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Fiji
Fiji's military ruler says elections to be held in 2014
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
Fiji's military ruler announced on Wednesday (July 1) that Fiji will have a new constitution in 2013, which gets rid of the ethnic-based system introduced in 1997, and that elections would be held in 2014, the BBC reported. Military chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama said that work on the new constitution would begin in 2012 and would finish the following year.
India
India withdraws troops from restive Indian-controlled Kashmir town
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
Indian officials said Wednesday (July 1) that it was withdrawing paramilitary troops from a Kashmir town, the scene of violent anti-India protests over the past few days. At least four protesters have been killed and dozens have been injured in clashes with Indian security troops.
North Korea
UN says donations for North Korea food aid in dire need
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
A senior UN official said Wednesday (July 1) that the UN was unable to feed millions of North Koreans because international donations for North Korea have dried up. The UN's World Food Program (WFP) also said that it could not properly do its work because the North Korean government has restricted its operations in the country.
Philippines
Communist rebels raid police station in Philippine's south
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
In the northern Philippine province of Quezon, government troops clashed with New People's Army (NPA) communist rebels on Wednesday morning (July 1). Government troops, consisting of soldiers from the Philippine Army's 76th Infantry Battalion and police operatives, collided with an undetermined amount of NPA rebels in Cawayan village, Lopez town early in the morning, Senior Superintendent Elmo Francis Sarona, the officer-in-charge of the Quezon provincial police, told the Inquirer.net.
Pakistan
UN calls for more aid for 2 million displaced in northwestern Pakistan
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
The UN on Wednesday (July 1) made a plea for more money to support an estimated 2 million people displaced in northwestern Pakistan. The displaced had fled their homes after the Pakistani military began a major offensive against Taliban militants in Swat Valley and neighboring districts.
World
More than 77,000 H1N1 flu cases confirmed worldwide
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
Since Monday's (June 29) update by the UN's World Health Organization (WHO), there have been 6,308 new influenza A (H1N1) virus infections and 21 new deaths. More commonly known as swine flu, the new virus has now afflicted 77,201 people, including 332 deaths across 120 countries, the UN agency reported on Wednesday (July 1).
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