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  • October 2008

    • Red Cross: Pakistan Now a War Zone

      New York Times  |  Oct 3, 08 6:12 AM CDT

      Red Cross: Pakistan Now a War Zone

      (Newser) - Pakistan's escalating confrontation with the Taliban has plunged the country into full-scale war, the New York Times reports. A quarter of a million people have fled the fighting as the Pakistani army attacks the militants in tribal areas on at least three fronts, and 20,000 have flooded in desperation over the border into Afghanistan. "This is now a war zone," warned a Red Cross spokesman. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • Taliban  • Pakistan militants  • refugee  • tribal areas  • North West Frontier Province  • Swat Valley

  • September 2008

    • Galveston Resort Turns Into Storm Central

      Washington Post  |  Sep 13, 08 12:20 PM CDT

      Galveston Resort Turns Into Storm Central

      (Newser) - A motley crew rode out Hurricane Ike at Galveston’s San Luis Resort, Spa, & Conference Center, Joel Achenbach writes for the Washington Post . Up to 800 people were there, among them the mayor, cops and firefighters, along with storm chasers and drenched refugees holed up as the wind roared and TV newscasts forecast doom. “I am afraid we may be in danger. I am afraid for everyone here,” one mother wrote in her journal. More »

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      Texas  • Hurricane Ike  • flooding  • evacuation  • refugee  • Galveston  • shelter

  • August 2008

    • Hijacked Sudan Airliner on the Ground in Libya

      AFP  |  Aug 26, 08 3:14 PM CDT

      Hijacked Sudan Airliner on the Ground in Libya

      (Newser) - A Sudanese flight hijacked today after lifting off from a Darfur airport has landed in Libya, the AFP reports. Authorities are still negotiating with hijackers; three former members of a rebel group are said to be among 102 on board. Yesterday, the UN reported 33 dead after a clash between the Sudanese military and refugees in the region. “I’m not sure if it’s connected,” a rebel leader said, “but it’s related to that.” More »

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      Sudan  • Darfur  • refugee  • Libya  • rebels  • plane hijacking

  • June 2008

    • Africa Braces for Zimbabwe Refugees

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 21, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Africa Braces for Zimbabwe Refugees

      (Newser) - Zimbabwe's neighbors are preparing for a flood of refugees after next week's election, the London Times reports. About 3 million have already fled Robert Mugabe's regime to South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana. As it becomes increasingly clear that Mugabe will not give up power even if he loses the election, it is feared that millions more will soon be driven out. More »

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  • December 2007

    • Iraq Invites Refugees Home, but Home Is Gone

      Washington Post  |  Dec 16, 07 5:35 PM CST

      Iraq Invites Refugees Home, but Home Is Gone

      (Newser) - Baghdad shocked Washington and the UN last month by inviting home 1.4 million refugees from Syria, the Washington Post reports. The UN warned against it, saying exiles would face poverty, but Iraq started a bus line to transport them back. Many found their homes looted and neighborhoods redrawn along sectarian lines—and with no official plan in place, they burdened relatives by moving in. More »

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      Iraq  • US military  • Baghdad  • David Petraeus  • Syria  • refugee  • Iraqi refugees

    • Darfur's Displaced Battle Hunger, Disease, Raids

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 8, 07 1:05 PM CST

      Darfur's Displaced Battle Hunger, Disease, Raids

      (Newser) - "It is unsafe for me to go back home and it's not safe here," a resident of Abu Chok, a refugee camp in Darfur currently home to 54,000, tells the Guardian . Residents endure endemic malnutrition, malaria, and typhoid in hopes of security—the camp is 4 miles from a base for African Union forces—but find that government-sponsored attacks follow them everywhere. More »

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      United Nations  • Sudan  • Darfur  • genocide  • refugee  • malaria  • refugee camp  • Janjaweed  • Khartoum

  • November 2007

    • Thousands Returning to Safer Baghdad

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 21, 07 12:34 PM CST

      Thousands Returning to Safer Baghdad

      (Newser) - Iraqi refugees are returning to Baghdad by the thousands, convinced that security has dramatically improved, reports the Times of London. The Iraqi embassy in Damascus has even organized a secure convoy to escort Iraqis home next Monday and has posted signs offering free bus and train rides home. “There is a large movement of people going back to Iraq," said a United Nations official. More »

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      Iraq  • Syria  • security  • refugee  • Iraqi refugees

  • October 2007

    • Thousands Flee Congo Fighting

      BBC  |  Oct 21, 07 5:46 AM CDT

      Thousands Flee Congo Fighting

      (Newser) - Thousands of refugees are fleeing a new outbreak of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Renewed fighting has erupted between dissident Gen. Laurent Nkuda and local militias, as well as between Nkuda and regular government forces, following Nkuda's refusal to disarm his troops and reintegrate into the army. Aid agencies warn of a deepening crisis in the battle-ravaged land. More »

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      outbreak  • refugee  • Democratic Republic of Congo  • refugee camp  • Kivu

  • September 2007

    • Israel Welcomes 500 Darfur Refugees

      BBC  |  Sep 24, 07 3:56 AM CDT

      Israel Welcomes 500 Darfur Refugees

      (Newser) - Israel has agreed to allow 498 refugees who fled Darfur through Egypt to remain in the country, although their legal status remains undecided. Africans from other parts of the continent and new arrivals from Darfur, however, will be expelled. Egypt has agreed to accept refugees who are returned after trying to cross to Israel over the Egyptian border.