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Confrontations, anger in Jerusalem over building
Fri Mar 12th at 12:16 pm

Source: Reuters * Heavy Israeli security in Jerusalem, West Bank sealed off * U.S. officials work to preserve Mitchell talks next week * Hamas demands U.S.-mediated talks be called off (Adds ...

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Haiti Quake Response Largely A Success
Fri Mar 12th at 11:18 am

The numbers were apocalyptic: More than 220,000 people killed and 300,000 injured. Over 1 million people displaced from homes. About 280,000 houses either obliterated or damaged. An estimated 25 ...

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WFP Airlifts Food To Congolese Refugees
Fri Mar 12th at 11:16 am

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Friday started to airlift urgent food assistance from Pointe Noire to Impfondo in Likouala province to reach tens of thousands of Congolese refugees ...

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WFP Challenges Report About Somali Food Aid
Fri Mar 12th at 11:15 am

The World Food Program is challenging a U.N. report that alleges as much as half of the WFP food destined for the needy in Somalia is being diverted to corrupt contractors and Islamist militants.  ...

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Food Assistance to Bhutanese Refugees
Fri Mar 12th at 11:08 am

Bhutanese refugees started to enter Nepal in the early 1990s following the enforcement of restrictive citizenship laws by the Government of Bhutan. In 1992, UNHCR and WFP, at the request of the Gov...

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U.S. policy toward Yemen missing key component of food
Fri Mar 12th at 10:51 am

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said earlier this year, "we recognize that the challenges facing Yemen cannot be solved by military action alone." (..) Yemenis displaced by a conflict in the N...

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Gap between the rich, poor saddens WFP
Fri Mar 12th at 10:49 am

WFP country director Pablo Recalde has observed that there is a lot of poverty in Zambia because of the unevenly distribution of wealth between the poor and the rich. In an interview after the la...

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Obama Renews Promise To Assist With Haiti's Earthquake Recovery During Preval's Visit To The White House (Medical News Today)
Fri Mar 12th at 10:18 am

"President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has n...

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Local Tennis Club Helps Save Haiti Earthquake Victim's Life (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
Fri Mar 12th at 9:39 am

The Racquet Club of the South helped rescue a local player's father from the rubble in Haiti after the January earthquake.

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Airmen build hospital in Chile
Fri Mar 12th at 9:11 am

Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team along with members of the Chilean army are building a mobile hospital here March 10 through 12 to help augment medical services for nearl...

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Liberian President praises P4P
Fri Mar 12th at 8:58 am

“This is one of the best projects that we have going in the country” declared Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President  of Liberia.

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Pinera govt projects $30 billion in quake damage (AP)
Fri Mar 12th at 7:11 am

AP - Calling on Chileans to dry their tears and get to work to rebuild the nation, Sebastian Pinera is already setting an example.



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Congo: Food Airlifted To Fleeing Refugees In Remote North
Fri Mar 12th at 6:33 am

WFP has started airlifting urgent food assistance into a remote northern region of the Republic of Congo in order to reach tens of thousands of refugees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of...

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WFP Airlifts Food to Thousands of Congolese Refugees
Fri Mar 12th at 6:25 am

BRAZZAVILLE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today started to airlift urgent food assistance from Pointe Noire to Impfondo in Likouala province to reach tens of thousands of Congoles...

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Obama renews promise to assist with Haiti's earthquake recovery during Preval's visit to the White House (News-Medical-Net)
Fri Mar 12th at 4:38 am

"President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has n...

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Gaza unplugged: the cost of power cuts in the Strip
Fri Mar 12th at 4:00 am

Oxfam GB - UK Daily power cuts in Gaza resulting from the Israeli blockade are causing deep disruptions and putting lives at risk.

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Indonesia: US Should Justify Training Counterterrorism Unit
Fri Mar 12th at 3:00 am

(New York) - The US government should train members of Indonesia's elite special forces only if Indonesia takes sufficient steps toward accountability and reform to deter future abuses, Human Right...

UN agency begins airlifting food aid for refugees uprooted from DR Congo
Fri Mar 12th at 12:00 am

The United Nations today started to airlift urgent food aid for tens of thousands of people who have fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are seeking refuge in neighbo...

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Nepal’s leaders must move peace process forward, says UN political chief
Fri Mar 12th at 12:00 am

Now is the time for Nepal’s leaders to move the stalled peace process, which ended a bloody decade-long civil war, forward, the top United Nations political official said today, voicing optimism th...

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Chile: UNICEF to reach out to 1 million quake victims
Fri Mar 12th at 12:00 am

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is providing emergency education and water services for 1 million Chilean children and their families in the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck ...

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UN expert group urges Nigeria to address core issues behind repeated violence
Fri Mar 12th at 12:00 am

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is calling on Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of repeated outbreaks of deadly ethnic and religious viol...

