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Politics of Aid
UN steps up aid to North Korea
02 Jul 2008 09:35:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
Jul. 1 - The move follows warnings of a humanitarian crisis because of food shortages. Experts say last year's flooding, high commodity prices and political wrangling with major aid donor South ... 

World Refugee Day 2008
20 Jun 2008
Source: AlertNet

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  • VIDEO: UN chief tours cyclone-hit Myanmar
    23 May 2008 08:04:00 GMT
    Source: Reuters
    May 22 - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is in Myanmar to try to convince the ruling junta to accept more foreign aid for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. Ban Ki-moon saw flooded rice fields and destroyed ... 

    VIDEO: Scrambling for food in Myanmar
    20 May 2008 08:22:00 GMT
    Source: AlertNet
    May 19 - Cyclone victims run for a truck delivering food. The truck packed with private food donations for cyclone victims in Myanmar is not allowed to stop on its trip through the Yangon District ... 

    Activists say Myanmar forcing voters and neglecting aid
    10 May 2008 10:18:00 GMT
    Source: AlertNet
    BANGKOK, May 10 (AlertNet) - While international aid workers wait for visas to get into Myanmar, a week after a Cyclone Nargis killed tens of thousands and left a million homeless, rights activists ... 


    Iraqi aidworkers put their lives on the line
    17 Apr 2007
    Source: AlertNet


    EMERGENCY FUND
    09 Mar 2007
    Source: AlertNet

    FUEL OR FOOD?
    23 Feb 2007
    Source: AlertNet



    G8 leaders must take action to save most vulnerable in food crisis
    Prior to G8 Summit, Passage of U.S. Appropriations Bill Heralds Increase in U.S. International Aid
    MSF calls upon South African authorities to immediately stop deportation of Zimbabweans
    Trapped Somali populations need immediate life-saving assistance
    Thailand forcibly returns hundreds of Hmong refugees to Laos





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