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Congo Spurns Burundi Refugees at Border

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Children, War, Idp, Joseph Kabila, Hillary Clinton, Kimia II, Un, Burundi, Gatumba, Refugees, Congo, Banyamulenge, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Frustration in the face of this humanitarian tragedy is understandable. Where is SOS Hillary Clinton in the face of this, especially after her courageous meetings with Congolese President Joseph Kabila?

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Angelina And Brad In Syria To Shine Light On Iraqi Refugees

AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Syria, Angelina Jolie, Unhcr, Brad Pitt, Refugees, Entertainment News

DAMASCUS, Syria — Angelina Jolie met with Iraqi refugees in Syria on Friday and urged the world not to forget the plight of those among them who...

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Congo: Time to Send in the Clowns?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Clowns Without Borders, Rape, Radio Maendeleo, Delphie Namuto, United Nations, Jolly Kamuntu, Goma, Joseph Kabila, IDP Camps, Radio Okapi, Unhcr, North Kivu, Doctors Without Borders, Caddy Adzuba, Georgianne Nienaber, DRC Violence, Hillary Clinton, State Department, Refugees, Jane Trahey, Reporters Without Borders, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, Committee to Protect Journalists, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Congolese president Joseph Kabila paved the way for a troupe of Spanish Clowns, while thugs and militia rule the Kivus and truth-seeking journalist are threatened.

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Arabia Felix 102: Yemeni Government Fingers Iran as Arms Supplier to Northern Houthi Rebels

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Ali Abdallah Saleh, Al Alam Tv, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Britain, Shiite Islam, Arab Countries, Unhcr, Tareq Al Houmayed, Iran, Abdel Malek Al Houthi, Saudi Arabia, Daoud El Shiryan, Sunni Muslim, Un, Al Hayat, Saleh Habra, Germany, Morocco, Unicef, Sana’A, Houthis, Hassan Al-Lawzi, Yemen, U.S. Embassy in Sana’A, Bahrain, Kuwait, South Korea, Asharq Al-Awsat, Israel, Sudan, Hadramawt, Together Against Sa’ada War, Zaydi, Hasama, Sa’ada, Aden, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The sixth Sa'ada war between central government forces and Houthi rebels in Yemen's north is well underway and expected to drag on, according to the country's ruling party.

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Iraq: Stop Killings for Homosexual Conduct

Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Rights, Gays in Iraq, Iraq, Gays, Unhcr, LGBT Issues, Mahdi Army, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Sadr City, LGBT Politics, Sadr City Violence, Homosexuality, Iraq-Gays-Targeted, LGBT Community, Human Rights Watch, Iraq Gay Murders, Iraq Gays, Homosexuality and Religion, LGBT Families, World News
Human Rights Watch

The killings -- committed without evidence or trial, on the basis of prejudice and whim -- violate standards in Sharia law for legality, proof, and privacy.

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Angelina Jolie Visits Baghdad (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Unhcr, Iraq, Slideshow, Entertainment News

***SCROLL FOR PHOTOS AND VIDEO*** Angelina Jolie took a day trip on Thursday to Baghdad. The actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador is there to spea...

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Italy Illegal Immigration Crackdown Draws Fire

Huffington Post | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Libya, Italy Immigration, Berlusconi, Silvio Berlusconi, Foreign Affairs, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Italy, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Italy Illegal Immigration, Refugees, Advocacy, Italy Iimgration Requirement for Illegal People, Illegal Immigrants in Italy, Immigration Italy, Illegal Imergrants Sanate News 07/15/09, World News

A new law in Italy seeks to impose harsh penalties on illegal immigrants in a country that has been considered a bastion for safe, illegal refuge in E...

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UN Refugee Officials Accused Of Beatings In Morocco

Inter Press Service | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, African Refugees, UNHCR Abuses, Democratic Republic of Congo, Foreign Affairs, Africa, United Nations, Senegal, Congo, Refugees, United Nations Refugee Agency, Advocacy, Angola, Inter Press Service, World News

By Daan Bauwens | Inter Press Service RABAT, Jun 23 (IPS) - More than 300 African refugees are gathered at the gates of the Moroccan United Nations...

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Down and Out in Shah Mansour

Kathy Kelly | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Refugee, Richard Holbrook, Pakistan, World News
Kathy Kelly

The sun bores down on the Shah Mansoor camp which has become a temporary home to thousands of displaced Pakistanis from the Swat area. In the stifling heat, the camp's residents sit idly, day after day, uncertain about their future.

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PC Hotel Blast: UN Aid Workers Among The Dead

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Peshawar Hotel Un Workers, Peshawar Hotel Blast, Pc Hotel Blast, Unhcr, Pc Hotel Aid Workers, Peshawar, United Nations, Pc, Pakistan, Un Wfp, Pc Hotel Un, World News

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani officials are moving swiftly to use the suicide bombing of a luxury hotel in their campaign to build public support for mi...

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North Korea's Forgotten Orphans: They Live in China

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Human Rights Watch, China Human Rights, Korea, China, Orphans, World News
Elisabeth Braw

An estimated 70% of North Koreans living illegally in China are women, many of whom live with Chinese men, have children with them and were sold by human traffickers.

