U.N. alerts Iraqi refugees in Syria via text message
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The U.N. refugee agency is  alerting more than 33,000 vulnerable Iraqi refugees in Damascus  through text messages on cell phones, which many of them use to  keep in touch with family and friends.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on a   mission to calm violence in the Middle East, holds talks in   Jordan on Thursday before going to Syria to seek its help in   bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that countries involved in the Iraq war have a "moral obligation to do more" to accommodate the growing number of Iraqis fleeing their homeland.
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The United Nations announced Wednesday that it was expanding its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Erbil in the Kurdish north and Basra in the south
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BAGHDAD -- The foreign ministers of Iraq and Syria formally announced the resumption of diplomatic relations yesterday, with pledges to strengthen communication and security between the two neighbors.
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At least 1,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes each day because of violence and insecurity Â a figure that could increase with threats of cross-border attacks into northern Iraq, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
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The U.N. refugee agency appealed Tuesday for additional money to help millions displaced by violence in Darfur as Sudanese, African and U.
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Angelina Jolie brought her star power to Baghdad on Thursday on a mission as a U.N. goodwill ambassador to highlight the plight of Iraqi refugees.
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The UN marks World Refugee Day with a warning that the number of displaced people worldwide is rising.
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The U.N. secretary-general called Wednesday for an end to "foreign interference" that has exacerbated Lebanon's political crisis and said he had received more information that Syria was involved in sending weapons and fighters across the border.
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A quarter of a million Iraqis have fled   their homes and registered as refugees in the past seven   months, data released on Thursday showed, amid an upsurge in   violence that has accompanied the Ramadan holy month.
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A US-drafted resolution telling Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and warning against foreign interference in Beirut&#39;s presidential election has squeaked through the UN Security Council.
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30 December 2004 - With the United Nations health agency warning that up to 5 million people in Southeast Asia are without basic services after Sunday&#39;s devastating tsunami, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today chaired a top level emergency meeting to
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The United Nations Security Council has called on Syria to pull its remaining 14,000 troops out of Lebanon. In a unanimously passed declaration, it demanded that Syria respect Lebanon&#39;s &quot;territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence&quot;.
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22 December 2004 - As his top envoy continued meetings with Iraqi officials in Baghdad ahead of elections scheduled for 30 January, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Iraqi people &quot;have a chance for the first time in a long
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Monday Iraq was in danger of descending into civil war, as   insurgents killed more than 30 people in a fresh wave of bomb   attacks ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Hollywood star and humanitarian  activist Angelina Jolie appealed on Thursday for more  international help for the millions of Iraqis displaced  internally and abroad, U.N. officials said.