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<title><![CDATA[Sudanese Lost Boy returns home bearing gifts]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Last year, Jacob Atem opened a health clinic in his South Sudan hometown of Maar and the facility has since provided medical care to tens of thousands. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Refugee poet helps the resettled in US, but still worries about Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Former refugee Fidel Nshombo fled war in eastern Congo as a child. He now lives in Boise, Idaho, and helps those being resettled in the United States.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Guor Marial: the refugee marathon man running for the world]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Separated from his family in Sudan by a murderous attack at age eight, this refugee ran in London under the Olympic flag]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Karens in Kentucky find new life challenging ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Hsar Say is among 2,400 refugees from Myanmar to be resettled in Kentucky since 2006. He feels lucky to be in the US, but says it is tough at times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hope wins out as Somali refugee heads to Salt Lake City for a new life ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Aden and his family leave northern Kenya today for a new life in the United States. Some 10,000 Somalis at Dadaab have been accepted for resettlement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At 99, grandma from Bhutan chooses new life over old]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Bishnu Maya Bharati says she wants to be resettled because the future of her children and grandchildren will be better in the United States.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Resettlement programme for refugees from Bhutan passes 50,000 mark]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Milestone reached thanks to generosity of resettlement countries, resilience of the refugees and support from Nepal's government and people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Reaching out to refugees persecuted for sexual orientation, gender identity]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Neil Grungras of the Organisation for Refuge, Asylum and Migration discusses the challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex refugees and asylum-seekers.
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Washington forum debates protection for refugees persecuted for their sexuality]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR calls for stepped up efforts to protect the thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers persecuted every year for their sexual orientation and gender identity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Baltimore hotel welcomes refugees - as employees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A programme to provide jobs and career opportunities to refugees resettled in the United States city of Baltimore is paying dividends for one employer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Jewish agency in US marks 130 years of protecting the persecuted]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is the oldest US migration and refugee resettlement agency. It helps some of the world's most vulnerable refugee. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Encouraging talking in class by connecting refugee and US school children ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The US-based Darfur Dream Team is supporting education in camps in eastern Chad while creating bonds between refugee and American school children.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[In rural Pennsylvania, a model of civil immigration detention]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In the United States, many asylum seekers are placed in detention while their cases are processed. One facility offers families a more welcoming environment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US journalism students create website to record visits to refugee camps ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Journalism students from the US have been visiting UNHCR-run refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East and recording the experience on a new website.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Former Bosnian refugee promotes technology to bring hope to the displaced ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Leila Toplic fled from Bosnia and Herzegovina when she was 18. Today, she works in Paris for Microsoft while also helping to raise awareness about refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Sisters in a "Sweet Rush" to make music and help Somalis]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Siham and Iman Hashi, the first female Somali artists to sign a record deal with a major US label, discuss their music and the plight of their people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For resettled refugees in Baltimore, many needs, one destination]]></title> 
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BALTIMORE, United States, October 22 (UNHCR) - Two years after he first arrived here, Ahmed al Badri, a former refugee from Iraq, returned to the Baltimore Resettlement Centre.
The facility provides assistance...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR mourns death of an architect of the 1951 Refugee Convention]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency pays tribute to an architect of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, American legal scholar Louis Henkin, who died last week aged 92.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: US State Department Bureau aids the displaced while promoting humanitarian policies ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[For the past year, Eric Schwartz has headed the US State Department bureau that deals with refugees. He discusses his experiences and US policy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR rings the NASDAQ bell to raise awareness about Pakistan floods]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR helps raise visibility in the financial world about Pakistan's flood victims by taking part in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony in New York.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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