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Syrian refugee is one in 30,000
World NowSyria, Turkey, refugees, Assad, Homs: Every day on WorldNow we choose a striking photo from around the world. Today we spotted this shot from Turkey, where Syrian refugees have fled to avoid carnage and chaos at home.... -
Israel seeks to return refugees to South Sudan
World NowIsrael doesn't need celebrity activists to call its attention to troubles in Africa. After years of being on the receiving end of a steady stream of work migrants and asylum seekers, the country knows this first-hand.... -
Asylum claims hit record high from Syria, Tunisia, Ivory Coast
World NowMore people clamored for asylum from countries in Arab Spring tumult, part of the global trends that pushed a 20% jump in applications to industrialized nations last year. The increase was observed by the United Nations refugee agency, which released a... -
Kony militia steps up attacks in Congo, Central African Republic
World NowA notorious militia that has terrorized Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has stepped up its attacks this year, displacing more than 4,200 people, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. The Lord’s Resistance Army and its infamous... -
Sarajevo: A look back at the first few months of the siege
World NowTwenty years ago, the Bosnian war began with the siege of Sarajevo, which over the next 46 months became the longest siege of a city in modern history. Serb nationalists attacked after the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared itself... -
Gunfire across Syrian border kills two in Turkish refugee camp
World NowGunmen fired across the Syrian border into a refugee camp in Turkey on Monday, killing two camp residents and wounding at least four others, while gunfire along the border with Lebanon killed a television cameraman. Syrian activists blamed the gunfire... -
Book review: 'On Black Sisters Street'
![In Chika Unigwe's novel "On Black Sisters Street," the snow-covered streets of Antwerp, Belgium, are a beacon of freedom to the four disadvantaged African women who serve as the book's protagonists. Recruited in Lagos, Nigeria, by a fat slug of a sex trafficker named Dele, the women work as prostitutes in glass stalls along the byways of Antwerp's seedy red light district. They dream big, though, and they never make excuses about why they are there.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63360541-19172629.jpg "In Chika Unigwe's novel "On Black Sisters Street,\" the snow-covered streets of Antwerp, Belgium, are a beacon of freedom to the four disadvantaged African women who serve as the book's protagonists. Recruited in Lagos, Nigeria, by a fat slug of a sex trafficker named Dele, the women work as prostitutes in glass stalls along the byways of Antwerp's seedy red light district. They dream big, though, and they never make excuses about why they are there.")
Los Angeles TimesIn Chika Unigwe's novel "On Black Sisters Street," the snow-covered streets of Antwerp, Belgium, are a beacon of freedom to the four disadvantaged African women who serve as the book's protagonists. Recruited in Lagos, Nigeria, by a fat slug of a sex...Tags: Lagos (Nigeria), Los Angeles Times, Politics, Fiction, Book
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Anticipated influx of residents prompts call for understanding
jnatalie-lees@aberdeennews.comUnderstanding a person's background and culture can help different races and ethnic groups live together in peace. That was the message delivered Thursday at a program about refugees at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The program presented by Lutheran...Tags: Culture, Religion and Belief, Immigration, Christianity, Politics
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Hearing Dadaab's cries
—As the small plane entered the pattern to land at this town on the eastern edge of Kenya, the view from the window was of miles and miles of scrubby landscape, low trees and bushes almost the same brown color as the sandy earth beneath them. Hardly...Tags: Politics, Somalia, Foreign Aid, Charity, Benedict XVI
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Workers wanted in Aberdeen
jnatalie-lees@aberdeennews.comBusiness and community leaders have formed a task force to prepare for workers arriving for jobs in Aberdeen who might be of a different nationality or ethnic group. Aberdeen will add more than 1,000 jobs in the next year, and, in order to meet that...Tags: Employers, Government, Christianity, Hispanic and Latino Americans, South Dakota
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Three Charged Trying to Sneak Fake Bomb Into Phoenix Airport
KTLA NewsPHOENIX, Ariz. -- Three Africans were charged on Friday with trying to sneak a fake bomb past a screening area at a Phoenix airport, in what the FBI describes as a possible test of security. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Arizona also...Tags: National Security, Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Lawyers, Politics, Arizona
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United Nations Declares Hunger Crisis in East Africa, Celebrities Begin to Fundraise
Sarah Clark, Interactive Content Producer / FacebookThe United Nations has declared a hunger crisis in parts of Somalia and is calling for a widespread international response to end the suffering. Right now 12 million people in East Africa are at risk of starving to death. Preventable diseases and...Tags: Human Interest, Rihanna, Eastern Africa, Politics, Diseases and Illnesses
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