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11. Bangladesh Cyclone - donation helplines
Asian News, Wednesday 21 November 2007If you want to donate money to help victims of the Bangladesh cyclone then please call or visit the following organisations have set up programmes of relief aid:
12. Pakistan frees 3,000 held under emergency rule
Asian News, Tuesday 20 November 2007More than 3,000 people arrested under emergency rule have been released, Pakistan's interior ministry said today, as the election commission confirmed that a general election is be held on January 8.
13. Bangladesh cyclone - death toll could reach over 10,000
Asian News, Tuesday 20 November 2007Rescuers struggled yesterday to reach isolated areas along Bangladesh's devastated coast to give aid to millions of survivors, four days after cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people.
14. Bangladesh cyclone: Women wait to hear news of loved ones
Asian News, Tuesday 20 November 2007Mizan, 30, is an IT co-ordinator from Dhaka and a relief worker with ActionAid. He tells Asian News readers below of his experiences in the disaster area in Bangladesh.
15. Fears for thousands in remote areas as Bangladesh storm toll hits 2,300
Asian News, Monday 19 November 2007The death toll from the cyclone that obliterated parts of coastal Bangladesh soared above 2,300 yesterday, amid warnings from relief workers that the body count could ultimately rise to more than 10,000 once remote regions have been accessed.
16. Food dropped for cyclone victims
Asian News, Monday 19 November 2007The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Bangladesh Air Force today started using helicopters to air-drop WFP high energy biscuits to people stranded in inaccessible areas affected by last week's cyclone.
17. Relief workers tells of devestation in Bangladesh
Asian News, Monday 19 November 2007ActionAid relief worker Mokit Bilal is in Bangladesh helping villagers following the devestation caused by the cyclone.
18. Bhutto calls for new coalition as house arrest is lifted
Asian News, Friday 16 November 2007Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan opposition leader, was last night freed from house arrest hours after President Pervez Musharraf's appointed a new prime minister in a step towards national elections.
19. Over 200 dead in Bangladesh cyclone
Asian News, Friday 16 November 2007A cyclone that hit the coast of Bangladesh has killed at least 242 people and left thousands homeless, government officials said today.
20. Medic setting up dental charity in Bangladesh
Asian News, Thursday 15 November 2007A MANCHESTER medic is off to Bangladesh to put smiles back on the faces of people deformed by disease, poisoning and violence.