Informes

Bangladesh has appealed for international aid to help rebuild the thousands of homes and infrastructure destroyed in yesterday's cyclone. The storm, with winds of up to 230-kilometres an hour, killed at least 67 people in the south-eastern coastal region. The government…

DATE=5/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-214577 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: IN AFGHANISTAN REPORTS SAY THE TALEBAN HAVE MADE MUCH SMALLER GAINS THAN CLAIMED AGAINST NORTHERN OPPOSITION GENERAL ABDUL RASHID DOSTAM. VOA CORRESPONDENT DOUGLAS BAKSHIAN IS FOLLOWING THE…

Afghanistan's Taliban Militia Continues Its Military Offensive Afghanistan's Taliban militia is continuing its offensive, making major gains after a split within opposition ranks weakened their defences. Three northwestern provinces have fallen into Taliban hands after the defection of opposition commander, Abdul Malik. South…

Geneva, 21 May 1997 Dear Friends, A severe cyclone hit the coast of Bangladesh on Monday, 19 May. Where it was worst winds of up to 180 - 200 kph hit towns and villages leaving up to 800,000…

reported by Jim Newton WVI Media/Communications Relations director World Vision plans an immediate relief response valued at US$2 million to assist children and others affected by the pre-famine conditions in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Watt Santatiwatt, WVI vice president for…

Bangladesh Cyclone: CARE staff available for on-site interviews Please contact: In Bangladesh: CARE-Bangladesh…

An inter-Korean Red Cross meeting, the second this month, will be held in Beijing this week, to discuss ways to expedite food aid to North Korea. Agreement on the meeting was reached when the head of the South's Red Cross…

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuter) - Afghanistan's fundamentalist Islamic Taleban militia said it had made new gains in opposition-held territory Tuesday and demanded that its foes surrender. "(General Abdul Rashid) Dostum will soon drown in the people's anger, because the people are…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 33 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs Dozens are dead and thousands have been left homeless in the wake of a powerful cyclone that struck the southeastern coast of Bangladesh and the port…

Geneva, May 20, 1997 A severe cyclone hit the coast of Bangladesh Monday. Winds of up to 180 - 200 kph hit areas around Cox Bazar and Teknaf areas. In response to the cyclone and a feared storm surge…