Aid Workers in Danger

Somalia: World Food Program Compound Attacked By Islamist Rebels

AP | Abdi Sheikh | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Gunmen stormed a U.N. aid compound in Somalia overnight, sparking a gunbattle that killed three of the attackers and wounded...

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Zill-e-Usman, UN Worker, Killed By Gunmen With Guard In Pakistani Refugee Camp

AP | RIAZ KHAN and RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A veteran U.N. official due to retire soon was shot dead along with a guard while resisting kidnappers Thursday at a northw...

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Christopher Leggett Death: Al-Qaida Says It Killed American In Mauritania For Prosletizing

AP | AHMED MOHAMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Al-Qaida's North African branch has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American aid worker shot dead this wee...

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Margaret Hassan Murder: Kidnap Gang Member Jailed For Life

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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A member of the gang that kidnapped and murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan was jailed for life today. ...

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2008 Deadliest Year For Aid Workers: Center On International Cooperation

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Soaring violence in Somalia and Afghanistan helped make 2008 the most dangerous year on record for aid workers, with 122 killed while carrying out the...

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Darfur Aid Worker Killed, Possibly Over Satellite Phone

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Armed men have shot dead a Sudanese worker for a Canadian aid group in Darfur in the latest of a string of attacks on international organisations in S...

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