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Angelina Jolie pays third visit to Iraq, appeals for aid for the displaced
23 Jul 2009 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie returned to Iraq on Thursday to offer support to the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who remain displaced within their own country. -
New transit centre opens in Slovakia to resettle Palestinians stuck at Iraq border
21 Jul 2009 A new evacuation transit centre has been opened in Slovakia that will allow for 98 Palestinian refugees to leave a desert camp in Iraq. -
UNHCR inaugurates residential block for Iraqi refugees in Armenia
3 Jul 2009 UNHCR inaugurates "Social House" - a special residential centre with 46 apartments for Iraqi refugees in the southern Armenian village of Darbnik. -
Iraqi refugee youngster flown to Monaco from Syria for heart surgery
30 Jun 2009 An infant Iraqi refugee flies to Monaco for live-saving surgery under an accord signed recently between UNHCR and the Mediterranean principality. -
Iraqi refugees release captivating album online
11 Jun 2009 Three Iraqi refugees produce an album with UNHCR's help and release it on music-sharing sites. The profits will help other refugees in Syria. -
Thousands of Iraqis benefit from UNHCR clean-up campaign in Baghdad
29 Apr 2009 More than 20,000 Iraqis, half of them internally displaced, start to benefit from a UNHCR initiative to improve hygiene and waste disposal in a Baghdad district. -
Q&A: Acclaimed British actress finds new role as humanitarian
17 Apr 2009 British actress Romola Garai recently visited Iraqi refugees in Syria and displaced Palestinians on the Iraqi-Syria border with UNHCR. She talks about the trip and her plans to spread awareness about the refugees. -
UNHCR self-reliance programme helps empower Ivoirian refugee
30 Mar 2009 Ouattara Madoussou has been resettled in Canada. But she will stay in touch with Indonesian friends through an internet business set up with UNHCR help. -
Iraqi artists in Syria get a rare chance to exhibit their work
25 Mar 2009 UNHCR opens an exhibition of widely diverse works by more than 20 Iraqis living in Syria, giving them a rare chance to display their art to a wide audience.