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Breaking News Wed, 27 Jul 2011
In a handout photograph provided by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a woman holds her young baby 20 July, while queuing for food in Badbaado, a new camp established by the Transitional Federal Government for internally displaced people in the country's capital Mogadishu, who have been affected by the worsening drought in Somalia.
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: 2011 Horn of Africa famine  
 Al Jazeera 
Red tape delays Africa aid airlift
|   | The UN is preparing to airlift food aid to the drought-stricken areas of the Horn of Africa, but flights have been delayed due to administrative complications. | Airlifts were to ... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
A group of IDPs at a past food distribution: Community leaders in Mogadishu are filling the gaps in aid distribution by raising funds to the displaced (file photo)
Famine   Photos   Refugee   Somalia   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War  
 The Independent 
UN admits vital refugee camp for famine victims could stay closed
| Almost two weeks after the Kenyan government was supposed to open a new refugee camp on the border with Somalia, the UN has admitted that it has no idea when it will be made available to victims of ... (photo: IRIN news / Manoocher Deghati)
Somalis displaced by drought wait to receive food in their makeshift camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 23, 2011.  Al Jazeera 
UN set to airlift food to African famine zone
| The UN World Food Programme is set to start airlifting food to the drought-stricken Horn of Africa where more than 12 million people are at risk of starvation. | Airlifts will begin on Tuesday to th... (photo: AP / Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
Africa   Famine   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War  
When does a food crisis become a famine?  Irish Times 
When does a food crisis become a famine?
| CARL O'BRIEN | FOR MONTHS, aid agencies were warning about a devastating drought in the Horn of Africa. The lowest rainfall rates in half a century, failed harvests and fighting in parts of the regi... (photo: UN / Albert Gonzalez Farran)
Africa   Darfur   Famine   Photos   UN  
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Britney Spears performing at The Circus The Examiner
Britney Spears dazzles: Femme Fatale 2011 (VIDEO, PICS, DATES & SONGS)
| Britney Spears has a lot to teach those who have ever doubted her tenacity and perseverance! | There is no doubting that the Mickey Mouse Musketeer child star turned su... (photo: Creative Commons)
Celebrity   Photos   Singer   Star   Wikipedia: Britney Spears  
A displaced Somali woman with her children carry food aid distributed by a local NGO in partnership with World Food Programme in southern Mogadishu's shangani district,Thursday, May 6, 2010. Middle East Online
Aid efforts too little in famine-struck Somalia
| Their children cry in the dust as women beg for food in this southern Somalia village where tens of thousands have flocked after trekking for days to seek relief from a... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Children   Photos   Somalia   UN   Wikipedia: Somali Civil War  
In a handout photograph provided by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a woman holds her malnourished baby 20 July, in Badbaado, a new camp established by the Transitional Federal Government for internally displaced people in the country's capital Mogadishu, who have been affected by the worsening drought in Somalia. The Guardian
Somalia famine: Minister warns of starvation in rebel controlled areas
| The vast majority of people in insurgent-controlled areas of Somalia may starve to death unless aid reaches them in the next few weeks, said Mohamed Ibrahim, Somalia's ... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
Africa   Aid   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: 2011 Horn of Africa famine  
A Somali woman holds a malnourished child, waiting for medical assistance from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an active regional peacekeeping mission operated by the African Union with the approval of the United Nations. Houston Chronicle
UN hosts emergency meeting on Somalia famine
| ROME - The World Bank promised to provide more than $500 million to help drought victims in East Africa as a U.N. agency hosted an emergency meeting Monday aimed at fig... (photo: UN / Stuart Price)
Aid   Photos   Somalia   UN   Wikipedia: 2011 Horn of Africa famine  
African leaders do not take us for granted, insists Japanese aid chief The Guardian
African leaders do not take us for granted, insists Japanese aid chief
| Japan's bilateral aid relationship with Africa remains strong and Chinese involvement there is welcome, says Sadako Ogata GUERR (07) 2011-07-25 07:37:46,578 Despite the... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
African   Japan   Leaders   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Japan  
Somali malnourished child from southern Somalia sits in an old building Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday July, 23, 2011, Drought and lack of food is forcing people to migrate to seek aid and medical help, with some thousands of people arriving in Mogadishu over the past two weeks. BBC News
Solving Somalia's aid conundrum
Mohammed Noor considers himself a lucky man. | I found him stretched out in the feeble shade of a dead tree surrounded by his three wives, and perhaps 20 children and nei... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Aid   Famine   Photos   Somalia   Wikipedia: 2011 Horn of Africa famine  
Refugees United Nations
- Malaysian swap-deal perks will still attract Afghans, say re
- Calls to scrap Australia's written citizenship test
- Calls to scrap Aussie citizens test
- World Food Program airlifts food supplements for 3,500 malno
In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 picture a caretaker looks after a baby girl in the Siaya hospital in Western Kenya. The girl was found abandoned in the street and suffering with malaria. A new vaccine being tested at the hospital is giving the medical community hope that for the first time it will soon be able to reduce by half the number of African children killed by the mosquito-borne disease every year.
