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Church World Service February 23, 2010 Miami, Florida -- For Estamene Lamour, 58, and her daughter Stania Jean, 26, and for Alice Michaud, 58, and her daughter Guilene Honore, the earthquake that nearly destroyed the ...

Source: Reuters * U.S. warns of humanitarian crisis in north Darfur camp * Refugees refuse aid from state-backed relief groups * Growing risk of disease in camps (Recasts to add U.S. concerns over Darfur's ...

President Obamas speech on U.S. policy in Iraq Friday was significant for two reasons. First, he announced that by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end and that I intend to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011. Second, he said that the U.S. will work with Iraq and other countries in the region to help the millions of displaced Iraqis.

He told the Marines at Camp LeJeune, N.C. that these men, women, and children are a living consequence of this war and a challenge to stability in the region, and they must become part of Iraqs reconciliation and recovery. America has a strategic interest and a moral responsibilityto act. In the coming months, my administration will provide more assistance and take steps to increase international support for countries already hosting refugees: well cooperate with others to resettle Iraqis facing great personal risk; and we will work with the Iraqi government over time to resettle refugees and displaced Iraqis within Iraqbecause there are few more powerful indicators of lasting peace than displaced citizens returning home.

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The arrival of displaced Baro people in a southern Colombian town raises fears that conflict has arrived in the remote region and highlights problems about ID.

Environment News Service
Texas Starts on the Long Road to Recovery
Environment News Service - Sep 16, 2008
FEMA officials said more people are entering shelters as they become unable to sustain themselves. At the state's request, federal transitional housing ...

Environment News Service
Texas Starts on the Long Road to Recovery
Environment News Service - Sep 16, 2008
FEMA officials said more people are entering shelters as they become unable to sustain themselves. At the state's request, federal transitional housing ...

Washington offers aid to hurricane-blasted Cuba
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 16 hours ago
“It's not a shift in US policy, it's a response to a humanitarian emergency.” The Cuban government has not commented on the offer from its traditional foe, ...

We are becoming increasingly concerned about the humanitarian situation along southern Colombia's Pacific coast, where thousands of people have been displaced or caught in fighting. In the Cauca region,...