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<title><![CDATA[Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million mark with many more expected  ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The widening gap between the needs and resources available is a growing challenge, with two thirds of the refugees registered in the first four months of this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Syrian in Greece: remembering better days, hoping to return one day]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Several thousand Syrian civilians have reached Greece in search of safety. They have been regarded as irregular entrants, but that's changing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Myanmar relocates thousands of displaced people ahead of Cyclone Mahasen]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 35,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar's Rakhine state have gone to safer locations under a government evacuation plan. Many more have moved on their own.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN Goodwill Ambassador Jesús Vázquez visits Syrian refugees in Jordan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The popular Spanish TV presenter highlights the plight of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees, particularly the children, and will help raise funds for UNHCR.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Free legal aid helps Kosovo communities]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Without proof of birth, children cannot gain the legal identity they need to access even basic social services like education.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sudanese teen takes mother's advice to embrace education rather than fear it]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Sixteen-year-old Takwa achieved the fourth highest exam results in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. And she was not the only refugee to do well.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In Romania, Congolese refugee does as the Romanians do]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Jean-Louis Kialoungou has had a long love affair with Romania and over the years the Congolese refugee has come to see himself as Romanian.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharjah's Sheikha Jawaher Al-Qasimi named UNHCR Eminent Advocate]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[As a UNHCR Eminent Advocate, Sheikha Jawaher will help increase public awareness about refugees and the work of UNHCR, with a special focus on children.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Determined young Sudanese refugee puts her education ahead of marriage ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Her grandmother wanted her to get married at age 16, but refugee Aida held out and recently began a course that will train her to teach children in English. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tuareg refugees in Niger herd their livestock to safety ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR helps Tuareg refugees in Niger preserve their nomadic and pastoral lifestyle by moving their livestock in traditional style to safer pastures. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR starts relocation of Sudanese refugees from flood-prone camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR hopes to complete the relocation of some 20,000 refugees from Jamam transit site to the new Kaya camp in South Sudan by the end of June. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR's Guterres thanks Kuwaiti Emir for US$110 million donation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Guterres met His Highness Sheikh Saba Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in Kuwait's Bayan Palace and conveyed UNHCR's deepest gratitude for the donation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angolan refugee successfully integrates in Russia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is providing assistance and helping to find long-term solutions for some 500 refugees who have been in Russia since the 1990s.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR provides tents for hundreds of flood victims in Libya ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of families were forced to flee their homes when rainstorms hit the deep south towns of Immralanib, Majdol, Tarpo, Zaolya and Hemerah.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges governments against forcible returns to Central African Republic]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's advisory on returns stresses that under current circumstances many people fleeing Central African Republic are likely to meet international criteria for refugee status.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR gives Malian soldiers primer on humanitarian law]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Instructors teach soldiers about the difference between combatants and civilians as well as the protection due aid workers, children, the displaced and civil officials.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 30,000 refugees and migrants make risky sea crossing to Yemen this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Most of this year's arrivals were Ethiopian nationals, with the rest coming from Somalia and a very small number from other African countries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR report says Syrian influx strains host country health services]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The report, covering the first quarter of 2013 in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon, shows that refugees need treatment for both common and conflict-related conditions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee resettlement referral from Nepal reaches six-figure mark ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has referred 100,000 refugees from Bhutan for resettlement to third countries since 2007. Nearly 80,000 have already left. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Paris museum organizes toy collection for Syrian refugee children]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Quai Branly Museum collects toys from French students, packs them into 60 boxes and sends them to Syrian children in Turkey with the help of UNHCR and others.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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