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Aid group: Somalia in worst crisis in 10 years
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Parliament's lower house passed a nonbinding motion Tuesday allowing U.S. military deserters and their families to stay in Canada, but the Conservative government was likely to ignore the vote. (article 1)
In a report to the U.N. Security Council, Luis Moreno-Ocampo says evidence links "high officials" in the Sudanese government to many attacks in Darfur. (article 1)
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somalia is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in a decade, and the situation is deteriorating, an international aid agency said Wednesday. (article 2)
On Tuesday, a group representing a range of Somali organizations warned members from the U.N. Security Council of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Somalia. (article 2)
(CNN) Somalia is facing life-threatening food and water shortages leaving millions at risk for starvation, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday. (article 3)
" The Somali people are going through unbearable hardship said Pascal Hundt in a written statement. (article 3)
Somalia's last severe famine was from 1991-1993, which swept through the nation devastating crops, killing between 240,000 to 280,000 people and displacing up to 2 million, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (article 3)
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Somalia, Ethiopian, humanitarian, ICRC, Hundt |
Source articles
- Nonbinding motion allows U.S. military deserters asylum in Canada (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 515 words)
- Aid group: Somalia in worst crisis in 10 years (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 498 words)
- Red Cross: Somalia facing severe famine (CNN, 06/04/2008, 356 words)
- Navies to tackle Somali pirates (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 534 words)
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