Environment

Lightning kills boy, horse in Mexico

An eight-year-old boy and the horse he was riding were struck by lightning and killed in an ecological park in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, authorities said.

PAKISTAN: Children suffer in continuing aftermath of 2010 floods

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Thousands of children are still in need

MYANMAR: Heavy rains hamper shelter construction

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A family outside their damaged home in Tarlay Sub-Township

Aid to Horn of Africa must be linked to boosting long-term food security – Ban

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Thousands of Somalis have fled their country to escape famine that exists in two regions of southern Somalia...