300K kids in Kenya to get vaccinated against polio
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- Red tape delays Africa aid airlift
- US to oppose Palestine's UN bid
- Camps struggle to cope as thousands flee Somalia
- Western powers and rebels may be open to Gadhafi staying in
In a handout photograph provided by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team, a woman holds her young baby 20 July, while queuing for food in Badbaado, a new camp established by the Transitional Federal Government for internally displaced people in the country's capital Mogadishu, who have been affected by the worsening drought in Somalia.
Red tape delays Africa aid airlift
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UNICEF Global Justice
- UNICEF: Congo cholera outbreak kills 279; government declare
- UNICEF: Congo cholera outbreak kills 279
- UNICEF: Congo cholera outbreak kills 279
- UNICEF: Congo Cholera Outbreak Kills 279
In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 picture a caretaker looks after a baby girl in the Siaya hospital in Western Kenya. The girl was found abandoned in the street and suffering with malaria. A new vaccine being tested at the hospital is giving the medical community hope that for the first time it will soon be able to reduce by half the number of African children killed by the mosquito-borne disease every year.
300K kids in Kenya to get vaccinated against polio
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- The Critical, Cleansing Role of Justice
- Peace group calls for arrest of Tony Blair for "war cri
- U.S. Needs to Replace Pentagon's Approach with Peace Cor
- Development, justice and the Constitution
Delegates look at a giant balloon displaying the warming of the world's oceans at the U.S. center during the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2009.
Climate change 'poses threat to global peace and security,' warns UN official
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Human Rights HIV / Aids
- Camps struggle to cope as thousands flee Somalia
- China paper slams Dalai Lama
- Ex-soldiers link troops to Guatemala massacre
- Omar Abdullah hits out at Jammu and Kashmir militant sympath
A malnourished family sits in a field hospital of the International Rescue Committee, IRC, in the town of Dadaab, Kenya, Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
Camps struggle to cope as thousands flee Somalia
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- HIV/Aids Charity Suffers
- Journalists Discuss HIV/Aids Impact On Media, Family
- Expert Conducts Research On HIV/Aids in Country
- AHF: AIDS Protesters to J & J: ‘No More Tears!’ on AIDS
Tropical house gecko
Philippines warns against geckos as AIDS treatment
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Volunteerism Charity Organizations
- A night for Nat: Mayfield volunteers host benefit for local
- C. Islip Clean Streets needs volunteers
- Volunteer lock keepers are sought for Grand Union canal
- Volunteers watch for red tide at South Padre Island
Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron, accompanied by his wife Samantha, arrives at his official residence at 10 Downing Street in central London, Tuesday, May 11, 2010.
Samantha Cameron says Boris Johnson's plans for 10,000 volunteers are 'brilliant'
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- 9-year-old dies from car crash; her mission continues (Watch
- Charity quake concert to be held at Shonan beach+
- Amy Winehouse's Family To Set Up Charity In Her Honor
- Cancer Charities Nationwide Join Together to Raise Funds and
Miley Cyrus - Wonder World Tour - Party in the U.S.A. 2
Teen celebrity Miley Cyrus invites youth to "Get Ur Good On" for charity
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