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By Jim Della-Giacoma JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuter) - Indonesia Friday revoked logging licenses of 29 timber firms implicated in fires responsible for choking smog across much of southeast Asia. The official Antara news agency said the move followed an ultimatum to…

(10:09am AEST) A senior United Nations official says North Korea's food shortages will reach between two and two-and-a-half million tonnes before the next crop year. The deputy executive director of the World Food Program, Namanga Ngongi, says a good harvest is…

(8:17pm AEST) Forest fires in Indonesia have destroyed 96-thousand hectares of vegetation, mainly rainforests, and cost 12-and-a-half million dollars in lost production. Forestry Minister Jamaluddin Suryohadikusomo said 15-thousand-600 hectares of palm oil and rubber plantations were destroyed. In the nation's first damage…

DATE=10/6/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220869 TITLE=INDONESIA/ FIRES (L-ONLY)) BYLINE=JENNY GRANT DATELINE=JAKARTA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: INDONESIA'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER WARNED MONDAY THAT INDONESIA MUST AVOID A REPEAT DISASTER OF FOREST FIRES THAT POLLUTE THE REGION, IF THE NATION IS TO SURVIVE. JENNY GRANT REPORTS FROM JAKARTA. TEXT: ENVIRONMENT…

DATE=10/4/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220827 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING UPDATE (L) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: // ADDS TALEBAN REACT, GRAFS 7 AND 8 // INTRO: ANTI-TALEBAN FORCES HAVE BROKEN THE SIEGE OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF -- THE LAST MAJOR OPPOSITION STRONG HOLD IN AFGHANISTAN.…

DHAGVA - 97/0527 South-East Asia - Environmental Emergency DHA-Geneva Situation Report No. 5 4 October 1997 DISASTER SITUATION 1. Fires continue to burn on Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya, contributing to air pollution across many South-East Asian countries.…

DATE=10/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220769 TITLE=TALEBAN U-N (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE==ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FIVE WOMEN WHO WERE ARRESTED BY THE TALEBAN IN AFGHANISTAN -- INCLUDING FOUR EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED NATIONS -- HAVE BEEN RELEASED UNHARMED. VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS SAY THE…

Briefing Notes 1. AFGHANISTAN UNHCR is stepping up its efforts to try to rescue more than 7,000 Tajik refugees who are stranded in an increasingly desperate situation in the middle of a conflict zone in Northern Afghanistan. The group …

(extract) WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Report No. 40 of 1997 Date: 3 October 1997 Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda B) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic…

(10:29pm AEST) The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 29 forestry firms, in a bid to control forest fires that have blanketted large parts of South East Asia in smog. The companies failed to meet an October 2 deadline to…