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U.N. Ambassador Kohona: Sri Lanka Refugee Situation Improving

Jim Luce | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Australia, Ltte, Land Mines, Washington, Tamils, United Nations, Sri Lanka, U.N. Security General, Bosnia, Dr. Palitha Kohona, IDP Tourism, Sri Lankan Refugee, Ban-Ki Moon, Ethel Grodzins Romm, Princess Diana, Sri Lankan Ambassador, Child Soldiers, European Union, Idps, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the U.N., Suicide Bombers, Monsoon, Japan, Afghani-Pakistani Border, International Red Cross, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary, Colombo, India, Internally Displaced People, Rwanda, Ngo’s, Balkanization, World News
Jim Luce

Fourteen years after the civil war in Rwanda, refugees are still living in mud huts.  In Bosnia, following Balkanization, people lacked heat and ...

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IDP Resettlement A Crucial Step To Keeping Extremism At Bay

Hisham Wyne | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Spotlight on Pakistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Swat, Idp, North West Frontier, Internally Displaced Persons, Internally Displaced People, Taliban, Pakistani, North-West-Frontier-Province, World News
Hisham Wyne

It was the historic lack of government involvement and social alienation that allowed Islamic militants gain a foothold in the North-Western regions in the first place.

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Pakistan's Homeless Displaced By Fighting "Totally Ignored"

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Idp, Internally Displaced Persons, Internally-Displaced-People, Taliban, North West Frontier, North-West-Frontier-Province, Pakistan Taliban, President Zardari, President-Zardari, Taliban Pakistan, Swat Valley, Pakistan Swat Valley, Swat Valley Pakistan, World News
Nosheen Abbas

They can't even provide us a tent, how will they make our houses? What are we expected to go back to?

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Young Pakistanis Slowly Reversing The Brain Drain

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Opportunities, Brain Drain, Pakistanis, Expatriates, Emigration, Pakistan, Idp, Internally Displaced People, World News
Nosheen Abbas

The younger lot who return to Pakistan feel insecure at times, but understand that this is a temporary phase Pakistan is experiencing, and that eventually things will return to normal.

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Mona Sarika | Posted 12.04.2009 | World

Read More: Mona Sarika, Pak, Swat, Pakistan, Bloggers, Dir, Idp, Pakistan Refugees, Bloggers Unite, Un, Internally Displaced People, Buner, World News
Mona Sarika

Due to repeated instances of plagiarism and misattribution, both on HuffPost and elsewhere, Mona Sarika's work has been removed and will no longer app...

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In Sri Lanka: A U.S. Congressman Gets It

Jim Luce | Posted 06.30.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Ltte, Heath Shuler, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Washington, Muslim Sri Lankans, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, Sri Lanka, U.S. Congressman Heath Shuler, Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary, Tamil, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, Dr. Palitha Kohona, International Red Cross, Colombo, Hillary Clinton, Internally Displaced People, Singhalese, Usaid, U.S. State Department, World News
Jim Luce

Congressman Heath Shuler's visit was the first time I have heard an American elected official seem to understand what has transpired here in Sri Lanka.

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