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Syrians fire into Turkish camp, FM to return
April 10, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

Syrian Violence Spills into Turkey Refugee Camp, Kills Peace
April 09, 2012 | Newsy.com

Gunfire Across Two Syrian Borders
April 09, 2012 | Associated Press

Refugee Camp Wikipedia Information

A refugee camp is a temporary camp built up by governments, the UN, international organisations, (such as the ICRC) or NGOs to receive refugees. Thousands of people may live in a camp. Since refugee camps are generally set up in an impromptu fashion and designed to meet basic human needs for only a short time, when the return of refugees is prevented (often by civil war),...

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DRC-Uganda: Congolese refugees hail Lubanga verdict
March 19, 2012
Some 89,949 Congolese refugees were living in Uganda as of 1 February. Photo: Samuel Okiror/IRIN ISINGIRO, 19 March 2012 (IR...

UNHCR Begins Airlift to Kenya and Ethiopia to Aid Uprooted Somalis
July 18, 2011
NAIROBI, July 17, 2011 - The first in a series of UNHCR emergency airlift flights to bring aid to uprooted Somalis in remote refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia...

In Somalia, UN official urges massive response for world’s ‘worst humanitarian disaster’
July 12, 2011
July 11, 2011 - Having witnessed the dire humanitarian situation in Somalia first-hand, the head of the United Nations refugee agency has appealed for greater...

Last Nomadic Tribe in the Amazon Faces Extinction
June 24, 2011
The Nukak are considered to be at risk. | Credit: David Hill - Survival SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2011 - The movement...

WFP Declares Horn of Africa Crisis Highest Global Humanitarian Priority
July 20, 2011
ROME, July 20, 2011 - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today said 11.3 million people are in need of food assistance due to drought in the Horn of...

Survival of millions of children in Horn of Africa at risk, warns UNICEF
July 09, 2011
July 8, 2011 - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today warned that two million children are...

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Medical educator earns distinguished Indiana honor
April 27, 2012 | indystar.com
from his refugee camp outside Kabul... Roscoe and another medical staffer went out to the refugee camp to figure out what happened but found no obvious signs that pointed to a...

Butler professor honored for aiding Afghan baby
April 26, 2012 | indystar.com
Students know him in the classroom, but many in central Indiana might recall Roscoe as one of the central figures in getting the Afghan baby Qudratullah Wardak from his refugee camp ...

Syrians Fire Into Turkey in Clash Near Refugee Camp
April 09, 2012 | New York Times
The shooting, which killed 2 refugees and injured at least 23 people, including a Turkish officer inside a border camp, darkened prospects for a cease-fire. ...

Turkey: 3 wounded from Syrian gunfire over border
April 09, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
(04 - 09) 03: 52 PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Syrian forces on Monday fired across the border at a refugee camp in Turkey, killing one and wounding four, activists said. It...

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