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One injured in NGO office blastThe News InternationalIn the past, former principal officer of the American Consulate Lynn Tracy had survived an attack, while a US aid worker was also shot dead in the same area ...and more » (Read More)
The Guardian:
Bangladeshi toddler Trishna talking and behaving normally after Australian operation to separate her from conjoined sisterA Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving norma (Read More)
Change.org's Blog Network:
The US military is perhaps the greatest logistical operation in history and the best suited for transport and supply drops in out of the way places. And in countries where the US is not involved in political security or viole (Read More)
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I'd like to think that there's a special place in a particularly fiery afterlife for anyone who attacks humanitarian aid workers.The UN announced today that six international humanitarian agencies are suspending operations af (Read More)
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Loud explosion rocks northwestern PakistanThe Associated PressSuspected militants also killed a US aid worker there last year and opened fire on a car carrying the top US diplomat there. (Read More)
Reuters:
KABUL (Reuters) - An American aid worker in northern Afghanistan is being held by Afghan authorities over the fatal shooting of an Afghan teenager at his home, a provincial police chief said on Wednesday.
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US aid worker held over Afghan boy's shootingYnetnewsAn American aid worker in northern Afghanistan is being held by Afghan authorities over the fatal shooting of an Afghan teenager at his home, a provincial ... (Read More)
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Times OnlineKeep us safe or we're off for good — UN pulls out staff after attackTimes Online... really concerned about how the UN will provide services while their staff are outside the country and who will pick up the slack, (Read More)
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Times OnlineUN pulls out half its Afghanistan staff and threatens total withdrawalTimes Online... the UN will provide services while their staff are outside the country and who will pick up the slack,” said one aid worker, wh (Read More)
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All aid workers maybe required to use an armed guard after murder -UNReuters AlertNetDAKAR (AlertNet) - Armed escorts may become obligatory for relief agencies working with the UN in eastern Chad after bandits killed an aid w (Read More)
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Voice of America51st Aid Worker Killed in Eastern ChadVoice of AmericaThe UN refugee agency reports a Chadian colleague working in eastern Chad was killed in an ambush during the weekend. ...and more ». (Read More)
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Somalia: UN aid Worker Held in Jowhar (RBC NEWS)Raxanreeb OnlineJOWHAR, (RBC Radio) Somali aid worker attached to a UN-Habitat project has been arrested in the middle Shabelle town of Jowhar, sources tell RBC Radio. (Read More)
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How tribe leader brokered ransom deal to free kidnapped aid workersIrish Times... surrounding the kidnapping and, more than 100 days later, the release of Goal aid worker Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki. (Read More)
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Reuters South AfricaFrench ICRC aid worker kidnapped in DarfurReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Armed men kidnapped a French aid worker from the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Armed men kidnapped a French aid worker from the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sudan's Darfur region on Thursday, the charity said.
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BBC:
A Ugandan aid worker tells of her surprise at being released after being kidnapped and held hostage with an Irish colleague for three months in Sudan's Darfur region. (Read More)
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I will never return, vows Sharon as she flies homeIrish IndependentFREED aid worker Sharon Commins was embraced in a wave of love when she returned to the arms of her family early today. ...and more ». (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Former captive talks of captors' anger• Friendship 'kept abducted women strong'Irish aid worker Sharon Commins, who returned home today after being held for four months in Darfur, said she constantly feared she was going to (Read More)