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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistanAP - The U.S. military says Afghan and international forces have killed 32 militants in two clashes in southern Afghanistan.2009-04-29T13:20+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-124f04599ccd68c43e69e77b57ad4ea8NaturalDisastersConflictTerroristAttack20090429132000http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009/04/29/story_29-4-2009_pg20_1* Lunch held at presidential palace to celebrate victory over Communist regime KABUL: Thousands of police patrolled Afghanistan’s capital on Tuesday, a national holiday meant to celebrate the victory of guerrilla fighters over the Soviet-backed Communist regime that controlled the country until 1992.2009-04-29T02:23+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-0cc68bf8f122edaa396a6a2207df137bConflictTerroristAttackNaturalDisasters20090429022300http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=an&nid=188&ad=29-04-2009KABUL (Agencies): Thousands of police patrolled Afghanistan?s capital Tuesday, a national holiday meant to celebrate the victory of guerrilla fighters ...2009-04-28T22:02+0200TheFrontierPost-enenTheFrontierPost-en-f8e67a68cbcfd196f55284e17f3a3161ConflictTerroristAttackNaturalDisasters20090428220200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7RHNF3?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-PBy Homayon Khoram, UNAMA While many farmers are happy with the spring rains this year which should result in good harvests, many Afghans have suffered heavily from floods caused by the recent heavy rainfall. Thousand of families have become victims of flooding over the past ten days in the north,....2009-04-27T21:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-52fc6241832a19f657fabeb107b63fd8FoodSafetyMARS-STATAgricultureNaturalDisasters20090427213100http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/04/122098.htm(9:25 a.m. EDT) SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very is this on? Is this on? I want to get to your questions. I think it might help to do a quick overview of what we do have in the supplemental and the reasons behind it. We know that we’re asking for a significant sum, but it represents only a fraction of what we spend each year on national security.2009-04-23T19:29+0200state-govenstate-gov-aeba76c19ce81d66a37d38636d65c04eAgricultureUnitedNationsENVFinancialCrisisAgricultureENVFoodSafetyEchoPeaceKeepingNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAidAirENVHorizontalMatters20090423192900http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/news/international/Dozens_feared_killed_in_Afghanistan_quake.html?siteSect=143&sid=10582736&cKey=1239980860000&ty=tiBy Hafiz WazirWANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A missile fired on Sunday by a pilotless U.S. drone struck a militant camp in Pakistan's South Waziristan region on the Afghan border but there were no reports...2009-04-19T11:04+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-bf3b3ac32202c21e2ee1fc449d02099aNaturalDisasters20090419110400http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=an&nid=117&ad=19-04-2009KABUL: Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in conjunction with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers provided aid to earthquake victims in Sherzad District, Nangarhar province, Af...2009-04-19T09:59+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-411a0159485bd84acb2670becd1d2c4fNaturalDisasters20090419095900http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=an&nid=117&ad=19-04-2009KABUL: Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in conjunction with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers provided aid to earthquake victims ...2009-04-19T06:51+0200TheFrontierPost-enenTheFrontierPost-en-5713dc83e8972bd59d323f9f815c8580NaturalDisasters20090419065100http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wafghanquake0417/BNStory/Afghanistan/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090417.wafghanquake0417MIR GADKHEL, Afghanistan — Villagers in eastern Afghanistan wailed in grief and scrambled through rubble on Friday to recover the bodies of dozens of people feared killed by a 5.5 magnitude eart...2009-04-18T07:37+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-642aec2f5ca18a19f5a443601a6f7131NaturalDisasters20090418073700http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0418/1224244974152.htmlMIR GADKHEL – Grieving villagers in eastern Afghanistan dug through mounds of earth that had once been their homes to recover the bodies of dozens of people killed by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake yesterday.2009-04-18T02:18+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-0530f08659ed5fc7a718b6ec565ba1a2NaturalDisasters20090418021800http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25350356-12335,00.htmlCrowds had gathered for the first funerals by midday, even as some families continued to search by hand through houses that had been reduced to jumbles of mud and cracked, broken wooden beams. In a vi...2009-04-17T23:15+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-69f05a09b20e4feff9385e5d56e4a689NaturalDisasters20090417231500http://www.thehindu.com/2009/04/18/stories/2009041856241500.htmfour villages in Sherzad district, about 90 km east of Kabul, said governor's spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai. The U.S. Geological Survey said Nangarhar province was hit by two earthquakes - a 5.5 magnitude quake at about 2 am, and a 5.1 ...2009-04-17T22:43+0200hinduonnetenhinduonnet-e0356047b11dfd0a1b2e03fb7d1e6c8aNaturalDisastersConflict20090417224300http://www.thehindu.com/2009/04/18/stories/2009041856241500.htmfour villages in Sherzad district, about 90 km east of Kabul, said governor's spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai. The U.S. Geological Survey said Nangarhar province was hit by two earthquakes - a 5.5 magnitude quake at about 2 am, and a 5.1 ...2009-04-17T21:58+0200HinduenHindu-e0356047b11dfd0a1b2e03fb7d1e6c8aNaturalDisastersConflict20090417215800http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144011815&cid=517&Grieving villagers in eastern Afghanistan on Friday dug through mounds of earth that had once been their homes to recover the bodies of dozens of people feared killed by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake.2009-04-17T21:47+0200eastandardeneastandard-4ba899d1e73061190dfb7a3f8c2d57dfNaturalDisasters20090417214700http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2009/04/121859.htm10:58 a.m. EDT MR. WOOD: All right. