LEBANESE RED CROSS
The Lebanese Red Cross receives a shipment of medical supplies in Beirut on July 26, 2006. A Jordanian military plane arrived today also, bringing humanitarian supplies and a field hospital. (UPI Photo/Norbert Schiller)
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MANILA, Philippines, July 14 (UPI) -- A businessman involved in the negotiations said promises of water buffaloes convinced Philippines kidnappers to release a Red Cross hostage.
DIR, Pakistan, July 12 (UPI) -- The Red Cross and Red Crescent are assisting more than 350,000 people displaced by the crisis in Pakistan, the Red Cross said Saturday.
MANILA, Philippines, April 14 (UPI) -- Two International Committee of the Red Cross workers held hostage for three months have pleaded with Philippine authorities to help secure their release.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 19 (UPI) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross is working to reconnect separated families that have been displaced by the ongoing Sri Lankan military conflict.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- An International Committee of the Red Cross representative Friday said the humanitarian group will ferry wounded civilians out of a Sri Lankan combat zone.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross airlifted emergency aid to Madagascar on Friday in the wake of a surge in violence during anti-government protests.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Pakistani militants have kidnapped a Red Cross worker, apparently an American, in the country's restive Swat Valley region, local media reports said Wednesday.
TOKYO, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- After a 60-year hiatus, the International Committee of the Red Cross is resuming operations in Japan, the Geneva-based aid group said Tuesday.
MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Three Red Cross aid workers were abducted in the Philippines Thursday, officials said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The International Red Cross says that despite security improvements, Iraq's population still faces dire health risks due to poor infrastructure.
