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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Ecuadorian soap star supports Colombian refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Ecuadorean actor Roberto Manrique talks about working with UNHCR to spread awareness about Colombian refugees and the problems they face. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief in Kenya to assess situation for refugees, energy project]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, has today begun a three-day mission to Kenya to review a green-energy initiative at the Kakuma refugee camp in the country's northwest, as well as to...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Media Advisory: UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie in Pakistan mission]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, is in Pakistan today and tomorrow, meeting people affected by the floods while highlighting the continuing need for urgent help. Ms. Jolie is visiting as the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR alarmed as a fortnight of fighting leaves 230 dead in Mogadishu ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR alarmed by deterioration in the security situation in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, where fighting left more than 230 civilians dead in the past fortnight.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie in Pakistan to highlight needs of flood victims]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie warns that attention must not turn
away from Pakistan as floodwaters recede.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deadly fortnight in Mogadishu drives more Somalis to displacement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is alarmed by the further deterioration we are seeing in the situation in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Our partners report that fighting over the past two weeks between the transitional government...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 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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<title><![CDATA[Colombian baker's turnover rises with help of UNHCR and partners ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Six years after fleeing to Ecuador, a Colombian baker has built up a thriving business in Quito with help from UNHCR. Now he has plans to expand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR warns of grave conditions in Balochistan

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<description><![CDATA[Despite flood waters receding in some parts of Pakistan and more people returning home, the overall humanitarian situation is still very grave. Conditions in the thousands of spontaneous settlements and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR concerned at continuing deportations of Iraqis from Europe
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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR objects to the continuing forced returns of Iraqi citizens from Western European countries soon after 61 people are flown back to Baghdad. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR concerned at ongoing deportations of Iraqis from Europe]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is very concerned by on-going forced returns of Iraqi citizens from Western European countries. On September 1st, a chartered flight with 61 people on board, mainly Iraqis who had been residing in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR concerned about crisis in Balochistan despite receding waters]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The refugee agency says conditions in thousands of spontaneous settlements and camps that have sprung up over the last few weeks are desperate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A young Somali's long journey to safety in South Africa]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[When Adam Osman Abdile was told to join a Somali militia or die, he decided to flee overseas. The long journey nearly killed him before he reached South Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR makes unprecedented appearance before European Court  ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR for the first time takes part in an oral hearing before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in a case about asylum in Europe. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Delays in heeding flood warnings ends in tragedy for some Sindh families ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some of the families sheltering in Pakistan's Sukkur District after fleeing floods wish they had heeded warnings to leave their threatened homes earlier.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie - More Help Needed for Pakistan's Flood Victims]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[GENEVA, August 31 (UNHCR) - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has appealed for greater public support for efforts to provide humanitarian relief to the millions of people whose lives have been devastated...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A grandma's flight from the hell that is Mogadishu]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Aisho fled with her 10 children from Mogadishu just a few months ago. She is now struggling to survive in a squalid settlement in northern Somalia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dead end for displaced refugee youth in shanty on the edge of Bogotá]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of displaced Colombians live in the Soacha suburb. While the older ones dream of going home, the young want to stay. But there is nothing for them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Central African refugees moved to safer site, in face of LRA attack risks]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This week UNHCR began transferring an estimated 1,500 Central African refugees scattered along a remote part of the Congolese border with the Central African Republic (CAR) to a newly constructed refugee...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voluntary returns to Afghanistan exceed 100,000 this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of people returning voluntarily to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran so far this year has exceeded 100,000, almost twice as many as last year. Some 95,000 of these are from Pakistan.
The Afghanistan...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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