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Haiti dodges storm disaster as cholera toll rises
Nov 06, 2010 20:58 EDT
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.
Cholera-hit Haiti braces for looming storm
Nov 04, 2010 11:21 EDT
Tropical Storm Tomas was barreling toward Haiti, threatening a direct hit early Friday as a hurricane bringing "life-threatening flash floods and mudslides over mountainous terrain," according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Haiti cholera death toll spikes by 105: official
Nov 03, 2010 13:45 EDT
Haitian health authorities reported that an additional 1,978 people were hospitalized, raising the total number of cases to 6,742.
Cyclone kills 27 in western Myanmar; 15 missing
Oct 25, 2010 12:10 EDT
Cyclone kills 27 people in western Myanmar, 15 missing after storm flattens thousands of homes. A cyclone that struck Myanmar's western coast late last week killed at least 27 people, damaging thousands of buildings and displacing tens of thousands of people, state television reported Monday.
Somali govt asks pirates to release British couple
Oct 22, 2010 13:24 EDT
Somali government vows to renew efforts to free British couple held for 1 year by pirates. Somalia's government on Friday called for the release of a British couple being held in the country ahead of the one-year anniversary of their capture.
Lawlessness reigns in Ivory Coast's 'Wild West'
Oct 22, 2010 12:38 EDT
Rights group says lawlessness widespread in Ivory Coast's 'Wild West' as elections loom. Banditry, violence, and rape are widespread in Ivory Coast's western provinces even as the country gears for historic national elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Friday.
British couple marks year in Somali captivity
Oct 22, 2010 05:31 EDT
Paul and Rachel Chandler were captured on October 23 last year, a day after leaving the idyllic shores of the Indian Ocean archipelago for Tanzania.
Briton who was kidnapped in Somalia flown to Kenya
Oct 21, 2010 11:27 EDT
British Save the Children aid worker kidnapped in Somalia flown to Kenya. Save the Children says a British aid worker released by his captors Wednesday in Somalia has been flown to Kenya and reunited with his family.
Briton freed by Somali gunmen arrives in Kenya
Oct 21, 2010 11:19 EDT
Frans Barnard, employed as a security consultant by the British charity Save the Children, was captured on October 14 along with his Somali fixer in Adado, a small town in central Somalia, when heavily-armed men stormed their guest house.
Freed Briton flies out of Somalia
Oct 21, 2010 06:56 EDT
Frans Barnard, employed by the British charity Save the Children, was captured on October 14 along with his Somali fixer in Adado, a small town in central Somalia, when heavily-armed men stormed their guest house.
British hostage freed in Somalia
Oct 20, 2010 12:22 EDT
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A British contractor kidnapped in Somalia while working for aid group Save the Children has been freed after negotiations with his captors, local officials said Wednesday.
British hostage freed in Somalia
Oct 20, 2010 09:38 EDT
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A British contractor kidnapped in Somalia while working for aid group Save the Children has been freed after negotiations with his captors, local officials said on Wednesday.
Somali gunmen release British aid worker
Oct 20, 2010 08:41 EDT
Frans Barnard, employed by the British Save the Children charity, was captured last Thursday along with his Somali fixer in Adado, a small town in central Somalia, when heavily-armed men stormed into their guest house.
Somali gunmen release UK aid worker
Oct 20, 2010 05:09 EDT
"I am well and free... and travelling back to Adado," Frans Barnard said on telephone, referring to the town where he was abducted last Thursday.
Somali gunmen release British hostage
Oct 20, 2010 04:52 EDT
"I am well and free... and travelling back to Adado," Frans Barnard said on telephone, referring to the town where he was abducted last Thursday.
Somali gunmen free Zimbabwean hostage
Oct 20, 2010 02:00 EDT
"I am well and free... and travelling back to Adado," Frans Barnard said on telephone, referring to the town where he was seized Thursday along with his Somali fixer, who was freed unharmed the day after their capture.
Kidnapped British aid worker in good health
Oct 17, 2010 10:22 EDT
British aid worker kidnapped in Somalia is in good health, says aid agency official. A Briton working for Save the Children who was kidnapped three days earlier in western Somalia is being treated well, a spokeswoman for the agency said on Sunday.
Talks to free British man seized by Somali gunmen
Oct 16, 2010 11:31 EDT
Bashir Lugey, who was released unharmed following the kidnapping late Thursday, told AFP by telephone he was back home in the central town of Adado, the scene of fierce factional fighting this week.
Somali gunmen abduct Briton
Oct 15, 2010 11:09 EDT
Gunmen abducted a Briton working for a children's charity in war-torn Somalia, snatching him from inside a compound near the Ethiopian border as fighting raged between rival factions on Friday.
Somali gunmen abduct British aid worker
Oct 15, 2010 10:09 EDT
Gunmen abducted a Briton working for a children's charity in war-torn Somalia, snatching him from inside a compound near the Ethiopian border as fighting raged between rival factions on Friday.
