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June 10, 2004 | |||
| Grieving Families Begin to Rebuild from Flood Devastation Families on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola are emerging from the wreckage caused by last week’s floods, grieving the loss of loved ones and beginning to rebuild their lives Floods killed about 1,000 people in the Dominican Republic and another 2,000 in Haiti, which share the island. Read more... | |||
| Aid Workers Killed in Badghis Province Five staff members from the medical aid group Medicines Sans Frontiers were killed in Bagdis province in western Afghanistan Wednesday, June 2. The workers, two Afghan nationals and three European expatriates, were shot as they drove to their regional office. Read more... | |||
| Children Sponsored by World Vision Donors Killed, Hurt and Traumatized by Camp Attack A Palestinian child enrolled in World Vision’s sponsorship program was killed last week in the Rafah refugee camp during a peaceful protest that was dispersed by the Israeli military. Another sponsored child was critically injured during the incident. Read more... | |||
| Emergency Continues as Peace Plan Moves Forward Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki plans to launch the final phase of the Sudanese peace process Saturday in Nairobi, reports IRIN, the United Nations international news service. The launch follows the May 26 signing of three key protocols on power sharing by the Sudanese government and the rebel group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army. Read more... | |||
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