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DATE=9/20/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-220176 TITLE=AFGHAN / U-N (L ONLY) BYLINE=SARA HORNER DATELINE= CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN, FOUR PLANES HAVE EVACUATED ABOUT SEVENTY EXHAUSTED AID WORKERS FROM THE NORTHERN CITY OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF. AS SARAH HORNER REPORTS -- THE AID WORKERS WERE TRAPPED FOR TWO…

("Meaningful reform" must take place within North Korea) (2380) Washington -- There are no linkages between humanitarian aid to North Korea and political progress at the Four Party talks, according to Brian Atwood, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development…

By Bruce Pannier and Yakub Turan Prague, 19 September 1997 (RFE/RL) - Latest reports from Afghanistan indicate that opposition forces have not entirely driven Taliban fighters from a contested town on the Uzbek border. Our correspondents report that the Taliban are still…

A huge tidal wave caused by a typhoon has created heavy damage along the west coast of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Coinciding with an exceptionally high tide, the wall of sea water swept inland in the…

Myanmar's worst floods for decades have killed at least 13 people and affected more than 360,000 people. The Myanmar Red Cross Society, with Federation support, has launched a relief operation that will immediately assist 55,000 of the most vulnerable by…

(extract) WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 38 of 1997 Date: 19 September 1997 This report includes: A) Afghanistan B) Iraq C) Bosnia and Herzegovina D) East Africa: Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda E)…

ROME -- Nutritional data collected under government auspices shows that an average of 17 percent of young children surveyed in North Korea are seriously undernourished, the World Food Programme reported today. "Without adequate assistance we can expect massive mortality in the…

Famine conditions in North Korea are jeopardizing the lives of hundreds of thousands of the country's population, leading to a migration emergency. Regional governments have been hesitant to address the issue of famine-induced migration, and the lack of action…

By Bruce Pannier and Yakub Turan Prague, 19 September 1997 (RFE/RL) -- The battle for the last large city in Afghanistan not held by the Taliban movement, Mazar-i-Sharif, spread northward September 17. The Taliban briefly held parts of Mazar-i-Sharif last…

Situation Update A clearer picture is emerging of the food crisis in North Korea, with eyewitness accounts relating a grim prognosis for the coming harvests while attesting that international food aid is helping to prevent famine from sweeping the country. Reports…