The most common causes of fires remained cigarettes and other smoking-related materials, followed by cooking.

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For the first time, some of those polled are being asked questions about their daily life: whether they drink tap water, what cooking fuel they use and what materials were utilized to construct their homes.

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But a UNICEF spokeswoman said safe drinking water, shelter materials, water purification tablets, cooking sets, mosquito nets, medicine and sanitation supplies were all in dire need.

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His grandfather, he says, was a host of the country's reformist leader, King Amanullah Khan, after it gained independence from the British in 1919, and imported fuel, cooking oil, foods, technical equipment and construction materials from Iran and the Soviet Union.

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Banco Verde Vida (Green Life Bank) pays with its moeda verde (green currency) for recyclable materials such as plastic bottles, tins and used cooking oil.

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