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• Aid agencies hail millions of measles vaccinations in NKorea

  - 2007-04-20

  GENEVA AFP — More than 16 million children and adults have been vaccinated against measles in North Korea in the last two months, marking one of the fastest responses to a major outbreak of the disease, international relief agencies said on Friday. The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, the...

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• Solomons aid efforts stepped up as disease fears increase

  - 2007-04-06

  GIZO, Solomon Islands AFP — Aid agencies stepped up relief efforts in the Solomon Islands Saturday as aftershocks rocked the region and fears grew of dysentery among the thousands of homeless tsunami victims. Two Australian military medical teams were headed for the disaster-stricken western province as a barge full...

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• Sri Lankan talks should address humanitarian strife: ICRC

  - 2006-10-26

  GENEVA AFP — The international Red Cross has called on the warring parties in Sri Lanka to discuss humanitarian strife during their face-to-face talks in Geneva, after fighting in recent months left nearly 3,000 dead and forced more than 200,000 people to flee their homes. "We think humanitarian issues could...

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• Red Cross website for Katrina missing logs 94,000 names

  - 2005-09-06

  GENEVA AFP — Some 94,000 names have been registered on a website created by the international Red Cross to help people trace their relatives in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and the number is growing, it said. Use of the list on www.familylinks.icrc.org, which is compiled jointly with the...

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• UN agencies bring aid to Central African flood victims

  - 2005-08-21

  BANGUI AFP — UN agencies have brought emergency relief and medical aid to some 22,500 people left homeless from flooding caused by heavy rains that have battered the Central African capital for the past few weeks. The World Health Organization WTO has provided treatment for about 1,000 cases of...

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• ICRC chief meets Bush amid Guantanamo, Iraq concerns

  - 2005-02-15

  GENEVA AFP — The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross met US President George W. Bush to discuss concerns about detainees held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Iraq, the ICRC said. Bush held talks with ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger in...

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• Sudan to attract most ICRC funds in 2005, 30-percent drop in cash for Iraq

  - 2004-12-08

  GENEVA AFP — Strife-torn Sudan will become the largest focus of aid work for the International Committee of the Red Cross in 2005, while money earmarked for Iraq will fall by almost one third, the agency said. The ICRC said it would allocate 130.2 million Swiss francs (114 million...

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• ICRC slams 'utter contempt' for humanity amid fierce fighting in Iraq

  - 2004-11-19

  GENEVA AFP — The International Committee of the Red Cross sharply criticized the "utter contempt" for humanity shown by all sides in Iraq amid fierce fighting between US forces and insurgents for control of the city of Fallujah. "We are deeply concerned by the devastating impact that the fighting...

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• Secrecy gets Red Cross into prisons, but leak of Iraqi abuse report compels speak-out

  - 2004-05-11

  GENEVA AFP ? The International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC, with its policy of total confidentiality, has gained access to thousands of prisoners across the world, but a leak of its report cataloguing abuse by US-led coalition forces compelled the neutral humanitarian agency to speak out. The ICRC...

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• About 150 dead, 1,000 injured in North Korean train explosion

  - 2004-04-23

  DANDONG, China AFP ? About 150 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured as train wagons carrying dynamite exploded at a North Korean railway station, flattening nearby buildings, an aid worker said. The blast on Thursday, which threw a massive cloud of ash and debris into the sky,...

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