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Libya Shipwreck Tragedy Highlights Plight Of African Migrants Who Risk Everything To Live

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Italy, Libya-Italy Agreement, Italy Ministry of the Interior, Immigration From Africa to EU, Illegal Immigrants, Libya, Italy Immigration Laws, European Union, Immigration, African Migrant Shipwreck, African Migrants, Sicily, Eritrea, World News

More than 200 African migrants are feared dead after three boats capsized off the coast of Libya Friday. The 23 people who were rescued relayed that t...

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Syrian-Iraqi Border: Human Bargaining Chips

Fay Ferguson | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Unhcr, Al-Tanf, Palestinians, Hamas, Iraq, Syria, World News
Fay Ferguson

Bleak and hostile, al-Tanf has been home for the past three years to hundreds of Palestinian refugees -- close to half of them children -- who fled persecution in Iraq.

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Angelina Jolie Rebuked By Thai Official

AP | Posted 03.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Myanmar, Rohingya, Thailand, Unhcr, Entertainment News

BANGKOK — A senior Thai diplomat rebuked Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Wednesday for speaking out on behalf of Muslim refugees from Myanmar. ...

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Angelina Jolie Visits Refugee Camp

AP | GRANT PECK | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Myanmar, Unhcr, The Giving Life, Entertainment News

BANGKOK — Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has called on Thailand to respect the human rights of Myanmar's Rohinyga boat people, after Thai authori...

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Angelina Jolie In Thailand With Burmese Refugees

AP | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Burma, Unhcr, Entertainment News

GENEVA — Angelina Jolie has called on Thailand's government to give more freedom to tens of thousands of Burmese refugees it has kept locked ins...

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Palestinian-Iraqi Refugees: 'Rejected Wherever We Go'

Electronicintifada.net | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Unhcr, Gaza, Refugees in Syria, Refugee Camp Syria, Iraq, Palestinian Iraqi Refugees, Refugees, Syria, Iraqi Refugees in Syria, World News

DAMASCUS (IRIN) - The start of 2009 offers little hope to the residents of al-Tanf, a refugee camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border housing more than 700 Pa...

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Thai Prime Minister Vows To Push Illegal Immigrants Out

Bangkokpost.com | AFP | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Thai Prime Minister, Migration, Rohingya People, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand, Illegal Immigrants, Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants in Thailand, World News

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Thursday announced a crackdown on illegal immigration as he defended Thailand against allegations the military left a...

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Inside A Congolese Displaced Persons Camp: Children Cling To Our Arms, Begging For Human Touch (PHOTOS)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Drc, Women, Rape, Children, Disease, Kivu, Goma, War, Refugees, Mugunga II, Slideshow, Congo Photos, Human Rights Congo, Congo, Human Rights, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Australian journalist Helen Thomas was the first to ask the question. "Do you find it hard to believe that we are able to function here and do our wor...

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EU To Accept 10,000 Iraqi Refugees

BBC News | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

Read More: Europe Iraqi Refugees, Iraq War Wire, Iraqi Refugees Syria, Unhcr, Iraqi Asylee Seekers, Iraqi Refugees Jordan, Iraqi Refugees, Sweden Refugees, United Nations, European Union, Iraq, Eu, Germany Refugees, World News

The European Union says it is ready to accept up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees, many of whom are living in extreme hardship in Jordan and Syria. The agree...

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Angelina Jolie Goes To Afghanistan

People | Posted 11.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Unhcr, Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Angelina Jolie Afghanistan, Afghanistan, United Nations, Entertainment News

Angelina Jolie has returned from a two-day humanitarian trip to Afghanistan this week, visiting poverty-stricken families, according to the United Nat...

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The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Refugee International, General Petraeus Surge, Shi'a Truce, Iraqi Benchmarks, United Nations, Internally Displaced Persons, US Congress, Sunni Ethnic Cleansing, Department of State, Ngo, Muqtada Al Sadr, The Surge, Unhcr, Justice and Accountability Law, Iraqi Refugees, Ehtno-Sectarian Violence, Sadrist Shi'A, Department of Defense, Siic, Kurds, Constitutional Review Committee, Abdul Al-Hakim, Baghdad, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, John McCain, Government Accountability Office, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Basra, Kirkuk, Ethnic Cleansing, Badr Corps, Marine Corps General Jones, Population Shifts Baghdad, Ucla, Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service Report, Second Largest Refugee Crisis, Shi'a Militias, Center for American Progress, War on Terror, De-Baathification Law, Sons of Iraq, Second Presidential Debate, Transparency International, Crc, 2008 Presidential Race, War in Iraq, International Crisis Group, Sigir, Msm, Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Peshmerga, Maliki, Sectarian Violence, Dr. John Agnew, General Petraeus, Sunni Awakening, Icg, Krg, Igos, Isf, Idp, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

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Angelina Jolie Debuts PSA For World Refugee Day (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: UNHCR, Video, Angelina Jolie, World Refugee Day, Entertainment News

Angelina Jolie, currently in France awaiting the birth of twins, has filmed a public service announcement for World Refugee Day, which is Friday June ...

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