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German Red Cross worker shot in Indonesia's Aceh
Thu Nov 5, 2009 11:25 AM EST
Officials say a German working for the Red Cross has been shot by men on a motorcycle in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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Tribute to an aidworker killed in the Islamabad bombing of the UN offices
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 4:34 AM EST (7Days)
A Dubai-based technology expert followed a suicide bomber into a UN building just seconds before he was blown up, video footage has shown.
Clinic to Muslim doctor: Its policy bars headscarf
Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:30 PM EDT
A Muslim doctor interviewing for a job at a suburban Dallas medical clinic says officials there told her she couldn't wear her headscarf in the workplace.
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UN workers killed in Kabul attack
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:26 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
A spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan has told Al Jazeera that its fighters carried out an attack on a guest house used by United Nations staff in the heart of the capital, Kabul.
Obama extends sanctions on Sudan
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:33 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
"U.S. President Barack Obama formally renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday under his new strategy of keeping up pressure while offering incentives to the Khartoum government.
US drone strikes may break international law
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:45 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
"US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN's top investigator of such crimes said.
Reintroducing carp in Uganda
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:10 AM EDT (YouTube)
"For the past four years, Professor Berta Sivan of Hebrew University has led a project near Lake Victoria in Uganda to help families raise fish to feed their families again.
Somalia: UN aid Worker Held in Jowhar
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:52 PM EDT (Raxan Reeb)
A Somali aid worker attached to a UN-Habitat project has been arrested in the middle Shabelle town of Jowhar, sources tell RBC Radio.
51st Aid Worker Killed in Eastern Chad
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:16 PM EDT (VOA News)
The U.N. refugee agency reports a Chadian colleague working in eastern Chad was killed in an ambush during the weekend. The UNHCR says dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been killed in eastern Chad this year.
French aid worker kidnapped in Darfur
Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:21 PM EDT (alertnet.org)
French aid worker Gauthier Lefevre from the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) was kidnapped in Darfur on Thursday, the organisation said in a statement. The ICRC currently has no indication of who the abductors might be or of their motives, the statement said.
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