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BBC World News, 06.01.09 08:02 UTC

Kabul winter

Haji Dadu says "it's freezing inside and outside" his Kabul home By Bilal Sarwary BBC News, Kabul On a cold Kabul evening, Musafir Khan is busy building the fire in his one-room house. Like hundreds ...

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BBC World News, 01.01.09 13:32 UTC

Rebels 'advancing towards CAR'

The UN says it fears rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in DR Congo are advancing towards the Central African Republic (CAR).

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guardian.co.uk, 30.12.08 00:31 UTC

Thousands more migrants reach Italy's shores

. The number of migrants reaching Italy 's southern coastline after a perilous crossing from Africa has soared by more than 50% this year, according to UN figures, highlighting the mounting moral and ...

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WashingtonPost World, 16.12.08 05:00 UTC

Israeli Authorities Detain, Expel U.N. Human Rights Envoy

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 15 -- Israeli authorities detained a U.N. human rights envoy for more than 20 hours at the Tel Aviv airport before expelling him, putting him on a plane bound for Los Angeles, ...

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CNN World News, 12.12.08 14:04 UTC

Girl caught in crossfire dies in Congo

(CNN) -- Stray gunfire struck two girls at a civilian displacement camp in eastern Congo, killing one and wounding another, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.

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BBC World News, 10.12.08 00:09 UTC

Life in limbo

The United Nations says more than six million people have been living as refugees for more than five years. More than 90,000 of those are Serbs, who fled Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia during the ...

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BBC World News, 03.12.08 18:01 UTC

EU aims to improve asylum rules

The European Commission has called for fairer and more efficient procedures across the EU for asylum seekers.

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Los Angeles Times, 03.12.08 04:04 UTC

In Colombia, paramilitary groups still spreading terror

The new gangs, like rebels and drug traffickers, force people from their homes and farms, taking an enormous human toll. Displacement is accelerating in the southwest state of Nariño.

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guardian.co.uk, 02.12.08 12:00 UTC

Smugglers kill more than 20 refugees in Gulf of Aden

. At least 20 refugees have drowned after smugglers forced 115 people overboard while crossing the Gulf of Aden, the UN's refugee agency said today. The incident takes the number of people killed ...

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CNN World News, 02.12.08 00:34 UTC

U.N. gears up for return of displaced Iraqis

(CNN) -- The U.N. refugee agency is expanding its presence in war-torn Iraq to help accommodate thousands of displaced people, many of whom believe it's getting safer and easier to return to their homes in once-perilous neighborhoods.