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Most of the Syrian refugees recovering in a Lebanese hospital are from small towns near the border. Their stories illustrate the perils facing many Syrians as Assad's regime cracks down. No comment yet.
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - About 417,000 people have been displaced in Sudan's border states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile as a result of ongoing fighting between the army and insurgents, the United Nations...
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A camp in Turkey near the border with northern Syria, set up just months ago, has the population of small town and an air of permanence.
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A neglected humanitarian disaster is unfolding in the Sudanese border region of Southern Kordofan. The tens of thousands bombed, displaced, blockaded and starved need the world’s attention, says Gerry Simpson. 
's comment, November 22, 2011 9:18 PM
This is about a family that is suffering in a cave they fled to after the Antonovs bombing, to protect their children, and now theres no food or help for them and the children getting sick. They are in need of immediate help especially since humanitarian agencies willing to help are being denied.
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"I wanted to build a good future for my family, but I failed," a weak Issam Abdallah Mohammed said in a videotaped statement.
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Abu Omar was a house painter in Homs, the country's third-largest city. When the government began cracking down on demonstrators, he became a protester. After security forces started going house to house, he says, he decided to flee with his family.
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The refugee emergency arising from the eruption of hostilities in Libya is assuming ever greater dimensions. In the worst such incident in recent years, more than 200 refugees from Ivory Coast, Somalia and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa drowned last week after their overcrowded boat attempted to sail from Libya to Italy and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. About 25,000 people have arrived on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa since the start of this year, mostly from Tunisia.
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As the battle for Libya continues, thousands flee towards the Egyptian border.
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In a rocky valley at the northern tip of Lebanon , three generations of a Syrian farming family cluster around a small gas heater in the derelict schoolhouse that has become their refuge.
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Thousands of refugees fleeing the escalating violence in Syria are seeking shelter in Libya, a country still recovering from its own civil war.
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WADI KHALED, Lebanon (Reuters) - On the last Muslim holiday in August, 10-year-old Sindous fled on foot with her family from the shelling and bloodshed in Syria's town of Tel Kalakh, where her father was...
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Europe must face the human consequences of the war it waged in Libya and accept stranded and fleeing refugees.
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Around 62 people have been killed across Syria as thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in several cities, reports say.
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Young activists and dissidents are trying to disseminate news from outside Syria, but they may not be safer because of the reach of Syria’s secret police.
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Ben Gardane, Tunisia - On the outskirts of Ben Gardane, a small Tunisian town 30 kilometres from the Libyan border, shops and warehouses are piled high with mattresses, rugs, tracksuits and dresses.
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