Calls for Egyptian government to stop using lethal force against unarmed migrants entering Israel through Sinai border
International donors fail to respond to $16 million UNHCR appeal; refugee agency says conflict-ridden country on razor's edge
Mottaki says Tehran not averse to exchanging low-enriched uranium for high-grade fuel to be used in a medical reactor
UN Conference on Trade and Development is calling for the sustainable use of natural resources
Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters says more than 780,000 people were killed in nearly 4,000 disasters
United Nations report says such practices cannot be justified under any circumstances
UN also appealing to donors to convert pledges of money into cash
Davos Forum also plans to deal with aftermath of Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
UN refugee agency says more than 60,000 people in Somalia have fled their homes since beginning of year
Senior WHO Official warns people are putting their health and lives at risk by not getting vaccinated
IFRCS says immediate concern is to get emergency aid to survivors, provide clean water to reduce risk of disease
UN reports about 10 percent of housing in Port-au-Prince destroyed, but says full assessment of damages will take several days
Navi Pillay says bill is draconian and in breach of international human rights standards
Refugees fled ethnic conflict in remote Equateur province in northwest DRC in November
UN reports electricity has been cut off, communications difficult, bridges knocked out, hospitals, care facilities damaged or destroyed
Country is first in group of developing countries to receive H1N1 vaccine donations
World Health Organization Director-General says vulnerable populations in developing countries will suffer most
Groups say recent reports of atrocities committed in DRC confirm need for continued monitoring of country's human rights record
ILO report says more than 40-million people could drop out of the labor market
Country facing a peak in its 18 years of humanitarian crisis
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