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UK's Miliband calls for world action on Zimbabwe Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:13

Source: Reuters JOHANNESBURG, July 6 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Sunday called on the international community to unite in condemning the re-election of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ...

UNHCR signs agreement aimed at ensuring refugee protection in Libya Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:03:26

Source: UNHCR UNHCR, as part of its work on mixed migration flows, signs an agreement aimed at ensuring refugee and asylum seeker protection needs in Libya.

French youngsters donate toys to uprooted children in Liberia Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:52:11

Source: UNHCR A Parisian museum sends hundreds of donated toys to returnee and internally displaced children in Liberia with the help of an aviation charity and UNHCR.

Q&A: A day in the life of our man in Baghdad Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:50:49

Source: UNHCR Daniel Endres flew to Baghdad in March to take up his demanding new post as UNHCR's representative in Iraq. He discusses the work and relates a typical day in the Iraqi capital.

Ecuador holds first Refugee National Consultations in Latin America Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:46:12

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DRC: Fitina Kabumba: "Having elephantiasis does not help when you are displaced" Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:33

Source: IRIN Widowed, displaced and suffering from lymphatic filariasis or elephantiasis, a disease that causes limb enlargement, Fitina Kabumba's life has changed from bearable to insufferable.

COTE D'IVOIRE: Heavy rain kills six Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:23

Source: IRIN Heavy rains in Abidjan have displaced 450 families and killed six people.

Helicopters bring shelter, hope for Myanmar's cyclone victims Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50:33

Source: UNHCR UNHCR used UN helicopters this week to deliver badly-needed shelter kits to traumatized residents of remote villages in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta.