The only rule is to be perched on heels at least eight centimetres (three inches) high -- the prize is boxes and boxes ...
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday signed a two million euro (three million dollar) reconstruction project for a Gaza hospital heavily damaged ...
Six non-governmental aid agencies have suspended operations in eastern Chad after the kidnapping of a Red Cross worker and a surge in attacks on relief agencies there, the UN said Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said ...
Moroccan troops have dumped a group of 34 Malian would-be migrants in the desert on the border with Mauritania, in an area known as "Kilometre 55", a security source said on Thursday. "They were turned away by Morocco two days ago. They ...
The international Red Cross on Thursday warned that the majority of the world's 26 million displaced people were often neglected because they found refuge with local communities instead of in camps. "The focus on camps means that what happens to the majority ...
Red Cross says displacement camps for people uprooted by conflict, disaster can cause problems Camps for people uprooted by natural disasters or armed conflict inside their own country can stir envy among locals and become a recruiting ground for armed groups, the ...
People signing holiday cards for troops, veterans, wounded soldiers on Veterans Day Dozens of volunteers and passers-by are stopping by an American Red Cross building on Veterans Day to sign holiday greetings cards for U.S soldiers around the world and veterans. The ...
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of two agency staff kidnapped in recent weeks in Sudan and neighbouring Chad. "We are asking for the immediate and unconditional release of ...
Red Cross chief calls for immediate, unconditional release of 2 workers kidnapped in Africa The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has called for the "immediate and unconditional release" of two staff members kidnapped in the African countries of ...
The Red Cross said on Tuesday that a French staff member was abducted last night by several armed men in eastern Chad, near the border with Sudan. "The incident occurred around 9:00 pm local time. The staff member, Laurent Maurice, an agronomist, ...
KILLEEN, TX - NOVEMBER 06: Beverly Jones, an American Red Cross volunteer signs a poster at an American Red Cross facility expressing prayers and thoughts to the victims of yesterday's shooting at Fort Hood on November 6, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. Hasan, ...
The Red Cross suspended its activities in the Indonesian province of Aceh for a day on Friday after one of its German workers was shot and wounded by gunmen on a motorbike. The international organisation decided on the shutdown after Thursday's shooting ...
