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Should I stay or should I go? Hobson's choice for Iraqi refugees in Syria
Damascus :: Syria | 2 days ago
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Those familiar with Syria before the conflict would recognize that xenophobic sentiments are contrary to the cultural DNA of Syria. But fears of difference have become much more entrenched as a result of the bloody conflict and the absence of a just
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Obama briefs EU leaders on change in US policy on Syria
US President Barack Obama has spoken with several European leaders to explain a decision to send arms to Syrian rebels. Germany has reiterated its opposition to sending weaponry to Syria. The American president spent much of a one-
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Aquino signs law punishing illegal use of Red Cross emblems
Manila :: Philippines | 20 days ago
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PhilippinesThe Philippine Red Cross (PRC) lauded on Thursday, the passage of a law that prohibits the illegal use of the group's emblems, especially during armed conflicts. The group lauded President Aquino for signing Republic Act No. An Act
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Internally Displaced Persons Increased 2.4M in 2012
Aleppo :: Syria | 24 days ago
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Internal armed conflict and human rights abuses are the main causes for Colombia to remain the country with the highest number of IDPs in the world, with around 5 million...The Brookings Institution held a panel discussion on the report and what
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Military officers briefed on armed conflict laws
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 29 days ago
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And to educate them on this is the main objective of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces Law of Armed Conflict training program which is being held in Vatuwaqa this week. International Committee of the Red Cross Delegate to the Armed and
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Sri Lanka remembers to forget
Vavuniya :: Sri Lanka | 29 days ago
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Celebrations to mark the end of Sri Lanka's civil war perform the function of collective forgetting. If the country looked back at recommendations made in the past, Sri Lankans might understand better how to go forward. On 18 May 2013 the government
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Four years on, genocide continues off the battlefield
Jaffna :: Sri Lanka | 30 days ago
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Sri Lanka came to a harrowing end, Sri Lanka's genocidal offensive against the Tamil population of the North-East reached a peak. Four years on, as the Tamil nation scattered worldwide through decades of oppression and armed conflict remembers the
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Pentagon: US still in armed conflict with al-Qaida
Denver :: CO :: USA | 1 month ago
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Pentagon officials are defending a 2001 military force law, saying the U.S. remains in armed conflict with al-Qaida and its associate forces. President Barack Obama has used the law to target terrorists with fatal drone strikes, including on
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Africa: Statement By Chair of Security Council Working Group
Brazzaville :: Congo | 1 month ago
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Statement By Chair of Security Council Working Group 13 May 2013 document At its thirty-seventh meeting, on 19 April 2013, the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict agreed, in connection with the examination of the first comprehensive report
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Urgent Petition On Murder In Papua
Sorong :: Indonesia | 1 month ago
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ACT 2600 Dear Prime Minister, Thank you for your reply letter dated on 29 April 2013 outlining your government position about the long enduring matter of Papuan provinces in Indonesia. We are very deeply concern on the current shooting incident was
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