New York Times:
Sri Lanka plans to release refugees still in government camps where they have been detained since the country’s civil war ended six months ago, a top official said.
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New York Times:
Sri Lanka plans to release refugees still in government camps where they have been detained since the country’s civil war ended six months ago, a top official said.
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New York Times:
A measure, which is almost certain to pass in the General Assembly, denounces a rise in violence, torture and limits to free speech.
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Refugees:
(New York) - The Thai government should immediately end the detention of 158 Lao Hmong refugees held in poor and abusive conditions for three years, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
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New York Times:
Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who blocked the measure over a provision on Iraqi refugees, said there was still time to amend the law.
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New York Times:
The move by Tariq al-Hashemi, one of Iraq’s two vice presidents, threatens to delay the election date and possibly the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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New York Times:
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has accused the Congolese Army of attacking the villages of Rwandan refugees as they waited for measles shots offered by the charity.
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New York Times:
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders has accused the Congolese Army of attacking the villages of Rwandan refugees as they waited for measles shots offered by the charity.
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New York Times:
How to divide payments among developing nations and the developed world is among issues making budget talks especially tense.
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New York Times:
Israel on Friday rejected a United Nations General Assembly vote endorsing a report accusing it of war crimes in Gaza last winter, saying that the resolution did not have “the support of the moral majority.”
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New York Times:
A United Nations genocide court on Thursday sentenced a former tea industry official from Rwanda to eight years in prison for ordering subordinates to kill hundreds of minority Tutsi hiding in a church.
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