Millions of malnourished Indian children are vulnerable to disease after South Asia’s worst floods in years, officials and aid groups said on Wednesday, calling for urgent assistance. Hundreds of United Nations Children’s Fund workers rushed to immunise and supply rehydration fluid sachets to children in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar.
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/ 19 December 2006
Aids-stricken Southern African nations should develop a policy of mass male circumcision to fight the disease, the head of the United Nations anti-Aids agency (UNAids) said on Tuesday. Several recent medical studies have reported circumcision cuts the risk of HIV infection among men by 50% to 60%, and the findings have been backed by UNAids.
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/ 21 October 2006
Sri Lankan navy boats destroyed seven Tamil Tiger vessels in a sea battle, killing at least 35 rebels, a naval spokesperson said on Saturday, as President Mahinda Rajapakse appealed for peace. Sri Lanka has seen a surge in violence in the past few months, raising doubts about the success of peace talks.