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US Allocates $40 Million For Syria Victims

AP | Posted 05.10.2012

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AMMAN, Jordan — A U.S. State Department official responsible for refugees says Washington has allocated $40 million to assist relief organizatio...

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Saki Knafo

Scientists Link Famine In Somalia To Global Warming

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Chris Funk, Ethiopia, Somalia Famine, Ethiopia FEWS NET, US Aid, East Africa, Drought, Kenya, Famine, Africa, Somalia Drought, Gideon Galu, Somalia, Climate Change, Global Warming, World News

As millions of people struggle to survive a famine in East Africa, it’s hard not to ask whether anyone saw this disaster coming. Chris Funk, one of ...

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US To Provide $900,000 In Emergency Flood Aid To North Korea

AP | By MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Posted 10.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The United States is providing up to $900,000 in emergency aid to North Korea after recent floods in the impoverished country. The Stat...

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Message to Pakistan: China Will Not Replace U.S. Aid

Daniel Wagner | Posted 07.18.2011

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Daniel Wagner

In the 60-year period between 1950 and 2009, China's cumulative foreign aid to the rest of the world totaled only $39 billion. By contrast, for the year 2007 the U.S. had a total foreign operations budget of more than $26 billion.

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A U.S. Break With Pakistan? Forget About It

Sandy Goodman | Posted 07.05.2011

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Sandy Goodman

As long as this country is heavily involved in Afghanistan, it cannot seriously threaten, much less break, its alliance with the Pakistanis, whatever their sins.

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A New Voice for Women in U.S. Aid

Ritu Sharma | Posted 07.05.2011

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Ritu Sharma

Women are the majority of the more than one billion people living on just a dollar a day, and account for 6 out of 10 of the world's hungry. Despite this, they very often get left out of assistance programs.

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Elise Foley

Eric Cantor Defends Foreign Aid Cuts In Aftermath Of Japan Earthquake, Tsunami

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With Japan reeling from last week's magnitude-8.9 earthquake and the tsunami that followed, leading House Republicans on Monday defended...

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A Marshall Plan for the Middle East?

Glenn Hubbard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Glenn Hubbard

All prosperous countries of the world got that way not through government infrastructure, food aid, or NGO projects, but through the growth of a domestic business sector.

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Pakistan's Flood Victims Drown in Stereotypes of Terrorism and Graft

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Foreign Aid, Women, South Asia, Natural Disasters, Poverty, Humanitarian, Charity, Terrorism, Pakistan, US Aid, United Nations, Pakistan Floods, Humanitarian Aid, Kashmir, US Aid Pakistan, National Security, Climate Change, Development, Muslim, World News
Michelle Chen

The lackluster donor response in Pakistan shows how bitterness over a failing war can displace humanitarian impulse -- especially when the victims share the religion of the "terrorist threats" that have replaced them in headlines.

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Leaks Show US Government Always Knew That Pakistan Was Misusing US Taxpayers' Money

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Taliban, War on Terror, Terrorism, US Aid to Pakistan, Pakistan, US Aid, World News
Azeem Ibrahim

In an ideal world, the result of these revelations would be that taxpayers' money would stop being misused like this. But I think that in the current political climate, that is actually far too ambitious.

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Haitians Reflect: Should U.S. Continue Aid?

AOL | Emily Troutman | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 6) -- It's raining in Haiti still. It began to rain Thursday and forecasters predict the effects of Tomas, now a tropical ...

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Marines Stand By Off Coast Of Storm-Battered Haiti

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Marines rushed to deliver relief supplies to Haiti on Friday as Hurricane Tomas battered the small, impoverished country. Spe...

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From the American People

Dr. Rajiv Shah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake Relief, Usaid, US Charity, Usaid Haiti, US Aid, World News
Dr. Rajiv Shah

We saw our common humanity in action earlier this year when nearly half of American households contributed to the Haiti earthquake response. In fact, more people gave money to Haiti relief efforts this year than watched the Super Bowl.

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State Department Should Have Gone for More in QDDR Process

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton she should have established an "Under Secretary for Development" at the Department of State and shored up that 'command' in her own shop.

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U.S. Withholding Aid To Mexico Over Human-Rights Abuses

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration is withholding $26 million in aid to Mexico, recommending that the government give more power to its human rights commission ...

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Pakistan Flood Aid

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Danziger

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Marines Arrive In Pakistan To Help Flood Survivors

AP | By MUNIR AHMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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SOHBATPUR, Pakistan (AP)-- A shipload of U.S. Marines and helicopters arrived to boost relief efforts in flooded Pakistan on Thursday, but the prime m...

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An Internationalism Republicans and Democrats Can Agree On

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Believe it or not, there actually are Democrats and Republicans -- lots of them -- committed to robust international engagement, smart foreign aid, and coherent and sensible U.S. international public diplomacy.

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Why Would the Pakistani Intelligence Agency Support the Taliban?

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Azeem Ibrahim

One of the most disturbing aspects of the revelations contained in WikiLeaks is the picture it paints of the behavior of Pakistan.

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Presbyterians: End U.S.-Israel Aid Over Settlements In Palestinian Land

AP | PATRICK CONDON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — Presbyterian leaders strongly backed a proposal Friday that included a call to end U.S. aid to Israel unless the country stops set...

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U.S. Aid Funding Colombian Oppression?

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

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Human Rights First

By Andrew Hudson, Manager, Human Rights Defenders Program Exposing links between local politicians and paramilitary death-squads normally doesn't sou...

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Dan Savage Needs to Shut up About Malawi

Ben Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Cohen

The 14 year imprisonment of a gay couple in Malawi is beyond despicable. But I was completely shocked to see the otherwise brilliant Gay columnist Dan Savage call for the US to cut off foreign aid to the country until the court's decision was reversed.

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Through the Looking Glass: Haiti and U.S. Development Leadership

Nancy Birdsall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Aid, Haiti Earthquake, International Development, Raj-Shah, Haiti, World News
Nancy Birdsall

The administration should continue to make it clear that Dr. Shah is the designated disaster coordinator. Getting this right can help Haiti put its country back together, and put our development policy back together too.

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Obama's War: The Next Best Steps in Afghanistan?

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia DeGennaro

Both military and civilian leaders need to revisit their management and cooperation efforts, and better define their "jobs" if any progress is to be made.

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Generals: $6.1B Siphoned From U.S. Aid To Pakistan

AP | KATHY GANNON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Aid, Pentagon, Misuse, Al Qaida, Osama Bin Laden, Perves Musharraf, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Bin Laden, Terrorism, Mahmud Durrani, Bush, World News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has bee...

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