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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) through UNDP has selected National Energy Conservation Centre (Enercon) to initiate a regional project titled 'Barrier Removal to Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling', in Pakistan costing $7.8 million of which an amount of $1million has been allocated to ease regional trade in energy efficient appliances.

Nearly five million people are living with HIV in Asia with 4,40,000 people dying each year.

The Department of Public Health (DPH) has issued a travel warning to Maldivians traveling to Thailand to be aware that Cholera was spreading swiftly in the country. The warning issued by the DPH advised travelers to Thailand to wash and thoroughly clean all vegetables before consuming them and to boil or chlorinate water before drinking. The DPH also advised travelers to have their meals while it was fresh and hot, to ensure that that fish was properly cooked before eating, and to thoroughly clean and wash your hands after using the toilet or before handling any food stuffs. In case of diarrhea, the DPH also advised travelers to seek medical attention immediately. Cholera is an infectious gastroenteritis caused by a bacterium. Transmission to humans occurs through the process of ingesting contaminated water or food. In its most severe forms, cholera is one of the most rapidly fatal illnesses known, and a healthy person may become hypotensive within an hour of the onset of symptoms; infected patients may die within three hours if treatment is not provided.

• African country Chad has ordered two major foreign oil firms, US firm ChevronTexaco and Malaysia's Petronas, responsible for 60 per cent of its oil production, to quit the country in a row

Thailand has dumped at least 189 old garbage trucks off its southern coast, in a bid to build an artificial reef to lure fish for local fishermen. The trucks, once used to collect refuse in Bangkok,

Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's recent pursuit of the controversial deal to stock a safari park in Thailand with African animals has again fueled a long standing controversy. Reportedly, up

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