The U.N. estimates there are about 8.4 million of these, including 1.9 million from Afghanistan
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General Trivia-:- Flash cards by cueFlash  The U.N. estimates there are about 8.4 million of these, including 1.9 million from Afghanistan. What are refugees? Future Michigan governor George Romney...
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Afghanistan: UN aid chief calls for scaled-up support to one million  Sep 7, 2016 ... Seeking $150 million for aid efforts in Afghanistan, the top United ... from their homes by the country's conflict, including roughly 245,000 this...
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UNHCR global refugee tally at 26-year low, but more internally ...  Jun 9, 2006 ... Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ... while the number of refugees dropped from 9.5 million in 2004 to 8.4 million last year, ... number of people living in refugee-like situations within their own countries. UNHCR now counts 6.6 million conflict-generated internally displaced...
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World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision, Key Findings and ...  United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population .... estimates, 2000-2015, and medium-variant projection, 2015-2100 ... projected to double in size from 954 million inhabitants in 2015 to 1.9 billion in ... Several countries are expected to see their populations decline by more than 15 ..... Afghanistan .
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United Nations and Afghanistan  Estimates of combat fatalities range between 700,000 and 1.3 million people. ... These provided for an end to foreign intervention in Afghanistan, and the USSR ... By 1990, there were 6.3 million civilians in exile -3.3 million in Pakistan and 3 .... It condemned attacks on UN personnel in Taliban-held areas, including the...
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SOUTHWEST ASIA - US Department of State  Southwest Asia. 234. Afghanistan. I. Summary. Narcotics production in Afghanistan hit historic highs in 2007 for the second straight year. Afghanistan grew 93...
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SovietAfghan War - Wikipedia  The SovietAfghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups ("the Mujahideen") fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces. Between 850,0002 million civilians were killed and millions of Afghans fled ... Soviet troops occupied the cities and main arteries of communication, while...
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Which six countries hold half the world's population? | Pew ...  Jul 11, 2014 ... According to U.N. data, half of the people around the globe (3.6 billion) live in just a half-dozen countries. China has the world's largest...
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Member states of NATO - Wikipedia  NATO is an international alliance that consists of 28 member states from North America and ... NATO has added new members six times since its founding in 1949, and since 2009 NATO has had 28 members. Twelve countries were part of the...
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Syria - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  Apr 13, 2016 ... The government routinely violated the human rights of its citizens as the country ... neighboring countries with more than 6.5 million persons displaced internally. ... The majority of disappearances reported by activists, human rights ... conflict, including 58,000 civilians and 7,000 members of armed groups.
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Countries by Population 2015 - StatisticsTimes.com  Apr 8, 2015 ... China is most populous country of the world with more than 1.40 ... and it is the only nation that has population below one thousand mark. ... and 2.8 million, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Indonesia is the 3rd, 4th and ... People's Republic of Korea, 25,026,588, 25,155,326, 128,738, Asia ..... 120, Ireland, 4,595,281.
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NATO - Topic: Member countries  Mar 10, 2016 ... In 1949, there were 12 founding members of the Alliance: Belgium, Canada, ... Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (2004), and Albania and Croatia (2009). ... Provision for enlargement is given by Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty. ... About member countries and their accession.
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Afghanistan, Kazakhstan  How many stans are there and what ...  Aug 24, 2010 ... It is found in the names of seven countries: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, ..... The land is divided among these 4 countries. .... Melanie - August 25, 2010 - 7:12 am .... So place names ending with 'thana' or 'than' also need to considered. ... etc etc,But Sthan/Stan (Suffix/word)its origin is from The world's Oldest...
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World Leaders Speak Out on Syria at the U.N.; Feds File ... - CNN.com  Sep 21, 2016 ... The A-list divorce taking almost everyone by surprise. ... We're talking about 275,000 people who have not received aid in weeks ... as a disgrace for the international community if we do not end it quickly. .... CNN's chief U.S. security correspondent Jim Sciutto reports. ..... It makes you happy, more cheerful.
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United Nations facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  United Nations (UN), international organization established immediately after World War II. ... In 1945, when the UN was founded, there were 51 members; 193 nations ... Other bodies that function as specialized agencies of the UN but are not ... the International Maritime Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the...
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Thinking big: scaling-up HIV-1 interventions in sub-Saharan Africa ...  Published: 30 October 1999 ... where they accounted for 18 million deaths in 1998, almost double the number of deaths from malaria and eight times that from...
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Kandahar Province - Wikipedia  Demographics[edit] ... A gathering of tribal leaders in Kandahar. The population of the province is about 1,151,100, which is...
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NATO - Member countries  Jun 30, 2016 ... NATO is an Alliance that consists of 28 independent member countries. Country by country, this page offers an overview of the links to national...
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Ethiopia - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  It is has more than 80 ethnic groups, each with its own language, and about 200 dialects, .... contribute 64 percent; and sheep, goats, chicken and camels provide the remainder. .... According to FAO (1984 a) rainfall in Ethiopia is generally correlated with altitude. ... Crop production is only along rivers (irrigated state farms).
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Afghanistan, Rep. of Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda ...  Emerging and Developing Economies. Afghanistan, Rep. of. Albania. Algeria. Angola. Antigua and. Barbuda. Argentina. Armenia. Azerbaijan. Bahamas, the.
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and ... - IPCC  1. List of IPCC Member Countries (195). Afghanistan. Albania. Algeria. Andorra. Angola. Antigua and Barbuda. Argentina. Armenia. Australia. Austria. Azerbaijan.