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Imposing a no-fly zone over Syria creates complex challenges from a humanitarian point of view, a former humanitarian official from the United Nations said.
A medical logistics support contract has been awarded to AAR Defense Systems and Logistics by the U.S. Army.
A man was injured by an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound he sustained during a showing of the movie "The Bourne Legacy" in Sparks, Nev., police said.
The unevenness of aid reaching post-earthquake Haiti weakens confidence in the United Nations' ability to deliver relief, the organization's relief chief said.
Major concerns remain over the distribution of food aid despite steady progress in Haiti earthquake recovery efforts, United Nations officials say.
The U.N. humanitarian chief said more than half the number of Tamils in northern Sri Lanka who were in refugee camps have now left them.
A United Nations humanitarian official Friday urged donors to increase their contributions to aid Yemenis displaced by an armed conflict.
Donors to United Nations humanitarian programs have given $4.6 billion so far this year, but it's only half of what's needed, U.N. officials say.
John Holmes, the humanitarian chief for the United Nations, says Sudan is prepared to welcome back four aid agencies it expelled from Darfur.
A spike in rebel violence in the east of Congo drew condemnation Thursday from a top U.N. official who called for protection of civilians.
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