By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 24 August 2007 International humanitarian agencies and local aid workers in Somalia say they fear that camps for internally displaced people in the southern outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu, may be the target of a military op

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By Paul Sisco Washington 26 September 2007 Nicholas Negroponte is the founding director of the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And he is chairman of a nonprofit organization aiming to provide inexpensive computers to ch

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By Catherine Maddux Washington 19 April 2006 Pastoralists report increasing number of livestock dying due to worsening drought conditions in parts of Somali region Earlier this month, the United Natio

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A U.S. ship carrying humanitarian aid has arrived in Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi carrying humanitarian aid for residents of western Georgia displaced by Russia's recent military incursion. From the Georgian city of Gori, VOA's Peter Heinlein

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 May 2008 United Nations aid agencies say they have been able to reach about one million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Burma, also known as Myanmar, with aid. That is slightly more than 40 percent of those affected by the de

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The Bush administration says it is more than doubling emergency U.S. aid to Zimbabwe to combat a cholera epidemic it blames on the government of President Robert Mugabe. U.S. officials are trying to increase international pressure on Mr. Mugabe to s

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By Selah Hennessy London 23 September 2009 As leaders of the G20 group of major economies prepare to meet in the United States this week, a British aid agency is calling for them to live up to promises made for more financial aid to the world's poor

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging the international community to provide more security and development aid to Afghanistan. Mrs. Clinton spoke at the start of a day-long conference about Afghanistan in The Hague. US Secretary of State

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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Sudan's government to let recently expelled humanitarian aid groups return to the country. Mr. Obama is sending an envoy to Khartoum this week to make his case. President Barack Obama meets with the US Envoy for

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged more international assistance for Haiti, saying the impoverished Caribbean state is in jeopardy because of the global recession and hurricane damage. Clinton is scheduled to visit Haiti and th

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Aid Agencies Seek a Billion Dollars for Sahel Relief Humanitarian agencies say at least one billion dollars is needed to prevent many people from going hungry in Africas Sahel region. They say about 15 million people are affected by a deepening food

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Emergency Aid Being Sent to Stranded Chadians Emergency aid is being sent this week to about one thousand people mostly children stranded in a remote area of Chad. The International Organization for Migration says the Chadians fled violence in neighb

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MSF Providing Medical Aid in Northern Mali As the conflict continues in northern Mali, medical aid teams are helping civilians whove been displaced. Doctors Without Borders says its providing primary health care in some regions, while dispatching mob

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Pakistan Downplays Proposed Freeze in US Military Aid 美欲冻结对巴7亿援助 巴基斯坦称并非明智之举 Pakistan is playing down the significance of a proposed suspension of hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance, sa

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said the Obama administration intends to further increase the United States' world-leading support for global health programs. But she said the United States has a right to expect commensurate efforts by reci

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A new report says that the same cargo companies that fly weapons into African conflict zones are often contracted by international agencies to supply humanitarian and peacekeeping operations. The report says the problem has been particularly troubli

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A U.S. congressional committee has approved legislation that would provide Pakistan with billions of dollars in economic aid over the next five years. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, lawmakers on the House of Representatives Foreign Af

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Kenya Military Asks Aid Agencies to Return to Somalia's South The Kenyan military says it has secured more areas of southern Somalia and is urging aid agencies to come back to the country to help those in need. Kenya's Foreign Ministry says it is als

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Study: Stop-Smoking Aid Ups Cardiovascular Risks An analysis of more than a dozen drug studies finds that smokers who take the drug Chantix to help them kick the habit face significantly higher risks of cardiovascular problems including stroke, heart

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Obama's Pledge of Aid Welcomed in Mideast, Politics Less So Reaction to President Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East has prompted some initial mixed reactions in Egypt. While plans for economic and development aid are being welcomed, hopes for

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