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Safety of uprooted Somalis key concern for UN refugee agency
Fri Mar 12th at 12:00 am

The United Nations refugee agency today expressed its deep concern for the safety of more than 8,000 people trapped in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, by clashes which have uprooted more than 100,00...

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Security Council extends UN force for two months, as talks with Chad continue
Fri Mar 12th at 12:00 am

The Security Council today extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic and Chad until 15 May, as discussions continue on the future of the operation.

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A Disastrous Year: 2010 Death Toll Already Abnormally High (LiveScience.com)
Thu Mar 11th at 9:17 pm

LiveScience.com - Just a few months into 2010, and Mother Nature has delivered a slew of costly and deadly natural disasters. From the catastrophic Haiti and Chilean earthquakes to the U.S. blizzar...


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Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes jolt Chile (Reuters)
Thu Mar 11th at 6:43 pm

Reuters - The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12...


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Hamas: Journalist's Detention Violated Due Process
Thu Mar 11th at 6:19 pm

(New York) - The 25-day detention by Hamas authorities of the journalist Paul Martin seriously violated his due process rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Martin was arrested on February 14, 20...

Texas Baptists Launch Food Drive For Victims Of Haiti’s Earthquake (KWTX-TV Waco)
Thu Mar 11th at 5:10 pm

Thousands of Texas Baptists are responding to a nationwide food drive for earthquake victims in Haiti.

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Obama gives $1.4 million Nobel prize to 10 charities (Reuters)
Thu Mar 11th at 4:46 pm

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans to Haiti's earthquake survivors and education ...

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Darfur donor meeting in March eyes $2 billion - Egypt
Thu Mar 11th at 4:32 pm

Source: Reuters * Egypt, Turkey co-chairs of meeting in Cairo, March 21 * Projects include cement plants, roads, villages * Cost for all projects $2.04 billion (Adds direct Darfur peace ta...

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Quake, tsunami alert hit Chile as new leader sworn in (AFP)
Thu Mar 11th at 4:15 pm

AFP - Strong aftershocks and a tsunami alert rocked Chile and rattled nerves Thursday as rightwing billionaire Sebastian Pinera was sworn in as the new president of the quake-hit nation.



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New railway links north and south Sudan
Thu Mar 11th at 4:13 pm

Source: Reuters JUBA, Sudan, March 11 (Reuters) - Sudan on Thursday inaugurated a railway linking the north and south for the first time since decades of civil war ripped Africa's largest country a...

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U.S. says it believes Mideast talks still on
Thu Mar 11th at 2:55 pm

Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, background) WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it believed indirect Mideast peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians...

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Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
Thu Mar 11th at 2:45 pm

Source: Reuters * Palestinians want revocation of Jerusalem settlement plan * Building across Jerusalem will go on - Israeli official (Adds U.S. State Dept comment) By Adam Entous TEL AVI...

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Two kidnapped foreign aid workers freed in Haiti (Reuters)
Thu Mar 11th at 2:43 pm

Reuters - Two foreign aid workers with Doctors Without Borders in quake-hit Haiti were kidnapped and held for nearly a week before being freed early on Thursday, the international medical charity s...

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Local man still collecting prosthetics, wheelchairs for Haiti's earthquake victims (Asbury Park Press)
Thu Mar 11th at 2:40 pm

The Wall man who has been collecting prosthetics, wheelchairs, walkers and other items for victims of the January earthquake in Haiti has scheduled two more dropoff events.

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Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come
Fri Mar 12th at 11:23 am

Source: Reuters * Still no clear result in Iraq vote * Narrow lead for PM Maliki in Shi'ite areas * No tally yet for Baghdad, the big prize (Updates vote numbers, adds analyst comment, poll...

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Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #28
Fri Mar 12th at 11:22 am

...particularly in the areas of food, water and health. Emergency...to the agricultural sector, food-forwork and cash-for-work...information on Haiti and other crises, visit: www.reliefweb...added ...

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UNHCR concerned about situation of thousands of Somalis in Mogadishu
Fri Mar 12th at 11:15 am

Source: UNHCR UNHCR expresses concern about the worsening situation for thousands of civilians in Somalia amid fresh fighting in Mogadishu and elsewhere.

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Turkey says Sweden vote to hurt peace bid with Armenia
Fri Mar 12th at 11:10 am

Source: Reuters * U.S., Sweden envoys recalled over genocide resolutions * Armenia massacres deeply sensitive topic in Turkey By Ibon Villelabeitia ANKARA, March 12 (Reuters) - A resolutio...

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Third blast in Pakistan's Lahore wounds 4-police
Fri Mar 12th at 11:03 am

Source: Reuters (For full coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK] LAHORE, Pakistan, March 12 (Reuters) - A third bomb exploded near a police station in the Pakistani city of La...

