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23 Feb 2012
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Italy
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Landmark judgment of the Strasbourg Court on push-backs in the Mediterranean Sea

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UN High Commissioner for Refugees

STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has today issued a decision concluding that Italy violated the European Convention of Human Rights by intercepting and returning to Libya in 2009 a group of Somalis and Eritreans without examining whether this would constitute a real risk to their lives. The case is known as Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy.

23 Feb 2012
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Thailand
Special Report: PM Yingluck’s five-day flood tour

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Government of Thailand

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra went on a five-day flood tour in the North from February 13-17 to inspect the water management system and assign provincial governors to effectively impose flood prevention measures.

Ms Yingluck, along with cabinet ministers related to water management, inspected the water situation from upstream, middle-stream, and downstream.

23 Feb 2012
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South Sudan (Republic of)
High hopes for defeating "neglected" diseases

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Integrated Regional Information Networks

JUBA, 23 February 2012 (IRIN) - Health workers in the world's newest country are hoping that the pledge by pharmaceutical companies and world leaders to combat "neglected" tropical diseases will finally help to have an impact on South Sudan's appalling health indicators.

Integrated Regional Information Networks:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

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23 Feb 2012
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Bolivia
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Brasil ofrece ayuda a víctimas del desborde del río Acre

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Government of Bolivia

La Paz, 23 feb (ABI).- La embajada de Brasil en Bolivia informó que Defensa Civil de su país está prestando ayuda humanitaria para las familias afectadas por el desborde del río Acre, en las poblaciones del extremo occidental de la frontera, del departamento de Pando, según un reporte del portal Enlared.

23 Feb 2012
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Bolivia
Gobernación de Cochabamba destinará Bs 1,9 millones más de presupuesto para emergencias

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Government of Bolivia

Cochabamba, 22 feb (ABI).- La Gobernación de Cochabamba solicitó el miércoles a la Asamblea Legislativa Departamental la modificación de su presupuesto para destinar 1,9 millones de bolivianos adicionales a la atención de los efectos de desastres naturales en la solicitud de respaldo -por medio de una ley- a la declaratoria de emergencia en la región socavada por las lluvias.

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