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(5:07pm AEST) North Korea has blamed the rival South for the lack of agreement on food aid in an inter-Korean Red Cross meeting in Beijing. However, in a broadcast monitored in the South's capital, Seoul, a spokesman for North Korea's Red…

(2:06am AEST) Taliban authorities in Kabul have reportedly arrested sevenAfghan employees of a French Non-Governmental Organization working in Afghanistan. The director of the Afghanistan-Vaccination Immunisation Center, Philippe Truze, says the employees were among 25 arrested without justification late last month. He says…

DATE=5/6/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213859 TITLE=NORTH KOREA / FOOD (L-ONLY) BYLINEÚVID PAULSON DATELINE=SEOUL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: TALKS ABOUT FOOD AID BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAS' RED CROSS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED WITH NO AGREEMENT ON THE AMOUNT OF LOGISTICS OF DELIVERING FOOD AID TO NORTH…

(4:02pm AEST) Red Cross delegates from rival North and South Korea have broken off talks on the land delivery of private food aid to the starving North. The landmark talks ended without agreement. However, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency quotes Seoul's chief…

Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan Pledges and contributions The US government has announced its intention to donate US$1 million to UNOCHA's mine action programme, under the 1997 Appeal. From the frontline Media reports on 4 May indicate that the Taliban have defeated insurgent…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies today expressed its hope that continued talks between the two Korean Red Cross Societies would lead to increased aid for the hundreds of thousands of North Koreans suffering from…

By Tim Johnston KABUL, May 4 (Reuter) - At least 12 aid workers, all Afghan nationals, have been arrested by the Taleban authorities in Kabul on charges of gun running, a relief official said on Sunday. ''At least 12 aid…

DATE=6/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-215197 TITLE=AFGHAN FIGHTING (S) BYLINE=MEREDITH BUEL DATELINE=ISLAMABAD CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: REPORTS FROM AFGHANISTAN SAY THE TALEBAN HAVE BEGUN AN AIR AND GROUND OFFENSIVE AGAINST OPPOSITION FORCES CONTROLLING STRATEGIC TOWNS NORTH OF KABUL. VOA CORRESPONDENT MEREDITH BUEL REPORTS. TEXT: THE REUTERS NEWS AGENCY REPORTS…

ip/97/472 Bangladesh : the European Commission approves an emergency humanitarian aid worth ECU 350.000 for victims of "One Bravo" cyclone The European Commission has approved an emergency humanitarian aid worth ECU 350.000 for victims of the catastrophic cyclone "One Bravo" in Bangladesh.…

BEIJING (Reuter) - A South Korean Red Cross team arrived in Beijing Friday for the first talks in almost five years with their counterparts from North Korea, which are aimed at speeding up food aid to the hungry North. "I…