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In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

  
  Village-Level
Due to the splits, the number of study villages that were administered the household survey increased from the original 51 in 1984 to 76 in 1994 and then 92 in 2000.
The number of villages that were administered the community survey went from the original 51 in 1984 to 310 in 1994 and then 346 in 2000.
The use of the phrase "this village" applies to the 1994 and 2000 household data and is related to the split villages concept.
www.cpc.unc.edu /projects/nangrong/data/identifiers/village   (1070 words)

  
 Chinese Government's Answer to Containing H5N1 and Recombinants - "Make Villages Disappear!" Three Villages ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Apparently, the farms and villages had been flattened and there were signs that they had been razed.
It is believed that some inhabitants from those 3 villages were workers in the farm.
The above translation of a boxun report suggest that three villages were razed in response to unrest linked to a forced bird flu quarantine in Yushu in northwestern Qinghai in China.
www.rense.com /general67/recomb.htm   (364 words)

  
 Malta - Three Villages, Malta
Beyond Birkirkara's indefinable limits are the Siamese triplet villages of Attard, Balzan and Lija, known collectively as the Three Villages.
During the last 300 to 400 years these small settlements gathered around village churches and fertile groves have grown into solid and wealthy towns.
The Maltese president, the American, German and EU ambassadors and the incumbent Grand Master all live within the Three Villages.
www.planetware.com /malta/three-villages-m-m-thrv.htm   (86 words)

  
 Xerophthalmia Control Project
The villages in this district are dispersed in between hills and valleys and are difficult to approach.
Three villages from each Taluka will be selected using medical statistical method called simple random sampling, lottery technique, so as to avoid selection bias.
A meeting will be arranged with the parents of the affected children to explain to them the condition of their child, the necessary treatment, modes of prevention and the dietary intervention required.
www.swamisamarth.com /projects/project_2_4.html   (1319 words)

  
 POICA-A battle of will ... ! Beit Surik, Qattanah & Beddo Villages: An Agricultural Triangle Under Israeli Attack
The lands of the villages are cultivated mostly with citrus, grapes, almonds, and olive trees.
The residents’ of the villages resorted to all means of non-violent measures to escape the horrible impact of the Segregation Zone; among which were the Israeli supreme court of Justice, the United Nations, and the Quartet committee, but all stood helpless against Israel not just against the three villages, but inverse an entire population.
The village of Beit Surik with its 13,000 Dunums of agricultural land is inhabited by some 4000 people (571 families), most of whom (around 80%) are dependent on land cultivation for their income, while the built-up area in the village stretches over 250 Dunums.
www.poica.org /editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=494   (1387 words)

  
 AFGHANISTAN SEED AND CROP IMPROVEMENT SITUATION
The villages surveyed were thought to be "highly food insecure." It is not suggested that the "security gaps" found in these villages are representative of similar gaps elsewhere in the country.
Reliability of these survey data is somewhat called into question by the anomalous data indicating that the sharecropper group in three villages was able to provide for somewhat more of their food requirements than was the "typical" group of farmers.
WFP's analysts are themselves wide of the mark to discard two out of five villages as "outliers", as the remaining three villages can hardly be capable of defining a "central tendency," let alone a central tendency to which other villages in the area would be expected to conform.
www.icarda.cgiar.org /Afghanistan/NA/Full/Equitable_F.htm   (2080 words)

  
 The Towns and Villages - Coastal Villages of RI and MA
Originally part of the Province of Massachusetts in 1694, the Town of Tiverton was incorporated in 1746 and annexed to Newport County by Royal Decree.
The village of Padanaram was one of many settlements which began cropping up within the town of Old Dartmouth after its purchase from Chief of the Wampanoag Indians, Massasoit, by members of the Plymouth Colony in 1652.
This area of Dartmouth that was to become Padanaram Village developed slowly until the mid 18th century, when the fine harbor on the Apponagansett River brought shipbuilding and its service industries to expand activities and population.
www.coastalvillages.com /towns.htm   (1455 words)

