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• Aid groups fear worsening of humanitarian crisis in Iraq

  - 2008-03-28

  GENEVA AFP — The United Nations Children's Fund, the Red Cross and the International Organisation for Migration expressed concern Friday about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Iraq after recent military operations. "The population was not expecting this, they didn't build up any food stocks. There is also a problem...

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• Red Cross slams 'critical' situation in post-invasion Iraq

  - 2008-03-16

  GENEVA AFP — The humanitarian situation in post-war Iraq five years after the US-led invasion is one of the most critical in the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a report late Sunday. Millions in the country had no access to drinking water, sanitation or...

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• Red Cross urges new home for stranded Iran Kurds

  - 2008-02-10

  AMMAN AFP — The Red Cross on Sunday urged a solution for 190 Iranian Kurds stranded in a no man's land along the Jordanian border ever since they fled war-torn Iraq three years ago. The International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC appealed "to those who have the power...

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• Red Cross launches appeal for flood-hit Iraq

  - 2006-02-09

  GENEVA AFP — The international Red Cross launched an appeal for 1.8 million Swiss francs (1.1 million euros, 1.3 million dollars) to help victims of flooding in northern Iraq. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the money was needed urgently to buy supplies including...

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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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• Red Cross chief to meet US officials amid Guantanamo, Iraq concerns

  - 2004-12-08

  GENEVA AFP — The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said he was planning to meet senior US administration officials in Washington early next year amid ongoing concern about detainees held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Iraq. "I will go...

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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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• US military says Iraq's former deputy PM Aziz alive

  - 2004-10-09

  BAGHDAD AFP — Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz is alive, the US military in Iraq said, denying a swirl of television reports that he had died in custody. "I can confirm that Tareq Aziz is alive, there is no change in his status and he is...

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• US Red Cross chief steps down for 'personal reasons'

  - 2004-05-17

  WASHINGTON AFP ? The chief of the Washington delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Christophe Girod, has resigned for "personal reasons," a Red Cross source said. On May 8, the Geneva-based ICRC said abuse it found in Iraq's US-run prisons was sytematic and amounted to torture,...

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