated, the World Health Organization said yesterday. The United Nations agency is monitoring the strain, commonly known as ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Shanghai Daily,  4 Sep 2009
Related Topics: World Health Organization,  United Nations

Air freight picking up but upturn fragile

Geneva: Air freight, a leading indicator of the health of world trade, is picking up slowly but is still down on last year and the upturn remains fragile, an industry body said on Thursday. Cargo executives expect a rise in freight volumes and yields ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, livemint.com,  3 Sep 2009

Tough week puts Swiss self-image under stress

GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland's image of itself as the world's trusted banker and friend to all nations has been tarnished by a tough week in diplomacy. Swiss commentators on Friday denounced as "humiliation" and "capitulation" decisions on two ...

From STEPHANIE NEBEHAY, Boston Globe,  21 Aug 2009
Related Topics: European Union,  NATO,  Hans-Rudolf Merz

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