<rss><channel><item><pubDate>2006-10-17T04:08+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6UN3SG?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Lutheran World Relief providing continued support for earthquake recovery in Pakistan</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>Baltimore, October 16, 2006 Just over one year ago, eight-year-old Janeeta Misal lay buried beneath the collapsed remains of her Pakistani school house. 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Teachers say pupils are staying away out of fear of being crushed in an earthquake like the one that killed 80,000 people one year ago Sunday.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>IHT-2fda8b20d65eacb9d8ade3f3d824cae8</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-08T02:15+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HVAN-6UCVE7?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>At one year mark, winter preparations for Pakistan quake survivors underway</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>(New York: 7 October 2006): As winter approaches, work continues to ensure the survival of those affected by last year’s massive earthquake. 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Government officials warned that a disaster similar to last year's deadly earthquake could happen again, and said tens....</description><category>FoodSafety</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>RSS-cnn-5c05bcdec68469df7ce4a9b95388daa9</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-07T06:44+0200</pubDate><link>http://english.people.com.cn/200610/07/eng20061007_309622.html</link><source>peopledaily</source><title>More women using lifesaving health services in Pakistan's quake-hit areas: UNFPA</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>Facing a range of threats to their health though, many mothers and children in Pakistan's quake- hit areas have better access to health care than before last October's earthquake, a UNFPA statement said Friday.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>peopledaily-6da725bd615697e3ce3f8ed20ff13a4d</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-07T01:48+0200</pubDate><link>http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&amp;storyid=2006-10-06T232110Z_01_N06247829_RTRUKOC_0_US-QUAKE-PAKISTAN-UN.xml&amp;src=rss</link><source>reuters</source><title>Ex-Pres. Bush pleads for more Pakistan quake aid</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More than $90 million in pledges made to Pakistan after a devastating earthquake a year ago has yet to be delivered and is urgently needed, former U.S. President George Bush said on Friday.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>KofiAnnan</category><guid>reuters-79d62c57ba673bacdb1efcb9637d7da9</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-07T01:32+0200</pubDate><link>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1816824.ece</link><source>independent</source><title>Epicentre of despair: rebuilding lives after the Pakistan earthquake</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>Published: 07 October 2006   The earthquake that ripped through Pakistan's North West Frontier and Kashmir was among the worst in history. A year on, 30,000 frightened people remain in tents. 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The earthquake killed more 73,000 people. Now Tanuli has a sturdy new roof over his head that was built with American money.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>ABCnews-82a446faca7eb5bd8d4aa7ca0e690cfb</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-07T00:05+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6UBRTB?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>More aid urgently needed as approaching winter threatens millions of Pakistan quake survivors</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>One Year after Earthquake Minneapolis, Minn. (October 6, 2006) — One year ago, the American Refugee Committee (ARC) rushed to the Kashmir region of Pakistan to provide critical assistance to the survivors of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that killed 73,000 people and rendered nearly 3.5 million homeless.</description><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-3991a3a796abbc474290042e2113809f</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-07T00:05+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6UBS8G?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Winter threatens with another emergency</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>October 6, 2006, Battagram, Pakistan - On Sunday, October 8, a year will have passed since a massive t earthquake shook parts of Pakistan. The earthquake--the strongest in more than a century--killed some 80,000 people, injured at least 200,000, and left nearly 3.5 million people without shelter.</description><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><guid>reliefWeb-925ce8648764b1cb4d367f6dedc3ebec</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-06T22:05+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6UBP95?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Many Challenges Remain One Year After the Earthquake</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>As Pakistan approaches the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated its northern region in October 2005, time is running out for the thousands of individuals and families destined to face another winter without adequate shelter and support.</description><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-25cf90f7d901d0530f3c98f82b68b66a</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-06T21:18+0200</pubDate><link>http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&amp;storyid=2006-10-06T183632Z_01_SP40311_RTRUKOC_0_US-QUAKE-PAKISTAN-HEALTH.xml&amp;src=rss</link><source>reuters</source><title>Medical aid agency a life-saver for Kashmiri villagers</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>MACHIARA, Pakistan (Reuters) - When the earthquake hit a year ago, the walls of the government dispensary in the remote mountain village of Machiara crumbled.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reuters-5320792a652a6bd1810741111f86d474</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-06T20:03+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6UBMHX?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: One year on</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>A year after the biggest earthquake ever to hit Pakistan left 3.5 million people homeless, tens of thousands of families are still living in temporary shelter. More than 73,000 people were killed on 8 October 2005, when an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale decimated huge swathes of northern Pakistan and parts of India.</description><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-c2c1a8ce9a96fb3daf5fc4919a704245</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-06T20:03+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6UBMC5?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Shifting gears: Moving from relief to recovery in Pakistan</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>Mary Ross and Angel Hristov , Special to Redcross.org Friday, October 06, 2006 - One year after a devastating earthquake struck Pakistan, Red Cross and Red Crescent response operations are shifting focus beyond emergency relief efforts to include extensive, longer-term recovery assistance - aiding....</description><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>EuropeAid</category><guid>reliefWeb-dee2fa1e13e0463ccb4c3c3d39c25eb1</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-06T20:03+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LZEG-6UBLF2?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: earthquake recovery &amp; rehabilitation ASPK61 (Revision 1)</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>Appeal Target: US$ 18,657,853 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$14,785,030 Geneva, 6 October 2006 Dear Colleagues, One year ago, on 8 October 2005, an earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale caused havoc in an area of 30,000 sq/km in the NWFP province of Pakistan and in parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-f2bf76916eb22e3ea7a63e9050289b01</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-06T20:03+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6UBLW6?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>More women using lifesaving health services one year after Pakistan quake</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>HQ/2006/22 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, 6 October 2006 - Many mothers and children in areas hit by last year’s earthquake in Pakistan have better access to health care than before the disaster, as a result of joint efforts to restore services. 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Some four million were made homeless.</description><category>AgricultureRuralDevelopment</category><category>LouisMichel</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ECnews</category><category>BenitaFerreroWaldner</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>Market</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Echo</category><guid>reliefWeb-64eaf88845cbeac196ed2332ba770275</guid></item><item><pubDate>2006-10-06T15:32+0200</pubDate><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/AMMF-6UBGP4?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Victims in the aftermath of disaster - Women</title><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><description>By Zofeen T. Ebrahim Samina can still bring herself to smile, but she cannot hide the pain that is still there one year after the earthquake that ripped through Pakistan's remote North West Frontier Province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. 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