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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR requests US$69 million to help internally displaced Pakistanis]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency on Tuesday called on donors for an extra US$69 million to help more than 1 million internally displaced people in Pakistan over the next six months. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Homesick urban refugees use the internet to integrate and keep in touch]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[It's a long way from home for African refugees and asylum-seekers in Brazil. But the internet helps them keep in touch with family, make friends and integrate.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dutch lottery donates 1.4 million euros for UNHCR projects this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Dutch National Postcode Lottery donates 1.4 million euros to the UN refugee agency for use in projects around the world this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls on donors for fresh contributions to Yemen operation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR says it might have to scale back on its work in Yemen due to a lack of funding and calls on donors for fresh contributions to its operations there.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan returnees facing problems in home districts seek safety in Kabul area]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A group of refugee returnees have left their home because of security concerns and settled near Kabul. They are part of a larger urban drift in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Out in the Cold: migrants and asylum seekers find life increasingly hard in Calais]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Icy weather, lack of accommodation and police harassment in the French port of Calais are making life hard for irregular migrants and asylum-seekers, especially the younger ones.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[T. Alexander Aleinikoff assumes duties as Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[T. Alexander Aleinikoff, previously dean of Georgetown University's law school, assumes his duties as UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[End of long ordeal for Palestinian refugees as desert camp closes]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR closes the Al Tanf camp between the borders of Syria and Iraqi and relocates the last of the Palestinian refugees who lived there for years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugees from Darfur call for improved educational facilities in eastern Chad camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad tell a visiting senior UNHCR official they need better educational facilities for their children.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[French children learn about refugees by sending them their toys]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR, a Parisian museum and an aviation charity, with the help of French schoolchildren, send more than 1,000 toys to a refugee camp in Tanzania.   

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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VIPs share refugee experience in Davos; UNHCR co-launches business partnership site]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In between the power talks, presentations and networking, VIPs at the annual Davos meeting have been experiencing a bit of life as a refugee on the run. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Violence displaces 15,000 Congolese civilians over past two months]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 15,000 Congolese flee their homes to escape military operations and banditry in the troubled North Kivu province over the past two months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee and Costa Rican youth use radio to tackle xenophobia in schools]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Many young refugees in Costa Rica say they have encountered intolerance in the country. A UNHCR radio project will help to counter xenophobia in schools.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lancet article calls for changes in health care practice for conflict-afflicted]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An article in <em>The Lancet</em> medical journal, co-authored by a UNHCR expert, says health care for people in conflict settings needs to be updated.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief Guterres backs planned Greek asylum reform]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes plans by the Greek government to undertake an ambitious reform of the country’s asylum system and pledges full support.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR reiterates strong commitment to help humanitarian effort in Haiti]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR reiterates its commitment to back up and support the broader United Nations humanitarian effort to address the massive and urgent needs in Haiti.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conflict displaces 63,000 civilians in southern Somalia so far this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Continuing fighting and general insecurity in southern Somalia has displaced more than 60,000 people since the beginning of this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Celebrities visit refugee camp in Ethiopia after scaling Kilimanjaro]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Actress Jessica Biel and other celebrities visit a refugee camp in Ethiopia to see how water shortages affect forcibly displaced people across Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR begins registration of more than 100,000 Congolese refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR staff in Republic of Congo begin registering Congolese refugees who have fled inter-ethnic violence in the troubled Equateur province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Grameen Trust signs agreement with UNHCR to boost livelihoods programme]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency signs an agreement with Bangladesh's Nobel Prize-winning banker to the poor to help the forcibly displaced become self-sufficient.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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