  
 UNRWA: emergency appeal: stories
Thirteen kilometres north of Tulkarm, three villages are encircled with razor wire and concrete slabs.
Similar in landscape, resources and social structure, the three villages are now bound together in a common predicament that affects agriculture, the economy, education, the health-care system and society as a whole.
As a result of this situation, the three villages, which used to send most of their produce to the West Bank and Israel, are now obliged to ‘import’ vegetables, fruits and other basic commodities.
www.un.org /unrwa/emergency/barrier/enclave/enclave.html   (2222 words)

  
 MHA Nation - Three Affiliated Tribes
In 1743 La Verendrye's son arrived at the Sahnish villages at the mouth of the Bad River and was met by the Little Cherry Band of Sahnish.
The other two villages were on each side of a creek, which from its references, appears to be the Cottonwood Creek of today.
He sketched their villages from the deck of the steamer "Yellowstone." That same year, the Sahnish left the banks of the Missouri River after two successive crop failures and conflicts with the Mandan.
www.mhanation.com /main/history/history_arikara.html   (632 words)

  
 Mountain Living: Good for Your Heart?
It traces the trend to a village tucked high in the mountains outside Athens, Greece.
In all three villages, men mainly farmed and bred animals, while women mostly focused on household activities.
Third, all three towns are in Greece, which has some of the developed world's lowest death rates from heart disease (and all causes).
www.webmd.com /content/Article/102/106550.htm?pagenumber=1   (370 words)

  
 Press Releases: East Timor, Famine in Manufahi, Timor Leste
The 5 villages are under the Fatuberliu Parish led by Pastor Berto and assisted by Pastor Cornelius.
The 3 villages are located in mountainous areas, whereas the others two are in flat surface areas laid in the main road of the province.
The villagers of those three villages in 1982 were displaced to Weto village (near Dotik) along the province road by the government due to some attacks by the 'revolutionists' at that time and then they returned in 1989.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6CVC56?OpenDocument   (1445 words)

  
 Concordia Language Villages - Summer Youth Programs
The program is co-ed for villagers who are at least 10 years old, who complete the 10-minute swimming test, and who have an intermediate language level.
You will live in one of these three Villages, then all three languages will come together for a day to learn about Swiss language and culture at our site in Bemidji, Minn. The program is co-ed for villagers aged 8-18 with beginning to advanced French, German or Italian language skills.
You will separately live in one of these three Villages, then you will come together for a day to learn about Swiss language and culture at our site in Bemidji, Minn. The program is co-ed for villagers aged 8-18 with beginning to advanced French, German or Italian language skills.
clvweb.cord.edu /prweb/summer_youth_programs/wilderness.asp   (1112 words)

  
 Flashback For the Future   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The former inhabitants of the villages, whose population including their descendants reaches 30,000 people to date, are now refugees and are prevented from visiting their former homes.
They are also prevented from visiting and preserving three Moslem cemetaries and tombs which remain intact but in a very poor condition after the destruction.
The project aims to raise awareness of the tragedy of the three villages and the villagers, to educate both Palestinian and Israeli communities about the history of the site and in doing so to change the experience of the visitor to "Canada Park".
www.planet.edu /~alaslah/canpark/index.html   (201 words)

  
 Kateri
Shea were present; we had the letter of Father Jogues and the new map of General Clark; and we were all convinced that the Mohawks (1642-1666) had their three villages on the south side of the river.
After the burning of their three villages they at once provided some shelter while they continued to raise their crops, and proceed to rebuild their castles.
She was not born in Fonda, for the simple reason that the Mohawks in 1656 had not a single village on the north side of the Mohawk River.
threerivershms.com /Kateri.htm   (2140 words)

