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NEWS ABOUT: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

UN High Commissioner for Refugees stories: 6 news summaries

 Don't Forget 
 Iraqi Refugees: 
 Brangelina 

Stars visit with displaced people in Syria

Oct 2, 09 5:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in Syria, using their powers for good. The celebrity übercouple visited Iraqi refugees in Damascus today in an attempt to keep the lowest-profile victims of the war from falling off the radar, People reports. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency,... More »

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Iraq • entertainment • Angelina Jolie • Syria • Brad Pitt • refugee • Damascus • Iraqi refugees • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Iraq war • refugees

(Newser) - When President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak meet today, they will discuss a host of security and economic issues, but Paul Wolfowitz hopes they take some time out for a purely humanitarian concern: North Korea’s refugees. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have fled to China, but... More »

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China • Barack Obama • North Korea • South Korea • United States • refugee • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Lee Myung-bak

 UN Official 
 Kidnapped 
 in Pakistan 

No leads yet in refugee worker's abduction

Feb 2, 09 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - An American working with a UN refugee agency in southwestern Pakistan was kidnapped today by gunmen who killed his driver, reports the Times of London. The attack occurred as the official from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which aids Afghan refugees in the city of Quetta, headed to... More »

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United Nations • Pakistan • kidnapping • abduction • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • American • John Solecki

Jolie Returns, Moved, From Afghanistan Trip

Goodwill ambassador visited refugees, urges international aid

Oct 24, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie made a trip to Afghanistan last week in her role as goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, spending two days among the country's returning refugees. The actress visited sites where thousands of Afghans live in makeshift housing and struggle to find work, problems that typify the stress the... More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Angelina Jolie • refugee • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • humanitarian aid

 Google Tracking Refugees 

UN info on displaced peoples now available through Earth mapping feature

Apr 8, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new feature allows Google Earth users to take a tour of the world’s refugee hotspots, with images of camps supplemented by information from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the AP reports. The search titan has greatly improved the available resolution in its satellite photos of refugee areas—... More »

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United Nations • Google • Darfur • Chad • Google Earth • refugee camp • Crisis in Darfur • refugee • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • humanitarian aid

US to Admit More Iraqi Refugees

Speeds up glacial pace of resettlement

Feb 5, 08 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The State Department plans to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the US by September, despite resettling only 375 so far this year, CNN reports. Ambassador James Foley, charged with the task of accelerating resettlement, vowed to reporters that the pace will pick up in the coming months. The US... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • Syria • State Department • Department of Homeland Security • refugee • Iraqi refugees • UN High Commissioner for Refugees • Refugees International

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