Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DATE=9/12/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-219762 TITLE=NORTH KOREA / FOOD (L/S) BYLINE=PEGGY POLK DATELINE=ROME CONTENT= VOICED AT: ///// EDS: EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AT 0930 UTC TODAY -- 5:30 AM EDT. ///// ///// USE OPTS FOR LONG. ///// INTRO: THE U-N FOOD AGENCIES WARNED FRIDAY NORTH KOREA FACES CONTINUED, SERIOUS…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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 early…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 37 of 1997 Date: 12 September 1997 This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) Southern Africa: El Nino Watch C) East and Central Africa: Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda,…
Afghanistan
By Tim Johnston KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic militia repelled a big counter-attack Friday around the besieged northern opposition capital of Mazar-i-Sharif, Taliban sources said. Warplanes, apparently belonging to the Taliban, bombed Mazar-i-Sharif earlier Friday as fighting raged around the…
Myanmar
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…
Afghanistan
DATE=9/11/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-219700 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING UPDATE (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN THE TALEBAN AND OPPOSITION FORCES IN THE NORTHERN AFGHAN CITY OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF. AS CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS -- A MAJOR BATTLE HAS ALSO BROKEN OUT…
Afghanistan
SOC/NAR/767 VIENNA, 11 September (UN Information Service) -- Opium poppy production in Afghanistan rose to 2,800 metric tons in 1997, an estimated 25 per cent increase over 1996, according to a new United Nations survey. The findings of the 1997…
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
SPECIAL ALERTNO. 277FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TOTHE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA11 September 1997 1. OVERVIEW Against the backdrop of two successive years of floods in 1995 and 1996, this summer brought not only devastating…
Afghanistan
DATE=9/10/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-219641 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING UPDATE (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: TALEBAN FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN ARE REPORTEDLY CONTINUING THEIR FIGHT TO CAPTURE THE NORTHERN OPPOSITION STRONGHOLD OF MAZAR-I-SHARIF. AS CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS, THERE ARE CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT WHICH SIDE IS…
Myanmar
appeal no. 13/97 situation report no. 1 period covered: 1st to 8 September 1997 As flooding worsened, preventing people in shelters returning to their homes, a four-region assessment by a Myanmar Red Cross Society team identified emergency food distributions to…
