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Burned out by years of humanitarian-aid work, Freeman and Mila Lockhart have retreated to an idyllic Greek island.
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Thony Belizaire/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Health experts and humanitarian-aid groups have warned for months that the crowded conditions in which refugees live could spawn epidemics of deadly disease.
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U.S. officials have been in discussions with North Korea in recent weeks to renew humanitarian-aid shipments, but the State Department remains concerned that the assistance could be used by the military or Pyongyang's elite.
Washington's Chance to Push for Change Comes With Risk Jay Solomon 2011
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Haitian President René Préval has shown technical skill in improving governance during the last two years, but he has been invisible in the post-quake humanitarian-aid effort, which has damaged him politically.
After Reconstruction 2010
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They're Jewish Israelis singing "there's no people dying" about the Gaza humanitarian-aid flotilla, in which nine people were killed last Monday by Israeli commandos, and many others were shot.
Eileen Read: The Jerusalem Post Should Fire Caroline Glick for Making a Racist Video 2010
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News of the kidnapping spread quickly through the humanitarian-aid community in Haiti.
Kidnapped Aid Workers Released in Haiti Miriam Jordan 2010
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News of the kidnapping spread quickly through the humanitarian-aid community in Haiti.
Kidnapped Aid Workers Released in Haiti Miriam Jordan 2010
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"We've had large shipments in the past, but what makes this shipment so special is that it puts us over the 2 million mark," Matthew Asato, Buckner's humanitarian-aid manager, said in a video on the Shoes for Orphan Souls website.
Buckner's `Shoes for Orpan Souls' program collects 2 millionth pair | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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The Israeli military said it closed all crossings into Gaza in response to Tuesday's attack, leaving 180 humanitarian-aid trucks stranded at the border unable to enter that evening.
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Some 20 years ago, Didier Lefèvre, a French photographer with a background in biology, traveled to Afghanistan to document the work the humanitarian-aid group Doctors Without Borders was performing in the region.
Developing Story 2009
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