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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR launches overland returns from Zambia to Moba in DRC]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency's repatriation operation to Moba in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was expanded this week with the launch of road returns from Zambia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Myanmar: UNHCR airlift, trucks reach Yangon with shelter supplies]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over 40&#36;tonnes of UNHCR shelter supplies have reached Myanmar's main city of Yangon in the last 24&#36;hours. An airlift from Dubai landed this morning while two of our aid trucks from the Thai border...]]></description>
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<pubDate>13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[High Commissioner mission to Yemen]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner António Guterres leaves for Yemen tomorrow (Wednesday) for a five-day visit that will include a first-hand look at UNHCR's efforts there on behalf of refugees and internally displaced...]]></description>
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<pubDate>13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Denmark's Crown Princess Mary visits UNHCR headquarters]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Denmark's Crown Princess Mary visits UNHCR headquarters, where High Commissioner Guterres praises her country's engagement in the refugee cause.]]></description>
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<pubDate>13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR shelter supplies reach Yangon by air, road]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's office in Myanmar receives nearly 50 additional tonnes of shelter supplies in the last 24 hours to boost its aid distribution in areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 300 Kenyan refugees return home from Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 300 Kenyan refugees return home from Uganda weeks after fleeing their homeland in the wake of the inter-ethnic violence earlier this year in Kenya.]]></description>
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<pubDate>13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR trucks arrive in Yangon with shelter aid for 10,000 people]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Monday, 12 May 2008  YANGON, Myanmar, May 12 - The first UN aid convoy by land arrived Monday afternoon in Myanmar's main city of Yangon with shelter supplies for immediate distribution to some 10,000...]]></description>
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<pubDate>12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR sends land aid convoy to Myanmar, airlift from Dubai starts]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency on Saturday sent the first UN land convoy of emergency aid into Myanmar from neighbouring Thailand, while its airlift of around 100 tonnes of urgently needed shelter supplies started from Dubai.]]></description>
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<pubDate>10 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR sends land aid convoy to Myanmar, airlift from Dubai starts]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Saturday, 10 May 2008  GENEVA - The UN refugee agency on Saturday sent the first UN land convoy of emergency aid into Myanmar from neighbouring Thailand, while its airlift of around 100 tonnes of urgently...]]></description>
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<pubDate>10 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR relief supplies on the move to Myanmar]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is using land, air and sea routes to send shelter materials and basic household supplies into Myanmar for desperate cyclone victims.]]></description>
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<pubDate>9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Myanmar: UNHCR seeking every means to send urgent supplies
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<description><![CDATA[  We are seeking all possible means to send urgent shelter materials and household supplies to victims of the recent cyclone in Myanmar.  We are hoping to start airlifting 57 tonnes of emergency shelter...]]></description>
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<pubDate>9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Romania: Evacuation transit centre to be established
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<description><![CDATA[  An evacuation transit centre for people in urgent need of international protection will be established in Romania, according to an agreement signed in Bucharest yesterday by the Romanian government,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Belarus: UNHCR signs agreement on border monitoring and access to asylum
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<description><![CDATA[  Belarus, UNHCR and other organizations, have signed an agreement on border monitoring and access to asylum. Under the memorandum of understanding, signed in Minsk on Wednesday, joint border monitoring...]]></description>
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<pubDate>9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR faces funding shortfall for Iraq operation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Friday, 9 May 2008  GENEVA - Faced with a looming funding shortfall, the UN refugee agency warned today that it could soon be forced to reduce and in some cases to halt a number of assistance programs...]]></description>
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<pubDate>9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Romania to set up evacuation transit centre for refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Romania has agreed to set up a special evacuation transit centre for refugees in other countries facing acute danger. It will be the first of its kind in Europe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks donor help amid funding shortfall for Iraq operation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR says it could soon be forced to reduce and, in some cases, to halt a number of assistance programmes for hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees unless donor governments provide additional support.]]></description>
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<pubDate>9 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps gives global voice to refugees through Pangea Day]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Thursday, 8 May 2008  GENEVA - Refugees from some of the world's biggest and most remote displacement crises will be telling their own stories this weekend through video they shot using mobile phone technology...]]></description>
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<pubDate>8 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR signs landmark accord in Syria with international NGO]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and the International Medical Corps sign a landmark contract, paving the way for the aid agency to become the first international non-governmental organization to work with Iraqi refugees in Syria.]]></description>
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<pubDate>8 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps refugees tell their stories through Pangea Day]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[<P>Refugees from around the world will tell their stories in video messages as part of the inaugural Pangea Day global film event this Saturday.</P>]]></description>
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<pubDate>8 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR organizes go-and-see visits for displaced Kenyans]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Displaced Kenyans return to assess damage and security conditions in home villages with UNHCR help. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>7 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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