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 |  | Security Concerns Prevent Aid from Entering Iraqi Cities Frustrated, relief agencies continue to stand at the borders of Iraq as violence and insecurity within the country keep them from entering. World Vision has planned to distribute food and relief supplies including clothes, blankets and hygiene kits in the northern governate of Nineveh, whose capital city, Mosul has seen weeks of violent clashes between coalition forces and the diverse Iraqi population there. Read more... | 
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| Congress Passes Law to Stop Sale of Conflict Diamonds April 8 and 10, the United States House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively passed a law that prohibits the import of what aid organizations have long called “conflict” or “blood” diamonds. The Clean Diamonds Trade Act culminates a three-year effort by the Campaign to Eliminate Conflict Diamonds, comprised of some 150 human rights, humanitarian and faith-based organizations in partnership with a bi-partisan alliance of Members of Congress. Read more... | |||
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 | Aid Groups Work to Curb Violence, Exploitation on Streets, but Much Work Remains Guatemala City has long been deemed a dangerous place for kids. Thousands are homeless and must scrape by – begging, scavenging for food, sleeping in doorways. It’s a culture of victims and, increasingly, one of violence. Read more... | ||
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