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Aid Slowly Reaching Sri Lanka’s War Refugees A mother walked with her children as other civilians stood in line to receive food at the Manik Farm refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya on Tuesday. — NY Times

Aid Slowly Reaching Sri Lanka’s War Refugees

A mother walked with her children as other civilians stood in line to receive food at the Manik Farm refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Sri Lankan town of Vavuniya on Tuesday. — NY Times

Pakistan Pounds Taliban, Swelling the Tide of Refugees …The humanitarian crisis unfolded as the Pakistani Army moved ahead with what it described as an all-out attack on the Taliban militants in Swat, the epicenter of a power struggle over months between government forces and the militants. Army officers said they were confronting a force of about 4,000 militants, who took advantage of a peace agreement in February to seize control of much of the district and its government buildings. — NY Times

Pakistan Pounds Taliban, Swelling the Tide of Refugees

…The humanitarian crisis unfolded as the Pakistani Army moved ahead with what it described as an all-out attack on the Taliban militants in Swat, the epicenter of a power struggle over months between government forces and the militants. Army officers said they were confronting a force of about 4,000 militants, who took advantage of a peace agreement in February to seize control of much of the district and its government buildings. — NY Times

A relief camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, where thousands have fled fighting between troops and Taliban in the North-West Frontier Province. — NY Times

A relief camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, where thousands have fled fighting between troops and Taliban in the North-West Frontier Province. — NY Times

Davos is usually about rubbing elbows in tight quarters at standing-room only cocktail parties. But just steps from the main conference center is a very different take on rubbing elbows in tight quarters: A simulation of what it is like live in a refugee camp facing rebel attack has been set up for politicians and business people participating in the World Economic Forum. — NY Times

Davos is usually about rubbing elbows in tight quarters at standing-room only cocktail parties. But just steps from the main conference center is a very different take on rubbing elbows in tight quarters: A simulation of what it is like live in a refugee camp facing rebel attack has been set up for politicians and business people participating in the World Economic Forum. — NY Times

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What are they doing? They are supposed to protect us.
Congolese refugee Jean-Paul Maombi as UN armored personnel carriers left an area under attack by rebels.