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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR prepares for possible flooding in Dadaab refugee camps; appeals for US$2.8 million]]></title> 
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GENEVA, November 6 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Friday called on donor countries for an extra US$2.8 million to help more than 300,000 refugees in two locations in northern Kenya threatened by flooding.
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Update on IDP operations in north-west Pakistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is stepping up assistance to people displaced by military operations in South Waziristan, Pakistan, and will shortly distribute tents to families staying with host communities in Dera Ismail Khan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR demining machines to arrive in Sri Lanka]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 90,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their villages in Sri Lanka's north and east over the past three months, under the ongoing return plan of the Sri Lankan government.
The...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 16,000 Congolese flee violence and seek shelter in Republic of Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 16,000 civilians have fled ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and sought shelter in neighbouring Republic of Congo.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DRC: Deadly clashes in Equateur Province forces civilians into exile]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 16,000 civilians have fled ethnic violence in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), crossing the Oubangui River into neighbouring Republic of Congo to find safety after their villages...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks funds to respond to flooding in Dadaab refugee camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is asking donor countries for $2.8 million to help more than 300,000 refugees in two camps in Kenya threatened by flooding. We have already begun to make engineering improvements in the two camps...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dramatic rise in numbers of Congolese returning home from Zambia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of Congolese refugees repatriated from Zambia this year has passed the 15,000 mark, a dramatic increase on figures for 2007 and 2008.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Water, water everywhere, but not all of it fit to drink for returnees in northern Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and its partners have been building protected water sources in northern Uganda to help ensure the sustainable return of thousands of people to their homes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angola: UNHCR airlifts relief items for expelled refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has airlifted emergency relief items from South Africa to Angola to help alleviate the plight of tens of thousands of Angolans who were expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo last month.
The...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR airlifts emergency relief items for expelled refugees in Angola
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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR airlifts aid items from South Africa to Angola to help tens of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Verification exercise of Sudanese refugees in Chad proceeds well]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[To better meet the needs of 250,000 Sudanese civilians in eastern Chad, UNHCR is re-registering and interviewing all refugees in 12 camps]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tanzania: End of repatriation for Burundians from Old Settlements]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Today we reach an important milestone in ending one of the longest-running refugee sagas in the world with the return to their homeland of 400 Burundians who fled to Tanzania in 1972. They are scheduled...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Press Release: Displaced Yemenis killed in hostilities ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - An unknown number of displaced Yemeni civilians have been killed and wounded during an exchange of fire between government troops and Al Houti forces in northern Yemen yesterday (29 October),...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The repatriation of 400 Burundians closes a chapter in long-running refugee saga]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR begins the repatriation of the final group of long-term Burundian refugees in Tanzania who want to go home, a landmark operation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The late Senator Edward Kennedy's wife accepts Nansen Refugee Award in Washington ceremony ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR’s annual Nansen Refugee Award is handed over to the wife of the late Senator Edward Kennedy at a ceremony in Washington, DC. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Norwegian bikes to South Africa for refugee awareness in run-up to World Cup]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Bjorn Heidenstrom hopes to display the world’s largest football shirt at the World Cup finals in South Africa next year after biking through Europe and Africa to raise awareness about refugees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR condemns killing of government partner in eastern Chad  

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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR expresses shock at the ambush and killing of a Chadian official working for UNHCR’s government counterpart in the volatile east of the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eastern Chad: UNHCR saddened by killing of government partner]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A Chadian colleague working for our government counterpart in eastern Chad was killed in an ambush over the weekend. Michel Mitna was head of the Chadian refugee body CNAR (Commission National d'Accueil...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 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[Last Bosnian refugees in Hungary return to psychiatric care centre after two decades in exile]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A group of vulnerable refugees with mental illnesses, evacuated from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, have finally returned to their homeland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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