| MIDDLE EAST/ASIA: Crunching the swine flu numbers |
 DUBAI, 18 November 2009 (IRIN) - More people have died from H1N1 influenza in Iran than in any of the 22 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, according to WHO’s 14 November update.
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| SUDAN: Increasing hunger could fuel conflict in south |
 POCHALLA, 16 November 2009 (IRIN) - An increasing number of people in Southern Sudan cannot find enough to eat or adequate pasture and water for their livestock, raising fears of conflict between communities over grazing lands, local leaders warned.
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| SUDAN: Kala azar "epidemic" in south |
 JUBA, 13 November 2009 (IRIN) - Reported cases of kala azar infection, a deadly disease also known as visceral leishmaniasis, have continued to rise in Southern Sudan, according to medical workers.
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| In Brief: World hunger increases despite growth in food production |
 DUSHANBE, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - Even as world food production grows, hunger is on the rise in many poor countries, according to the Global Crop Prospects and Food Situation report for November, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 12 November.
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| SUDAN: The Nuba Mountains - straddling the north-south divide |
 KAUDA, 12 November 2009 (IRIN) - The Nuba Mountains, a former frontline region in Sudan’s north-south civil war remain tense, years after the 2005 north-south peace agreement, local leaders and analysts say.
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| In Brief: Cash does not always mean quality food aid |
 JOHANNESBURG, 11 November 2009 (IRIN) - A move by donor countries to provide aid agencies with cash, allowing them the flexibility to source cheaper or more appropriate food in the region or beneficiary country and save on transport and warehousing costs, is not addressing nutritional needs, according to a new report.
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| In Brief: Darfur groups flouting arms embargo - new report |
 NAIROBI, 10 November 2009 (IRIN) - Armed groups in Sudan's Darfur region have continued to violate a UN arms embargo as well as international humanitarian and human rights law, a new report by a UN panel of experts has said.
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| SUDAN: Hundreds of kala azar cases reported in south |
 MALAKAL, 9 November 2009 (IRIN) - Hundreds of cases of kala azar (also known as visceral leishmaniasis), a parasitic disease transmitted by the sand fly, have been reported in Southern Sudan in the past month, aid workers and doctors have said.
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| SUDAN: Poor start to Southern voter registration |
 JUBA, 5 November 2009 (IRIN) - Sudan has started registering voters for presidential, legislative and regional elections, but officials in the south and international observers say the process has begun on a flawed note.
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| Analysis: African IDP convention fills a void in humanitarian law |
 KAMPALA, 27 October 2009 (IRIN) - The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa is a comprehensive document that will, if ratified, fill a void in international humanitarian law, say experts.
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