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Myanmar army kills dozen ethnic rebels
AFP, Published on 15/02/2015
» YANGON - Around a dozen ethnic rebels have been killed in a firefight with Myanmar troops and a further eight captured after renewed clashes in northern Myanmar near the Chinese border, state media said on Sunday.
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House call 2.0: Women GPs bring remote care to rural Pakistan
AFP, Published on 18/03/2018
» BHOSA MANSEHRA (PAKISTAN) - In a remote Pakistani village surrounded by lush green hills, Mohammad Fayyaz brings his two-year-old son to a clinic so that a female doctor sitting hundreds of kilometres away can examine him.
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Airlift extends lifeline to remote Philippine typhoon survivors
AFP, Published on 18/11/2013
» Helicopters dropped emergency supplies to desperate villagers as a growing global relief effort following the Philippines typhoon pushed beyond devastated towns and cities Monday towards remote island and mountain communities.
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'Witch' killings haunt India's remote villages
AFP, Published on 20/09/2015
» NEW DELHI - As he recovers in a children's shelter in eastern India, 17-year-old Ganita Munda is haunted by the sound of his family's screams as a witch-hunting gang killed them in their home.
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Nepal quake leaves remote villages cut off as rains begin
AFP, Published on 18/06/2015
» GORKHA (NEPAL) - For the villagers of Sirdibas in Nepal, one of hundreds of isolated mountain communities dotting the vast Himalayan region, a trip to the nearest market meant a difficult three-day journey by donkey even before the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
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Australia floods hit new areas as disaster worsens
AFP, Published on 23/03/2021
» SYDNEY: Authorities warned the flooding disaster on Australia's east coast is "far from over" as thousands more residents were put on evacuation alert Tuesday and volunteers rescued hundreds from rising floodwaters.
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People are pillaging the world's protected areas: study
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» TAMPA - Highways are being paved, oil is being drilled and entire cities are sprouting up inside many of the world's nature preserves, imperiling the very creatures they are meant to protect, researchers said Thursday.
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DRCongo's Tshisekedi awaits confirmation of re-election
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» KINSHASA - DR Congo's incumbent president Felix Tshisekedi is expected to be announced on Sunday as the winner in recent elections that opposition leaders have already dismissed as a "sham".
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'Dying every two hours': Afghan women risk life to give birth
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» KHOST (AFGHANISTAN) - Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant Afghan women -- her death or her child's.
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Black truffle production booms in Spain
AFP, Published on 15/12/2023
» SARRIóN (SPAIN) - When Jose Soriano was a child, the hills near the village of Sarrion in Spain's remote and sparsely populated eastern province of Teruel were mostly uncultivated, covered in brush and rocks.
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