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For more than 55 years, UNHCR has protected and promoted the rights of tens of millions of refugees and displaced people. For those who flee their homes because of war or persecution, the UN refugee agency is often the last hope for a return to a normal...
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We might see record-breaking temperatures Saturday, with a high of 68 forecast by the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky...However, forecaster Robin Smith said with the warmer weather (ahead of a cold front arriving Saturday night) will come windy...
December 24, 2008 Hopes for lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a five-year war resulted in the deaths of over 5 million people, dimmed in 2008 as simmering tensions in the east boiled over into armed conflict...Congoles e army and...
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WiMax operators in India have cried foul over the allotment of broadband wireless access spectrum to state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. WiMax services on the frequency division duplex-based...
Peace talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government and rebel forces in the eastern provinces will resume on January 7, after failing to agree on a mutual cessation of hostilities, mediators said on Sunday. The head of the Kinshasa government...
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For the past three years, a startup called M2Z Networks has been figuring out a way to blanket the nation with a free wireless broadband network to ensure all Americans have access to basic high-speed Internet connections. Along the way, the company has...
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Exclusive photography by Zalmaï of the Nakivale refugee camp in Uganda. The settlement hosts 34,000 refugees mainly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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Hollywood actor Ben Affleck and rock luminary Mick Jagger launched a media campaign meant to raise money for and draw attention to people displaced by recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Speaking at the United Nations Wednesday, Affleck...
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According to the latest National Visitor Survey, the number of domestic visitors in Australia was down 4.2 per cent over the September quarter, compared to the same period last year. Peak industry group TTF Australia said the results were in line with...
British children are so out of touch with the natural world that they are no longer able to identify common species of plants and animals, according to a survey conducted by BBC Wildlife Magazine. The results “reinforce the idea that many children...
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