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Red Cross Delivers Aid To Remaining Civilians In Gaddafi Hometown

AP | HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Libya, Libya News, Libya Sirte, Sirte Siege, Libya War, Sirte Aid, Icrc, Sirte, Red Cross Sirte, Sirte Civilians, World News

SIRTE, Libya (AP) - The international Red Cross delivered baby milk, diapers and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Moammar Gadhafi's besieged hom...

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Palestinian Prisoners Take Center Stage in Palestine

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Icrc, Israelis, Red Cross, Palestine, Israel, Political Prisoners, Palestinians, Palestinian Prison Hunger Strikes, Palestine Hunger Strikes, Hunger Strikes Palestine, World News

As the hunger strike enters its second week, the Palestinian population in the big prison -- the West Bank and Gaza -- is expressing solidarity and support for inmates.

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ICRC: Security Situation In Afghanistan Remains Alarming

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 12.04.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday that deteriorating security in Afghanistan has impeded access to ...

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Why Torture Is A Moral Issue

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Icrc, UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Juan Mendez, Guantanamo, 9/11, Anti-Muslim Bias, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Bradley Manning, Water Boarding, Eric Holder, Osama Bin Laden, Human Rights, School of the Americas, General Petraeus, Rev. Richard L. Killmer, Torture, Nrcat, Impact News

June 26 was United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In the United States, both human rights and religious organizations had...

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Letter From a Naive Peace Activist to an Israeli Naval Officer

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Gaza Flotilla, Gisha, Icrc, Gaza Blockade, Israel, Gaza, Unrwa, World News

As a passenger on the upcoming U.S. boat to Gaza, I read with keen interest the New York Times' account last week of Israeli military preparations to confront the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

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War Crimes In Libya, Bahrain and Yemen? Maybe, Maybe Not

Morris Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Icrc, Geneva Conventions, War Crimes, Libya, Yemen, United Nations, Bahrain, International Criminal Court, World News

The continued deterioration of conditions on the ground in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen has led to increased discussion of war crimes and the potential consequences.

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Justice Remains Elusive for Many at U.S. Prison in Afghanistan

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

As the war in Afghanistan drags into its tenth year, the United States doesn't need more martyrs. It does need to do a much better job of winning regional support for its mission. Sending innocent prisoners home would be a good start.

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Afghanistan Conditions At Their Worst For Red Cross

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghan War, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan, Red Cross, Aid, Icrc, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, World News

The International Committee of the Red Cross, which usually seeks to avoid the public eye, held a rare news conference here on Wednesday to express de...

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Afghanistan Situation At Its Worst In Thirty Years, Says Red Cross

Reuters | Jonathon Burch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. review of President Barack Obama's Afghan war strategy has identified areas of important progress, the White House said, with the decision a ...

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Reality Check: Understanding the Mujahedin-e Khalq

Ali Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

There has not been a single credible and independently verifiable finding that the MEK ever targeted any civilians or non-combatants. This is why the Iranian mullahs have fabricated cases against it.

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Red Cross Teaches First Aid To Taliban

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — The international Red Cross said Wednesday it would continue giving first aid training and kits to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, des...

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Diapering: New Torture Technique Revealed By Report

Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diapering, Detainee Abuse, Icrc, Red Cross, Cia, Interrogation Techniques, Dick Cheney, Politics News

In order to learn more about the mysterious "prolonged diapering" technique formerly employed by the CIA -- possibly the technique nebulously referred...

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A Tragic Misdiagnosis: The Continued Suffering of Civilians Amongst Victory Celebrations in Sri Lanka

Nimmi Gowrinathan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Icrc, Tamil Tigers, Grassroots, Sri Lanka, Sri-Lanka-No-Fire-Zone, Un Secretary General, Humanitarian Crisis, World News

The abuses of the past few months have left deep wounds that empty promises alone cannot heal; awareness does not always translate into action.

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After US Strikes, Afghans Describe "Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies"

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Gen. David McKiernan, Afghanistan Air Strike, Red Cross, Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Farah-Province, Taliban, Barack Obama, World News, Breaking News, Afghanistan War, Red Crescent, Robert Gates, Afghanistan Bombing, Icrc, David McKiernan, International Committee of the Red Cross, World News

As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase.

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Rebels Threaten To Behead Red Cross Worker In Philippines

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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MANILA, March 18 (Reuters) - The leader of an Islamist rebel group which kidnapped three Red Cross officers in the southern Philippines threatened on ...

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Suicide attack kills 4 US soldiers in Mosul

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. patrol in northern Iraq on Monday, killing four American soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter in the d...

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Sri Lanka: Mob Stones Red Cross Office

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The main office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was stoned by a mob today in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Although no one was hurt, the...

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Sri Lanka's Last Hospital In War Zone Closes After Fifth Attack

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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The last operational hospital in northern Sri Lanka's war zone has been shut down after it was attacked for a fifth time in three days, aid groups say...

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Red Cross Accuses Israel Of 'Unacceptable' Delays In Providing Access To Wounded

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — The international Red Cross accused Israel on Thursday of "unacceptable" delays in letting rescue workers reach three Gaza City homes h...

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