  
 POICA-Israel’s Segregation Wall Encircles Three Palestinian Villages in Northwest Jerusalem
According to Beir Nabala Village council, a series of tunnels are proposed to be constructed connecting Beir Nabala, Al Jib and Al Judera enclave to Rafat village - which is situated north of road 45, northern of Al Judera and western of Qalandia-.
Both villages constitute a total population of 8446 (Beir Nabala 6264, Al Judera 2182) inhabitants according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBC) 2005 and constitute a built-up area of 1904.35 dunums spreading on the neighboring villages of Al Jib, Beit Hanina Al Tahata and Betunia city.
Palestinians living in the three villages will lose their contacts with the nearby villages and centers due to restrictions already imposed on them by checkpoints and will significantly increase by the completion of the Segregation Wall.
www.poica.org /editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=566   (2717 words)

  
 Members of Two Worlds; A Developmental Study of Three Villages in Western Sicily; Johan Galtung
This study is an effort to penetrate mechanisms of underdevelopment in one particular region in Europe: Western Sicily.
The problem is attacked form two angles: a study of the attitudes, beliefs, and opinions held by peope in three selected villages, and a study of the social structure in those villages.
On a larger scale this development is of course related to economic, political, and social relationships far outside the villages — but on the local level these are mechanisms of major importance for the greatest problem these villages confront daily: status quo versus progress.
www.columbia.edu /cu/cup/catalog/data/023103/0231034184.HTM   (347 words)

  
 Unnati .....
Four more villages (two each from Sindari, Barmer and Sheragarh blocks in Jodhpur district) have been included apart from the existing 3 villages of Sheragarh block of Jodhpur district.
In August the district of Barmer received 577 mm of rain in only three days, whereas the average annual rainfall of the region is only 155 mm.
This water settled in three villages - Malva, Kawas and Bhatata and several people were drowned.
www.unnati.org /lastthree-social.html   (570 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Biomass power for three tribal villages
The Ministry for Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) has selected three tribal villages in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts for implementation of a Village Energy Security Project, which aims to bring out the importance of biomass energy as one of the major sources of renewable energy.
The pilot villages selected in Krishnagiri district are Jodikarai and Periyakallupalli in Hosur division and Karapadi at Harur division in Dharmapuri district.
An interesting feature of this project is that the villagers themselves generate and meet out their own energy demand on a sustained basis.
www.hindu.com /2005/03/31/stories/2005033102110300.htm   (456 words)

  
 On the Ground updates - Palestine Monitor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Salam, Deir Al-Hateb and Azmout are three small Palestinian villages less than one kilometer to the east of the West Bank city of Nablus, the combined populations of which are around 10,000.
The trench is not a shallow or narrow ditch – in parts its five meters deep, and between three and six meters wide.
Asked why the Israelis have done this to these villages in particular he shrugs and says, “we don’t know, but you have to remember they are doing this to all towns and villages in the West Bank and Gaza, but using different methods.
www.palestinemonitor.org /updates/trenches_barbedwire.htm   (526 words)

  
 Chad: Darfur crisis - Testimonies from Eastern Chad - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
They killed three people who were keeping an eye on their herds in the cattle enclosures: Haroun Bakhit, 35 years-old, the father of six children; Mahamat Yahya, 40 years-old, the father of eigth children; and Ibrahim Hassan, 25 years-old, the father of two children…They took away the horses and the other animals.
After the third attack, the villagers sought refuge in the neighbouring village of Koloy but they were forced to find somewhere else after the Janjawid attacked again.
The village of Harraza is surrounded by cattle camps, and the area is occupied by both Dajos and Arab herders.
web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAFR200072006   (2323 words)