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the briefing. We’re going to try to do this quickly as the Secretary’s going to have her digital town hall meeting. I just want to say a couple of things. First and foremost, welcome a distinguished predecessor who’s sitting there in the back.2009-04-17T21:08+0200state-govenstate-gov-d63682b3b3b8e30921aabc56fd291881CommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisastersMarketTAXUDDevelopmentAgriculturalProdAnimal20090417210800http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Afghanistan-Two-Earthquakes-Rock-Nangarhar-Province-East-Of-Kabul/Article/200904315263507?f=rssI'm sorry for the people who have died in the earthquake but I've just finished reading the story about the 'Rape in marriage law' - I'm finding in hard to give any sympathy to a country that would al...2009-04-17T17:56+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-ce09ea310817b493e4c629fb9ed6b8d4NaturalDisasters20090417175600http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/17/afghanistan-earthquake017.html?ref=rssTwo strong earthquakes shook eastern Afghanistan within hours of each other early Friday, leaving at least 22 people dead, dozens injured and about 200 homes destroyed. The quakes struck in Nangarhar...2009-04-17T17:56+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-bf0cefaddcb68676b6e0ed01c8330fe3NaturalDisasters20090417175600http://www.javno.com/en-world/dozens-feared-killed-in-afghan-quake_251689The U.S. Geological Survey said a 5.5 magnitude quake hit the area just before 2130 GMT on Thursday, follwed by a smaller aftershock.2009-04-17T17:46+0200javno-enenjavno-en-83b0a49854aae75ccb9022d71df2e450NaturalDisasters20090417174600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP404795.htm17 Apr 2009 15:00:02 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, details from quake-hit areas) By Rafiq Sherzad MIR GADKHEL, Afghanistan, April 17 (Reuters) - Grieving villagers in eastern Afghanistan on Friday dug through mounds of earth that had ...2009-04-17T17:19+0200alertnetenalertnet-c30146a5962dde0debc79798845db49dNaturalDisasters20090417171900http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wafghanquake0417/BNStory/Afghanistan/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090417.wafghanquake0417MIR GADKHEL, Afghanistan — Villagers in eastern Afghanistan wailed in grief and scrambled through rubble on Friday to recover the bodies of dozens of people feared killed by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake. Mohammad Tahir Zahir, deputy head of the provincial council of Nangarhar province, said 40 people had died.2009-04-17T17:06+0200theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-642aec2f5ca18a19f5a443601a6f7131NaturalDisasters20090417170600http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/490919/cs/1/A border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been hit with two earthquakes.2009-04-17T14:48+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-69f60c4404cfbb0b632dc8142984bcc5NaturalDisasters20090417144800http://www.anspress.com/nid111000.htmlNumber of earthquake victimes is expected to rise. Two earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 60 people and destroyed dozens of homes. The earthquakes about 50 miles (90 kilometers) east of Kabul wounded more than 100 and destroyed an estimated 100 homes. The U.S.2009-04-17T13:17+0200ans_azenans_az-161c6e7de5534767f1f331109c74fedeNaturalDisasters20090417131700http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/845/f/10677/s/3e7168e/l/0L0Sbelfasttelegraph0O0Cbreaking0Enews0Cworld0Casia0Cat0Eleast0E190Ekilled0Ein0Eafghan0Eearthquake0E14270A9890Bhtml0Dr0FRSS/story01.htmAt least 19 people have been killed in an earthquake that destroyed dozens of homes in eastern Afghanistan early today. The 5.5-magnitude quake hit Nangarhar province at around 2am, followed by a pow...2009-04-17T12:42+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-3132c749bfe936ac24cfc3052c9910d1NaturalDisasters20090417124200http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6110483.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093Two earthquakes killed at least 22 people and destroyed several hundred homes when they struck two hours apart in eastern Afghanistan overnight. The quakes hit overnight the district of Khogyani i...2009-04-17T12:42+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-f0832b3f47b9f4836a3e6a2e138525b1NaturalDisasters20090417124200http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/490808/cs/1/At least 20 people were killed in an earthquake that hit Afghanistan's Nangarhar province early Friday, officials said.2009-04-17T12:42+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-ad671158bfdadf0ca9887bffaff384a7NaturalDisasters20090417124200http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=189773KABUL, April 17 - Two earthquakes killed up to 22 people in eastern Afghanistan, damaging villages and