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US House panel to consider healthcare bill Monday
Fri Mar 12th at 10:59 am

Source: Reuters (adds details) WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee on Monday will consider a reconciliation bill that Democrats hope clears the way...

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GLOBAL: Straight talk with Global Fund director Michel Kazatchkine
Fri Mar 12th at 10:43 am

Source: IRIN The executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Michel Kazatchkine, sat down with IRIN/PlusNews at the launch of the organization's 2010 report, whe...

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Haiti Prime Minister to ACT:
Fri Mar 12th at 10:42 am

Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland


12 March, 2010 Port-au-Prince - Haitian Prime Minister Jean Bellerive says the election planned for this year will go ...

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Judge orders $1.16 mln for Air France crash victim
Fri Mar 12th at 9:54 am

Source: Reuters * Compensation ordered for victim of June 1 crash * Air France says studying ruling RIO DE JANEIRO, March 12 (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay $1.16 mi...

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Obama delays Pacific trip for healthcare
Fri Mar 12th at 9:51 am

Source: Reuters (Adds details and background) WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay home and focus on his ...

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Zimbabwe: OCHA Monthly Humanitarian Update, Feb 2009
Fri Mar 12th at 9:51 am

...April. The Agriculture, Food Aid and Nutrition cluster lead...explore options for strengthening food and nutrition analysis and action...prepare for natural disasters and crises that affect educ...

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COLUMN-Goodbye America, Hello China? Think again:Bernd Debusmann
Fri Mar 12th at 9:44 am

Source: Reuters (Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - For the growing number of Americans who see Chi...

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Confrontations, anger in Jerusalem over building
Fri Mar 12th at 9:42 am

Source: Reuters * Heavy Israeli security in Jerusalem, West Bank sealed off * Palestinian anger over settlement expansion, four arrests * Hamas demands U.S.-mediated talks be called off By...

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2009 Human Rights Report on Georgia
Fri Mar 12th at 9:40 am

...It also calls for the establishment of domestic violence crisis centers run by the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social...problem. Orphanages were unable to provide adequate food, clothing, edu...

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Niger : Un besoin urgent d'agir pour éviter une catastrophe
Fri Mar 12th at 8:36 am

Date: 12 Mar 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

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DRC: US, UN accuse forces of "crimes against humanity"
Fri Mar 12th at 8:21 am

Source: IRIN Government troops - the FARDC - in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are to blame for much of the epidemic of sexual violence in the east of the country, according to US and UN r...

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Somalia - Thousands fleeing deadly clashes in Mogadishu
Fri Mar 12th at 8:11 am

Source: UNHCR UNHCR is extremely worried about the worsening situation for the civilian population in Somalia which is, once again, exposed to relentless and indiscriminate fighting in Mogadishu a...

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Somalia: Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin No. 10, 5 - 12 Mar 2010
Fri Mar 12th at 7:36 am

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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Somalia: Thousands fleeing deadly clashes in Mogadishu
Fri Mar 12th at 6:33 am

Date: 12 Mar 2010
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Sustaining good governance in water and sanitation in Uganda
Fri Mar 12th at 6:22 am

...Water is critical to realising the right to food, which is part of the more general right...specific rights, including the right to food, the right to health, the right to water...corruption in ...

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Myanmar: Tripartite Core Group discusses transition strategies as mandate to end
Fri Mar 12th at 5:28 am

Date: 12 Mar 2010
Source: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Government of Myanmar, UN Country Team in Myanmar

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SOMALIA: Offering migrants an alternative to death by water
Fri Mar 12th at 4:43 am

Source: IRIN In an attempt to deal with a growing influx of migrants, authorities in Somalia's autonomous region of Puntland are adopting new measures to stop people from undertaking the hazardous...

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ETHIOPIA: Real-life drama
Fri Mar 12th at 4:21 am

Source: IRIN On stage in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mestihet Temane, 27, enacts the story of how, after the death of her parents, a young woman winds up alone on the streets with no money...

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UNICEF HAITI EMERGENCY RESPONSE UPDATE : 10th MARCH 2010
Fri Mar 12th at 4:10 am

...Approximately 1.8 million were food insecure before the recent...crisis. The prevalence of global acute malnutrition...February 2010 PRE-CRISIS SITUATION The Haitian...education. PRE-CRISIS SITU...

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Somali rebels attack in capital for third day
Fri Mar 12th at 3:31 am

Source: Reuters * Residents say four killed in fighting * At least 54 killed on two previous days MOGADISHU, March 12 (Reuters) - Somalia's rebel group al Shabaab attacked government positio...

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HAITI: Don't forget the elderly
Fri Mar 12th at 3:18 am

Source: IRIN Elderly people need more attention in the response to January's earthquake in Haiti and more appreciation of the role they can play in the relief effort, say aid workers.

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