New floods at Kenyan refugee camps as US military airdrops begin
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Fresh rains have caused new flooding in northeast Kenya, compounding the misery of stricken Somali refugees at United Nations camps, the UN has said, as the US military began aid air drops.
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Kenyans across the political divide prayed for peace on Sunday while aid workers sought to bring relief to an estimated 250,000 refugees from post-election violence that has killed hundreds.
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At least seven children have been killed in flood-related incidents across Kenya, where aid agencies are scrambling to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by torrential rains, police said.
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US troops and relief workers airdropped more food to the millions of people left homeless and hungry from Asia's tsunami disaster, as the death toll from the tragedy crept towards 150,000.
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Frictions between US diplomats and military officials add to on-the-ground woes as surge begins.
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Floods from a week of storms in the US Midwest swamp thousands of homes and cause power blackouts.
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United Nations officials report security breaches in internally displaced people and refugee camps in Sudan&#39;s embattled Darfur region and neighboring Chad.
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US troops have begun a new offensive to hunt Taliban and al-Qaeda militants through the harsh Afghan winter, aiming to sap their strength ahead of planned spring elections, the American military said today.
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The United States expects to provide an initial 15 million dollars in aid for victims of a devastating Tsunami in Asia and has already released 400,000 dollars, a top US aid official said.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Substantial help finally  began reaching refugees in Indonesia's devastated Aceh province  Saturday, and the U.S. military arrived in force to speed the  flow of critically needed aid.
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Fresh fighting between the Army and Tutsi rebels has prompted new camps of displaced persons to spring up suddenly in the past three weeks, taxing efforts of relief workers to provide food and adequate shelter.
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More rains are on the way across Africa - and already more than a million people across a swathe of 17 countries already suffering the effects of severe floods.
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Heavy rains and fresh floods disrupted aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on Sunday as the U.N. refugee agency started a 400-ton airlift as part of a &#36;2 billion relief operation to save millions struggling to survive.
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The United States dispatched disaster teams Monday and prepared an initial &#36;15 million aid package to the Asian countries hit by a massive earthquake and tsunamis. U.S. officials were seeking to contact hundreds of Americans who remain unaccounted for in the region.
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Heavy rains and fresh floods disrupted  aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on Sunday as the U.N.  refugee agency started a 400-tonairlift as part of a $2 billion  relief operation to save millions struggling to survive.
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A boat ride with emergency workers Tuesday revealed the hardships residents are suffering five days after torrential rains unleashed floodwaters that have killed 44 people and chased hundreds of thousands from their homes in this city of 12 million.
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Temporary resumption of fuel and food shipments to territory comes amid warnings of humanitarian crisis