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Evacuation effort underway in Homs, Syria
World NowA joint mission of the international Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent has arrived in the battered Homs, Syria, neighborhood of Baba Amr, where opposition activists say weeks of shelling have killed scores and left much of the district in ruins.... -
Turkish leader calls for immediate humanitarian corridors in Syria
World NowTurkey's prime minister called Tuesday for the immediate opening of paths to provide humanitarian aid in neighboring Syria, condemning the regime for its heavy hand against protesters.... -
Aid workers enter besieged Syrian neighborhood, find it abandoned
World NowAfter being barred from the former rebel stronghold of Baba Amr for five days, a Syrian Arab Red Crescent team entered the battered neighborhood to aid and evacuate the wounded. But by the time that the aid workers got into the neighborhood in the central... -
U.S. must join mine ban convention, land mine survivor says
World NowWhen he was 13 years old, Firoz Ali Alizada lost both his legs to a land mine left over from an old war, trying to take a shortcut to school north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Sixteen years later, he is the campaign manager for the International Campaign to Ban... -
Red Cross chief presses for more aid access, cease-fire in Syria
World NowRed Cross chief Jakob Kellenberger was meeting with top Syrian officials in Damascus on Tuesday in a bid to get greater aid access to those wounded and displaced in the crisis-torn country and to press for a daily humanitarian cease-fire.... -
Red Crescent center torched in Homs, Syria
World NowA Red Crescent distribution center was burned Wednesday morning in the embattled Syrian city of Homs, the government and a Red Cross official said.... -
Seven facts for Turkmenistan's 'Week of Health and Happiness'
World NowTurkmenistan, one of the most repressive countries in the world, is marking the “Week of Health and Happiness” with a march up a five-mile concrete staircase and plays such as “The Era of Power is Illuminated by Happiness,” the... -
Libyan ex-rebels will be disarmed -- but not so fast
World NowLibya: Disarming Libyan ex-rebels could take months and weapons would not be retrieved by force, Libya's new prime minister Abdel-Rahim Keeb told a French television network Friday.... -
ISRAEL: No more perks for Palestinian prisoners, says Prime Minister Netanyahu
Babylon & BeyondAfter Hamas rejected a call from the International Red Cross for access to Gilad Shalit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called an end to perks for Hamas prisoners in Israeli prisons. Gilad Shalit was a 19- year-old corporal in 2006 when...... -
LIBYA: Doctors Without Borders faces challenges in Libya
Babylon & BeyondThe Times spoke Friday with Michael Bates, the group's head of mission for Libya and Tunisia, from his base in Zarzis, Tunisia... -
SYRIA: Activists report at least 14 dead as hunt for defector continues
Babylon & BeyondAt least 14 died Sunday in one of the bloodier days of the Syrian government's crackdown against anti-regime protesters, activists reported. Activists and residents said military forces have launched an offensive in the cities of Idleb and Hama as part...... -
SYRIA: Activists report manhunt for defectors and protesters
Babylon & BeyondSyrian security forces reportedly launched fresh widespread attacks on Monday, intensifying the assault on the central cities of Hama and Homs as the president of the Red Cross visited the country's prisons for the first time....
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