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ZIMBABWE: Listening for the trucks that will bring the food

Source: IRIN Hungry residents of a village in Masvingo Province, in southeastern Zimbabwe, have acquired an unusual skill: they have learnt to listen for trucks carrying food aid.

Overview of Satellite Damage Assessment for Gori, Georgia

Source: UNOSAT This overview map presents a satellite-based damage assessment for the city of Gori, Georgia following the armed conflict between Georgian and Russian military forces in August 2008. Damaged buildings have been identified with WorldView-1 satellite imagery acquired on 19 August 2008. An estimated total of 33 buildings within the mapped extent of Gori have been classified either as destroyed or severely damaged. Ground craters likely caused by exploding munitions have also been marked. The approximate location of the Georgian train explosion on 24 August has been identified from Modis satellite fire detection data. Please note, this is an initial damage assessment and not all damage sites have been independently verified on the ground. Please send additions/corrections to UNOSAT. Map scale for A3: 1:28,000; Projection : Pulkovo 1995 GK Zone 8N; Datum : Pulkovo 1995
Satellite Data : WorldView-1
Resolution : 50 cm
Imagery Date : 19 August 2008
Copyright : Digital Globe (2008)
Source: U.S. Department of State – HIU
Access Rules : NextView "EULA" - 2008
Fire Data : MODIS Aqua - Terra (NASA)
Fire Processing : U. of Maryland, NASA
GIS Data : USGS, UNEP, UNOSAT
Damage Analysis : UNOSAT 2008
Map Production : UNOSAT 2008
Projection : Pulkovo 1995 GK Zone 8N
Datum : Pulkovo 1995

Nigerian militants say Israeli hostage located

Source: Reuters (Adds details, background) By Nick Tattersall LAGOS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Nigerian militants said on Thursday they knew where an Israeli kidnapped by gunmen was being held but withdrew their offer ...

Belarus has no more to say on Georgia regions-source

Source: Reuters (Adds Belarus embassy in Moscow) MINSK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will not add to his earlier announcement on Georgia's breakaway regions in which he stopped short of ...

EU lawmakers urge caution on bloc's carbon curbs

Source: Reuters (Adds quotes) By Pete Harrison BRUSSELS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The European Union's response to global warming could be watered down to cut the impact on heavy industry and ensure ...

Russia faces diplomatic isolation on Georgia

Source: Reuters * France says EU considering Russia sanctions * Asian allies fail to back Russian moves * Moscow says tension heightened by naval build-up * U.S. sending Sixth Fleet flagship to Black Sea By ...

Church burns as Indian religious riots spread

Source: Reuters By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Hindu mobs ransacked a church and clashed with Christian villagers in eastern India on Thursday, police said, as authorities struggled to ...

Russia accuses Georgia of endangering airliners

Source: Reuters MOSCOW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Russia's air traffic chief accused Georgian air controllers on Thursday of threatening the safety of Russian civil aircraft by suddenly diverting some planes trying to enter ...

Church trashed as India religious riots spread

Source: Reuters * Church burnt by Hindu mob * Violence spreads across Orissa state * Italy condemns killings By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Hindu mobs ransacked a ...

Georgian parliament urges cutting ties with Moscow

Source: Reuters (Adds details, background) TBILISI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Georgia's parliament approved a resolution on Thursday calling on the government to cut diplomatic ties with Russia after Moscow backed the ...

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ZIMBABWE: Listening for the trucks that will bring the food
CHIVA, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Hungry residents of a village in Masvingo Province, in southeastern Zimbabwe, have acquired an unusual skill: they have learnt to listen for trucks carrying food aid.
KYRGYZSTAN: Rare case of child-to-mother HIV transmission
YANGI-NOOKAT, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - The story of how Nasiba, 32, and her 2-year-old son, Akram, both became infected with HIV is not the familiar one of an unfaithful husband and a mother unwittingly infecting her child.
MALAWI: Cheer and concern over ban on private sale of maize
LILONGWE, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Ordinary Malawians, cheered by the prospect of cheaper food, have welcomed government's ban on the private trading of maize, but food security experts and businesses have expressed concern.
GUINEA-BISSAU: Security sector reform must go ahead
BISSAU, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Recent political instability including the early August dissolution of government could delay long-awaited plans to reform Guinea-Bissau's swollen security sector which could impact the country's long-term security says the president of the national defence institute Baciro Dja.
CONGO: Campaign highlights importance of testing diabetes, hypertension
BRAZZAVILLE, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - A campaign to test for the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, considered as growing causes of mortality in the Republic of Congo (ROC), has been launched in the main cities of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
DRC: Tension on the rise in Katanga mining town
KINSHASA, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Human rights and local government officials in Democratic Republic of Congo's Katanga province have expressed concern about rising tension between different communities in a mining town there.
AFGHANISTAN: Soya beans to stave off malnutrition?
KABUL, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Fatema takes her four-year-old daughter, Nafeesa, to a free soya-milk distribution centre in Herat city, western Afghanistan, three times a week in a bid to protect her against malnutrition.
ISRAEL-OPT: Palestinian water boss reduced to “crisis management”
RAMALLAH/STOCKHOLM, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - The occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continues to suffer from drought, but the head of the Water Authority told IRIN there was a limit to what he could do to help.
MYANMAR: Small-scale livestock farmers feel the pinch
KUNCHANGONE, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - For 42-year-old Than Than and her husband, making ends meet has never been harder.
PAKISTAN: Flour shortages cause despair ahead of Ramadan
LAHORE, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Rubina Aslam, 30, cannot read or write. She has never been to school, but considers herself "fortunate to be married to a man who earns nearly 20,000 rupees (approx US$266) a month as a draughtsman".
SRI LANKA: ICRC gives training on treatment of war wounds
COLOMBO, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - Being well-prepared and capable of fast and effective triage (the sorting and treatment of patients based on the degree of their injuries) are the key to caring for war-wounded.
Blog: Somalia takes the biscuit
NAIROBI, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - In the annual Failed States Index (August 2008) Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe occupy the bottom three positions, with Chad and Iraq close behind. Bangladesh and Pakistan slipped most compared to last year.
ISRAEL-OPT: Scheme to give Israelis "wet jobs" in construction in place of Pa...
RAMALLAH, 28 August 2008 (IRIN) - If the Israeli Ministry of Finance manages to push through some reforms as part of the proposed 2009 budget, there may soon be almost no Palestinian workers in Israel's construction sector.
SOUTH AFRICA: The less shiny side of platinum
RUSTENBERG, 27 August 2008 (IRIN) - South Africa's mining houses have received kudos for being among the earliest industries to adopt workplace policies and corporate social responsibility programmes mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS.
UGANDA: Faith: "My greatest birthday present was my CD4 count reaching 500"
KAMPALA, 27 August 2008 (IRIN) - Faith is a member of the Ariel Children's Club, a group for HIV-positive children supported by the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). She talked to IRIN/PlusNews about the challenges of growing up with HIV.