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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR delivers aid for thousands of Syrian civilians in an embattled suburb of Homs]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR truck carrying relief items for 10,000 people arrives in Al Wa'er. The aid included 5,500 nappies for babies and the elderly, 4,000 sanitary napkins and 2,000 jerry cans.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees in Ethiopia choose their own housing – and create jobs]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An innovative approach to providing shelter for Somali refugees pays off in greater comfort, security and self-reliance. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR's Afghanistan shelter programme tops 200,000 homes mark ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's shelter programme has been an important element in the return and reintegration of some 4.5 million Afghan refugees over the past eight years.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR shelter programme helps displaced in southern Kyrgyzstan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over the past month, a UNHCR-funded transitional shelter programme has benefitted almost 500 families in the Kyrgyz provinces of Osh and Jalalabad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR stepping in as Benin flood impact grows]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is expecting to begin an emergency airlift to Benin in the next days amid the floods there which according to government and UN estimates are now affecting some 680,000 people.
While our normal work...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR stepping in as Benin flood impact grows]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency expects to begin an emergency airlift to Benin in the next few days to help an estimated 680,000 people affected by floods.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After almost two decades, displaced sisters finally get a place of their own]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A dilapidated collective centre in the Bosnian town of Jablanica was only meant to be a temporary measure when it opened in the 1990s. Its doors have finally closed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shelter being airlifted to remote areas of Pakistan's Swat ahead of winter]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is this week airlifting shelter supplies to the remote and high altitude area of Utror in northwest Pakistan's Kalam Tehsil. The aim is to get warm shelter to flood victims in Upper Swat before winter....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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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[Myanmar and Bangladesh: UNHCR rescues, shelters flood victims]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With monsoon rains threatening lives, UNHCR sends speed boats to rescue hospital patients and hands out emergency shelter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Iraqi refugees benefit from UNHCR shelter programme in the south]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's shelter programme helps refugee returnee families in southern Iraq who fled overseas before 2003 and then found it hard to make ends meet after returning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: returns and shelter grants restart]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[We welcome last week's resumption of Government-led return movements in northern Sri Lanka, following a three week temporary pause due to parliamentary elections, the Sinhala holiday and Tamil New Year....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Restoring damaged homes for Iraqi returnees and internally displaced people]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has rehabilitated thousands of shelters for Iraqi refugee returnees and internally displaced people, many with European Commission funding.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR builds new homes for Iraqis left homeless in attack]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR helps northern Iraq town recover from devastating bomb blast by rebuilding shops and homes for the benefit of thousands of civilians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps hundreds of homeless returnees in arid wastes of northern Afghanistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and its partners set up a temporary camp to provide shelter and aid to hundreds of refugee returnees in a desolate region of northern Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR inaugurates residential block for Iraqi refugees in Armenia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR inaugurates "Social House" - a special residential centre with 46 apartments for Iraqi refugees in the southern Armenian village of Darbnik.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Refugee Day: Microsoft pledges to raise funds for UNHCR on Facebook]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR corporate partner Microsoft pledges US$50,000 to the agency’s “Gimme Shelter" campaign through Facebook platform, Causes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Northwest Pakistan: UNHCR concentrating on shelter, registration, camp setup]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of displaced people formally registered by local authorities, with UNHCR's help, since May 2 following fighting in Lower Dir, Buner and Swat districts of Pakistan's north-west has surpassed...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: UNHCR struggling to provide for tens of thousands of newly displaced
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<description><![CDATA[It is now estimated that 65,000 people have left the former fighting zone in north-east Sri Lanka, which brings the total who have fled the fighting in the last several months to 265,000.
This latest massive...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR ups response in Sri Lanka, including second airlift]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR continues robust response to the emergency in Sri Lanka with a second airlift as tens of thousands of civilians flee the conflict zone in the north-east.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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