Up to two-and-a-half million people have been affected by devastating floods in north-west Pakistan, the International Red Cross has said.
Rescuers are struggling to reach 27,000 people still cut off by the floods, which are the worst in 80 years.
At least 1,100 people have died and thousands have lost everything.
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Scholarships at Yokohama National University
Yokohama National University has for many years been instrumental in providing university graduates with opportunities to further their post-graduate work. The University’s special emphasis on the promotion of international exchanges with overseas universities has been stimulated by the role of Yokohama, a major port and the second largest city in Japan, as a point of contact with other countries. Yokohama is the vibrant heart of a civilization which has received direct influence from the West and then integrated these influences into the development of present-day Japan.
North Korea says it will use its “nuclear deterrent” in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.
Pyongyang was ready to launch a “retaliatory sacred war” at any time, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Washington and Seoul say the war games are to deter North Korean aggression.
The IPCC Scholarship Programme has been established with the funds received on the occasion of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The first funding partner of the Programme is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Norwegian Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change.
Tàu nước ngoài cứu 10 ngư dân gặp bão ở Hoàng Sa
Tàu Jade Trader (quốc tịch Antigua&Barbuda) trên hải trình đến Hong Kong đã vớt được 10 ngư dân Quảng Ngãi bị chìm tàu trong bão số 1, đang trôi dạt cách Hoàng Sa hơn 90 hải lý (khoảng 100 km).
> Tính mạng 27 ngư dân mất tích ở Hoàng Sa treo lơ lửng
Đây là những ngư dân cùng đi trên tàu cá của thuyền trưởng Dương Thành, huyện đảo Lý Sơn. Trên tàu ông Thành có 11 ngư dân. Ngoài 10 người kịp bám vào các mảnh vỡ, thùng phao trên tàu và được cứu thoát, riêng ngư dân Nguyễn Văn Thọ đã mất tích.
Theo Ban chỉ huy phòng chống lụt bão tỉnh Quảng Ngãi, nhiều khả năng thuyền viên Thọ đã chết. 10 ngư dân trên tàu Jade Trader dự kiến chiều nay cập cảng Hong Kong.
Academy Scholars-Graduate Fellows at Harvard College
The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies is dedicated to increasing our knowledge of the culture, history, and institutions of the world’s major regions and countries.
The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with a command of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or regions. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.
Video bão Côn Sơn ở Trung quốc, Nhật và Phi Luật Tân 14.7.2010
Chiều 16/7 bão Conson đã mạnh lên thành cấp 12, người dân huyện đảo Cát Hải (Hải Phòng) bắt đầu sơ tán tránh bão. Quảng Ninh, Nam Định, Thái Bình, Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An đang gấp rút kêu gọi tàu thuyền về nơi trú ẩn, gia cố đê biển.
> Bão bất ngờ chuyển hướng, nhắm đến đồng bằng Bắc Bộ/ Các chuyến bay TP HCM – Hải Phòng ngày 17/7 có thể hủy vì bão/ Hà Nội lên phương án chống ngập
The Japan Water Forum(JWF) is pleased to invite grass-roots organizations in developing countries to apply for the Japan Water Forum Fund 2010. We are looking forward to receiving your applications.
What kind of grass-roots activities can be awarded the grants?
July 9, 2010 – Vienna Airport
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PhD Research Scholarships at Asia Research Institute,National University of Singapore
Asia Research Institute (ARI) is a university-level institute formed in July 2001 as one of the strategic initiatives of the NUS. The mission of the Institute is to produce and promote world-class research on Asia. ARI engages the social sciences and humanities broadly defined, and encourages especially multidisciplinary studies. Now home to six research clusters with a strong team of resident and visiting scholars, ARI works closely with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Business, Faculty of Law, and School of Design and Environment in NUS.
To support the Vietnamese delegation on Agent Orange’s current presentation in the US Congess, here is the program done by 101 East last year.
101 East – Vietnam after Agent Orange – 10 Sept 09
The Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) was first introduced in 1993. It is funded by the Government of Japan, administered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and conducted at various graduate schools in Japan. Its objective is to contribute to institutional capacity building in economic policymaking to promote the sustainable growth of emerging and developing economies in Asia and the Pacific. By training future macroeconomic managers in these countries, the JISPA aims to enable them to better formulate sound economic and financial stability policies needed for sustainable growth and development.
Fujitsu Scholarship study at Hawaii, USA
The Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship (Fujitsu Scholarship) Program, sponsored by Fujitsu Limited, provides financial assistance for postgraduate education and cross-cultural management training to participants from the Asia-Pacific region. Fujitsu Limited, an international leader in information technology, telecommunications, semiconductors and electronics that is headquartered in Tokyo, established the Fujitsu Scholarship to commemorate its 50th anniversary in 1985.
The International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM) provides a national focus and international gateway to Australia’s education, training and research expertise in water. Operating as WaterEd Australia and based in Adelaide, the Centre was established in 2004 as an Australian Government initiative, with the support of the South Australian Government.
The name “Synergos” comes from the Greek root meaning “working together.” We address global poverty and social injustice by working collaboratively to change the systems that keep people in poverty. Bringing together influential people and institutions in government, business and civil society with poor and marginalized communities, we help every part of society work together to create sustainable systems change.
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