At least 100,000 flee homes in East Timor
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At least 100,000 people have fled their homes in East Timor&#039;s capital because of days of violence, a spokeswoman for a group of aid agencies said Wednesday.
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Tens of thousands of people have fled recent fighting in southern Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency says.
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Nearly 60 inmates escaped from an East Timor jail on Wednesday, including scores of people arrested in recent violence that wracked the tiny nation and militiamen who opposed the country's break from Indonesian rule.
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Renegade soldiers battled troops loyal to the Congolese government Sunday, UN officials said, adding that at least 100,000 people have fled a week of fighting in eastern Congo.
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Thousands of protesters demanded the ouster of East Timor&#039;s prime minister Saturday, blaming him for provoking violence and political chaos.
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Mobs armed with swords and axes rampaged through the capital of East Timor as another day of violence pushed one of the world&#039;s newest and poorest nations deeper into chaos.
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The death toll in Indonesia's devastated Aceh province from a quake and tsunami is likely to be above 100,000, the health minister said on Friday.
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A strong earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Thursday, causing panic-stricken residents to flee homes and buildings on an island near its epicentre, officials said.
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Authorities evacuated about 100 families from the slopes of a volcano in central Ecuador which began showering villages with flaming rocks and ash last month.
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Women and children ran screaming from their homes Saturday as renegade militias lit dozens of houses ablaze in East Timor&#039;s capital Saturday, even as foreign troops worked to stem violence that threatens to split the tiny nation apart.
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More than 50 prisoners, including rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, escape from prison in the East Timor capital, Dili.
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Tens of thousands of residents fled tsunami-battered coasts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand after warnings of possible new killer waves yesterday.
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More than 100 people have died in floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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Nearly 100 people were killed or are missing after a typhoon hit the southern coast of Vietnam this week, damaging hundreds of thousands of flimsy homes, a government report said on Thursday.
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Thousands of refugees are fleeing Tamil Tiger territory through jungle and by sea in the island's east, the military and witnesses said on Friday, trying to escape artillery duels between the army and rebels.
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More than 100 people have died in  floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen  river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands  to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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Indonesia has temporarily closed its border with East Timor to prevent fugitives sneaking into Indonesian territory ahead of a tense lead-up to presidential elections, the military said on Monday.