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Aid Workers

Protect the Protectors

Kathleen Cravero | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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Kathleen Cravero

For all the humanitarian workers killed in the past ten years, not one investigation has reached a clear conclusion after which someone was punished. Nor has any government been held accountable.

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UN worker, guard shot dead in NW Pakistan

AP | RIAZ KHAN and RYAN LUCAS | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

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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 Proselytizing

AP | AHMED MOHAMED | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

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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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Deceptive Calm in Kabul

International Rescue Committee | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Aid Workers, Afghanistan, International Rescue Committee, Afghanistan War, World News
International Rescue Committee

The deaths of four International Rescue Committee colleagues of mine have triggered a re-thinking of aid agency work in Afghanistan.

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2008 Deadliest Year For Aid Workers: Center On International Cooperation

Reuters | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

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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 04.24.2009 | World

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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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4 Somali Aid Workers Kidnapped

Daily Nation | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

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Four aid workers have been kidnapped in Somalia. The victims are a Somali local staff and three expatriates. The kidnap took place in Wajid district,...

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Kidnapped Darfur Aid Workers Freed, Says Italy

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Italian foreign ministry said Friday that three foreign aid workers being held hostage in Darfur had been released but rep...

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2 Sudanese Killed In Latest Attack On Aid Workers

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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Two Sudanese aid workers working for the French aid agency Aide Médicale Internationale were shot and killed in Darfur this week, Al Jazeera English ...

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The US Role in Somalia's Calamity

Chris Albin-Lackey | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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Chris Albin-Lackey

US policy not only has displayed a callous disregard for the basic human rights of Somalis, but it has failed on its own terms, breeding the very extremism it sought to eliminate.

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Three Aid Workers Killed In Afghanistan Ambush

AP | AMIR SHAH and FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 09.13.2008 | Home

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PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters with assault rifles shredded a U.S. aid group's SUV with dozens of bullets Wednesday, killing three W...

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Brangelina Make Joint Production Debut With HBO Series About Aid Workers

Reuters | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are making their first joint producing effort with an HBO series about aid workers. The untitled drama will explore the ...

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