  
 Gunmen surround three villages in southern Russia Last total solar eclipse of millennium coming - Turkish Daily News ...
About 500 gunmen surrounded three villages on Saturday in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan near its border with breakaway Chechnya, prompting the government to amass troops in the area, officials said.
The Interfax news agency said the village of Echeda in the Tsumadi district was also surrounded.
Three big open-air festivals are on tap in southwestern England's Cornwall county, which expects up to 1 million visitors.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=13602   (1423 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Forest fires destroy most of three villages near Syria-Turkey border
DAMASCUS, Syria – Forest fires destroyed most of three villages near the Syrian-Turkish border, officials said, forcing 3,000 people to evacuate as Syrian and Turkish firefighters extinguished the blazes on Wednesday.
The villages' 3,000 inhabitants were evacuated, according to the official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The affected villages are along the Mediterranean near a border crossing with Turkey.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20041027-2108-syria-fires.html   (298 words)

  
 The Three Mesas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The village of Waalpi was established in 1690.
Second Mesa is comprised of three villages, Musungnuvi (Mishongnovi), Supawlavi (Shipaulovi), and Songoopavi (Shongopovi).
This village is also well known for it's remarkable silversmiths and coiled plaques.
www.nau.edu /~hcpo-p/visit/mesa_1.htm   (284 words)

  
 It takes a village - Haaretz - Israel News
The other three villages, which were dubbed the 'Little Triangle,' were not captured until July 25, after they had repulsed two IDF assaults and were placed under siege.
Many of the residents of the villages who fled from the bombs and hid in the surrounding hills or found temporary shelter in Fureidis and in the Druze villages on Mount Carmel were not allowed to return to their homes.
After refuting the allegations of a massacre (the organization reported 62 killed and 63 missing in the three villages) and after rejecting Israel's claim that this was a policing operation which it was not authorized to deal with, the organization found that Israel had violated the cease-fire by its attack in the Little Triangle.
www.haaretz.com /hasen/spages/762886.html   (4632 words)

  
 The Villages Daily Sun
THE VILLAGESThree sisters believe their mother is smiling down on them from heaven.
Vicki raved about The Villages to her sisters and extended an open invitation for them to visit, with hopes they would fall in love with the community.
The Villages sounded familiar to Markley and her husband, Jim, as they recalled they had seen The Villages while en route to Ocala a few years ago, after fleeing their Vero Beach home before Hurricane Floyd hit.
www.thevillagesdailysun.com /articles/2006/10/14/news/news01.txt   (978 words)

  
 Quake Destroys Three Russian Villages
Inhabitants called the Koryakiya region's administration on a satellite phone to report that "the villages are practically entirely destroyed, even brick stoves fell apart," officials said, adding that rescuers flown in by helicopter were assessing the situation.
A total of some 300 people asked for a chance to leave their villages, mostly children, the sick, invalids and the elderly, Ilyukhin said, while ruling out a total evacuation of the villages' 4,000-strong population.
Three hundred people were evacuated after the swollen Danube breached a dyke near Constanta in southeast Romania, local authorities announced on Sunday.
www.terradaily.com /reports/Quake_Destroys_Three_Russian_Villages.html   (573 words)

  
 The Most Beautiful Villages of Québec - Stanstead
Anyone interested in fine architecture and history will love Stanstead, which is made up of the former “Three Villages” of Stanstead Plain, Rock Island and Beebe Plain.
Wandering the streets of the village, you may find yourself in the U.S. without realizing it – that is, until the American Border Patrol asks you if you have reported at the Customs up the street.
Villages pittoresques du Québec and Circuits pittoresques du Québec
www.beauxvillages.qc.ca /anglais/villages_a/stanstead_a.html   (843 words)

  
 The Hindu : Karnataka / Mangalore News : Three villages oppose MCC's abattoir project
The three villages are located in ward number 51 Alape of Mangalore City Corporation.
Kandevu said the present location was in the middle of the cluster of villages and if the project came up all the three villages would be affected.
The villages have already given representations to Mayor K. Ashraf and Commissioner Krishnappa Poojary against the project.
www.hindu.com /2006/09/16/stories/2006091617410300.htm   (346 words)

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