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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR describes alarming health and nutrition situation in South Sudan camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Mortality malnutrition rates among Sudanese refugee children in Yida and Batil camp continue to worry UNHCR and its partners; efforts underway to improve situation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Joint UNHCR/WFP News Release: Food, shelter and protection promise stable future for Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Goma- The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Josette Sheeran, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), António Guterres, said they hoped more people displaced by years...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR uses food to boost class attendance in camps for Angolans]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR embarks on a school feeding programme to increase class attendance and reduce malnutrition at two settlements for Angolan refugees in Zambia.
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A widow's view of Mogadishu: where just trying to buy food can prove fatal]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The latest fighting in the Somali capital has forced 67,000 people from their homes in less than three weeks. One widow tells why she fled.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Generous Pakistani civilians donate food, other aid and cash to displaced]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Pakistanis dig into their pockets to help the hundreds of thousands of compatriots forced to flee their homes in the north-west of the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Donor mission to Sahrawi refugee camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[  Tomorrow, representatives of donor countries and NGO partners, accompanied by UNHCR and WFP staff, will start a three-day mission to the Sahrawi refugee camps in western Algeria to see first-hand the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spanish artists help fight malnutrition among African refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Spanish artists and galleries donate works of art to raise money to help refugees suffering from malnutrition in four African countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan at the crossroads: Kabul conference pledges support for sustainable return]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Afghan government and UNHCR pledge to strengthen efforts for returnees and displaced people within the country's development strategy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan at the crossroads: Drought, food crisis drive Afghans out of villages]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan is facing one of its worst humanitarian crises in recent history. In the grip of yet another severe drought, and heading for an even harsher winter than the last, the sustainability of the more than 5 million refugees who have returned to Afghanistan since 2001 is in doubt. Today, in the first of five reports about Afghanistan at the crossroads, UNHCR's Vivian Tan examines the effects of drought and food prices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First food reaches displaced Congolese in camps around Goma]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In a race against time, UNHCR and other agencies, including the World Food Programme, distribute or prepare to distribute urgent aid to tens of thousands of displaced Congolese in North Kivu.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR provides Ramadan evening meals to Iraqi refugees in Amman]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The refugee agency has set up seven food tents in refugee-hosting areas of the Jordanian capital, serving 1,400 hot meals daily to needy Iraqis and Jordanians as they break their fast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Some 20,000 people flee Pakistan's tribal areas for Afghanistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[They started arriving in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province as fighting intensified in Bajaur Agency of Pakistan's tribal areas this summer. Aid agencies have rushed food and relief supplies to them and their host families.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR begins aid distribution in western Georgia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR begins distributing aid for the first time since the recent conflict to thousands of people displaced in western Georgia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps Afghan villagers to improve irrigation system]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A canal-cleaning project has helped to restore agriculture in Ambarkhana in eastern Afghanistan. But elsewhere, water and food problems are causing Afghans to leave their homes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[As food prices rise, refugees in Jamaica look to their own back yard]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The global rise in food prices is barely affecting Jamaica, where a group of refugees and asylum seekers is adding to the island's agricultural bounty.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR resumes second food distribution of the year in Syria]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and WFP resume food distribution for tens of thousands of Iraqi refugees in the Syrian capital after an unexpected two-month interruption.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR faces difficulty helping neediest Iraqis in Jordan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Amid rising food and energy prices, exacerbated by the withdrawal of state fuel subsidies, the UN refugee agency will find it increasingly difficult to help the growing numbers of Iraqi refugees in need of assistance in Jordan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wheat flour shortage affects Afghan refugees in Balochistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The shortage of wheat flour and soaring fuel prices are preventing Afghans in Balochistan's refugee villages from buying their daily staple. UNHCR is working with the authorities to bring flour to the most remote locations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraqi refugees in Syria hit by increased food and fuel prices]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Life gets worse for Iraqi refugees in Syria. Soaring fuel and food prices mean that prosperous Iraqi professionals are joining queues for food aid.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner warns about impact of global food shortages]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ High Commissioner António Guterres has expressed concern about the impact of global food shortages on the world's most impoverished people and has urged the international community to support a World...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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