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What Alex Miller taught me about the Nakba

in International - Wed May 16, 2012

It is customary for our people to honor fast days, memorial days and festivals by studying commentaries on their origins, the symbols and rituals of their observance, and

Polls open in Syria amid heavy security, scattered violenc

in International - Mon May 07, 2012

 The opposition urged Syrians to boycott Monday\'s parliamentary elections, saying a vote for one of the more than 7,000 candidates vying for 250 seats in parliament am

UN official: We are afraid of Syrian refugee crisis

in International - Fri April 27, 2012

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said the Syrian government is "in contravention" of an internationally agreed peace plan.

Antonio Guterres, UN H

Jolie named special envoy for UNHCR

in International - Wed April 18, 2012

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Tuesday elevated the top Hollywood actress from being a goodwill ambassador to a special

UN DAILY NEWS DIGEST - 17 April

in International - Wed April 18, 2012

GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SLOWLY IMPROVING BUT REMAINS FRAGILE, SAYS UN-BACKED REPORT 

The prospects for the global economy are slowly improving, but growth

Six die as violence mars Syria truce, protests muted

in International - Sat April 14, 2012

Cyrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead five protesters after Friday prayers, activists reported, while the government said an army officer was killed

No sign of peace as Syria deadline looms

in International - Tue April 10, 2012

Syria is facing a deadline to withdraw its forces from urban areas on Tuesday but Washington says Damascus is showing no sign of complying with a peace deal amid fierce c

Syrian refugees flee violence, talk of mass graves

in International - Sat April 07, 2012

REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) After days of relentless shelling and sniper attacks, thousands of Syrian refugees streamed across the border into Turkey with horrific account

U.S. Discussing N.Korean Defectors with China

in International - Fri March 09, 2012

The U.S. State Department is in talks with Beijing over the repatriation of North Korean defectors captured in China, it said Wednesday.

Asked during a

Competing agendas at Somalia meeting

in International - Thu February 23, 2012

Somalia\'s problems are many.  Terrorism, lawlessness and piracy. A famine that led to a burgeoning refugee problem. And a weak central government whose mandate expires

Canada says has access to Chinas most wanted man

in International - Thu February 09, 2012

BEIJING: Canadian diplomats have had regular access to China\'s most wanted man, who was deported from Canada to China last year after a decades-long legal battle to face sm

Five dead in Kenya New Year blast

in International - Mon January 02, 2012

NAIROBI: Five people were killed in a New Year\'s Eve hand grenade attack and shooting in a bar in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia, police sa

UN says Afghan refugee strategy a big mistake

in National - Wed December 28, 2011

KABUL: The head of the UN refugee programme in Afghanistan on Tuesday described its strategy in the war-wracked country since 2002 as the "biggest mistake UNHCR ever ma

Israeli strikes on Gaza kills one hurts 10

in International - Wed December 28, 2011

GAZA CITY: Israeli air strikes killed at least one Palestinian and wounded 10, two seriously, in the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday, Palestinian medics and health officials told

Drug War Fighting Fear

in International - Thu December 08, 2011

CIUDAD MIER: Schoolchildren once again chatter and scamper across the town plaza where drug gang gunmen last year torched the police station and left the remains of a dismem

Albanian torture suspect jumps bail in UK

in International - Wed December 07, 2011

An ex-Albanian intelligence chief wanted on torture charges has jumped bail and gone missing in London.

The Metropolitan Police want to find Ilir Nazmi Kumbaro,

US sanctions on Myanmar to continue

in International - Sat November 19, 2011

Washington: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ruled out lifting sanctions on Myanmar, arguing that more concrete steps need to be taken by the new government i

Hamas has short-term boost from swap deal

in International - Tue November 15, 2011

ELEANOR HALL: The recent prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas has boosted to Hamas popularity among Palestinians.

The deal secured the release of more th

Suicide bombers, insurgents attack NATO contractor

in International - Fri November 04, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan: Two suicide bombers blew up a car packed with explosives at the entrance to a compound housing NATO contractors in western Afghanistan, then thr

Kenyan jets invade Somalian air space, pound al-Shabaab

in International - Thu October 20, 2011

Kenyan jets struck in Somalia on Wednesday in a bid to rid the border area of Islamist rebels blamed for a spate of abductions, including that of a French woman wh

Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

in International - Fri October 14, 2011

EMILY BOURKE: Two female Spanish aid workers have been taken at gunpoint from a refugee camp in Kenya in the third kidnapping of foreigners in the country in just o

Pakistan, UNHCR begin Afghan data survey....

in National - Thu September 15, 2011

ISLAMABAD - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in coordination with the Government of Pakistan has launched a survey drive to compile all the relevant

UN calls for help for 12m stateless people

in International - Fri August 26, 2011

UNITED NATIONS - The UN refugee agency Thursday launched a campaign to highlight the plight of up to 12 million stateless people worldwide who are denied basic rights, inclu

UN agency voices alarm over assault on port city

in International - Tue August 16, 2011

UNITED NATIONS - The UN agency helping Palestinian refugees voiced has grave concern over Syrian security forces firing at a refugee camp in the country s northern port city

Outrage after Palestinian camp attacked in Syria

in International - Tue August 16, 2011

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian forces killed three people on Monday a day after gunboats pounded Latakia, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee a refugee camp in the port city,