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Tuesday, 09 February, 2010, 17:04 GMT
South East Asia
| INDONESIA: Khalidan, "The tsunami changed everything"
23-12-2009
When the tsunami struck the Indonesian province of Aceh on 26 December 2004, killing an estimated 160,000 people, Khalidan, 44, was a fighter with the separatist Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) or Free Aceh Movement.
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| INDONESIA: WASH concerns a month after Sumatra quake
04-11-2009
Thousands of survivors of an earthquake that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra Province are still grappling with a lack of clean water and adequate sanitation more than a month after the disaster. |
| Laos: Flood-hit farmers face hunger in Laos
26-10-2009
Farmers in southern Laos who lost their harvests to floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana face a year of hunger if they do not receive rice seeds soon to replant their crops. |
| Muslim organisations in Southeast Asia call for Asean overhaul its security-related policies
16-10-2009
More than 30 Muslim NGO activists and representatives from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Cambodia today gathered in the capital of Thailand to discuss the impact and implications of three conflict-torn regions in Southeast Asia and called for ASEAN and ASEAN member governments to undertake new and renewed efforts to tackle the conflicts.
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| NDONESIA: Diseases strike West Sumatra quake survivors
12-10-2009
Survivors of a severe earthquake that struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province have developed illnesses caused by poor living conditions, say medical workers, while shelter and food remain key concerns almost two weeks after the disaster. |
| Indonesia: West Sumatra death toll exceeds 700
07-10-2009
Death toll from the Sept. 30 earthquake in West Sumatra has reached 704, but the government estimates 1,000 people have been killed in the disaster that devastated the province.
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| INDONESIA: Quake survivors struggle with trauma
06-10-2009
Daniel Himawan, 11, stood silently on the front porch as his mother swept the floor of their house, which was damaged in the earthquake that devastated Indonesia's West Sumatra province.
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