destroying scores of homes in a remote area near the border with Pakistan, local authorities said Friday. The quakes hit overnight the districts of Khogyani and Sherzad in Nangarhar province near....2009-04-17T11:53+0200kantipuronlineenkantipuronline-fdeb1c608f6f88fb7e21185124386df9NaturalDisasters20090417115300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP404795.htm17 Apr 2009 08:39:14 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds Karzai's office statement) By Rafiq Sherzad MIR GADKHEL, Afghanistan, April 17 (Reuters) - Villagers in eastern Afghanistan wailed in grief and scrambled through rubble on Friday to recover ...2009-04-17T11:42+0200alertnetenalertnet-593515cae7e4730aa46e4c9c01b38ac6NaturalDisasters20090417114200http://www.kyivpost.com/world/39764MIR GADKHEL, Afghanistan, April 17 (Reuters) - Villagers in eastern Afghanistan wailed in grief and scrambled through rubble on Friday to recover the bodies of dozens of people feared killed by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake.2009-04-17T11:28+0200kyivpostenkyivpost-0f57104c43f8df3c30a93921398b7cceNaturalDisasters20090417112800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MWAI-7R795T?OpenDocument&RSS20=18-PKABUL, April 17, 2009 (AFP) - Two earthquakes killed at least 22 people and destroyed several hundred homes when they struck two hours apart in eastern Afghanistan, local authorities said Friday. The quakes hit overnight the district of Khogyani in Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border and....2009-04-17T11:27+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-d8547af3f7239f3739a965c9cebe5883NaturalDisasters20090417112700http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/at-least-19-killed-in-afghan-earthquake-14270989.html?r=RSSAt least 19 people have been killed in an earthquake that destroyed dozens of homes in eastern Afghanistan early today.2009-04-17T10:52+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-3132c749bfe936ac24cfc3052c9910d1NaturalDisasters20090417105200http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=189773KABUL, April 17 - Two earthquakes rocked eastern part of Afghanistan within a span of two hours on early Friday in which at least 22 people were killed and several hundred homes destroyed, an AFP report quoted local authorities. The quakes hit overnight the district of Khogyani in Nangarhar province....2009-04-17T10:45+0200kantipuronlineenkantipuronline-a04fdff503b4edc9b287d416cd9c7cb7NaturalDisasters20090417104500http://tvnz.co.nz/content/2652783Dozens of people were feared dead and scores of houses destroyed by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan early on Friday, villagers and a Reuters eyewitness said.2009-04-17T09:34+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-e80498e77da45e7b7099119fdc06ab3fNaturalDisasters20090417093400http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1015865/Afghanistan-quakes-kill-22Two earthquakes have killed at least 22 people in eastern Afghanistan, injuring dozens more and destroying around 100 homes, news sources said. Authorities said they expected the death toll to rise...2009-04-17T09:34+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-549e79d2a384512bad7feb881f4b216cNaturalDisasters20090417093400http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5169207/Scores-feared-dead-as-two-earthquakes-hit-Afghanistan.htmlSeveral villages in the Sherzad and Khogyani districts of Nangahar province are thought to have been badly damaged. "Three of my family members were killed and seven are injured. I think about 40 people have died. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed," said Gul Mohammad in Mir Gadkhel village, 30 miles west of Jalalabad.2009-04-17T09:30+0200telegraphentelegraph-9a244d117a325790a690e26c3194253aNaturalDisasters20090417093000http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dozens-feared-killed-in-afghanistan-quake-1670109.htmlVillagers in eastern Afghanistan wailed in grief and scrambled through rubble today to recover the bodies of dozens of people feared killed in an earthquake.2009-04-17T09:06+0200independentenindependent-43f2bce91be5668283c50b9bd67fa730NaturalDisasters20090417090600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP404795.htm17 Apr 2009 06:22:22 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds details, colour, scene at second village) By Rafiq Sherzad MIR GADKHEL, Afghanistan, April 17 (Reuters) - Villagers in eastern Afghanistan wailed in grief and scrambled through rubble on ...2009-04-17T08:40+0200alertnetenalertnet-2f04106eaf9eac6044fae58b1b128dfaNaturalDisasters20090417084000http://www.apakistannews.com/earthquake-in-afghan-15-killed-115656KABUL: Earthquake killed at least 15 persons and wounded several others in eastern region of Afghanistan on Friday. Two moderate earthquakes rattled the Hindu Kush border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the early hours of Friday. A 5.5-magnitude quake struck at 1:57 am Afghan time 85....2009-04-17T07:27+0200apakistannewsenapakistannews-31eafac28608641e6414ab8adbf29e06NaturalDisasters20090417072700http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0417/breaking1.htmDozens of people were feared dead and scores of houses destroyed by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan early today.2009-04-17T07:22+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-ecc83da2a960ed1420d75db30d1fb8e9NaturalDisasters20090417072200http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25346654-23109,00.htmlDOZENS of people were feared dead and scores of houses destroyed by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan early today. 2:48pm2009-04-17T07:12+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-67aad4bc1d32ee6b8968ebc2cfed847eNaturalDisasters20090417071200