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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
Two months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, much of the destruction left in its wake is still evident, with flooded farmland and considerably damaged infrastructure, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today....
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Jul 03, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
The United Nations refugee agency has interviewed nearly 180 Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum-seekers detained in Egypt to assess their claims for refugee status, and urged the authorities to continue to provide unhindered access to others who are being held....
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Jul 03, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
United Nations relief agencies have sounded the alarm today about the humanitarian situation in six countries across the Horn of Africa, where a combination of drought conditions and soaring food prices has left more than 14 million people in urgent need of food aid....
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Jul 02, 2008
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(author unknown), Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Asylum Seekers
Government Illegally Holding Civilians Fleeing Fighting in the North The Sri Lankan government should end the arbitrary detention of more than 400 civilians displaced by recent fighting at a newly established camp in northern Sri Lanka, Human Rights Watch said today....
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Jul 02, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today spoke out against last night's attacks on the compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in eastern Nepal....
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Jul 01, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
Obtaining food remains the biggest priority for Bangladeshi families living in areas still devastated by Cyclone Sidr last year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today, announcing it will continue its aid operations to the affected region....
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Jul 01, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the "senseless killing" of one of its truck drivers who was ambushed in southern Sudan after delivering vital food supplies to the agency's warehouse in Juba....
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Jun 30, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
The humanitarian situation inside Afghanistan is getting worse, with civilian casualties rising and food prices soaring, the United Nations relief chief said today, calling for the international community to revise its assistance plans to the strife-torn country....
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Jun 29, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
The United Nations relief chief today met with local officials and tribal elders in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan on the third day of his visit to assess the humanitarian situation in the impoverished and strife-torn country....
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Jun 28, 2008
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(author unknown), UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has written to the Thai Government expressing concern over the repatriation of 837 Lao Hmong from Thailand last Sunday, saying it has doubts as to the voluntary nature of the return....
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Jun 27, 2008
