SEOUL: A senior UN health official said Thursday that better
sanitation and hygiene could save hundreds of thousands of
children’s lives a year at a cost equal to what Europe spends
annually on ice cream.
Shigeru Omi, World Health Organization director
for the Western Pacific, said 1.8 million worldwide die every year
from diarrhea diseases mainly attributable to unsafe water supplies,
inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court, stuffed with loyal judges, swept
away Thursday the last challenge to President Pervez Musharraf’s
re-election and cleared the way for him to become a civilian leader.
ASHAR CHAR, Bangladesh: As waves engulfed her shanty home, Rahima
Begum struggled desperately to keep her 2-year-old son’s head
above the water. Then she told her husband she could not hold on any
longer.
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