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PICTURES-Darfur crisis deepens
23 Jun 2004 11:24:00 GMT
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A Sudanese refugee child sits among
cooking pots in camp set up around a
former school in El Genina, an arid area
in Sudan's western Darfur province in
this file photo taken on June 14, 2004
in a zone described as the world's worst
humanitarian crisis. United Nations is
marking on Sunday the World Refugee Day
with the theme 'A Place to Call Home' by
calling on countries to resettle
millions of refugees, especially from
Africa and Asia, and to break down
barriers that have sometimes led to a
hostile welcome. REUTERS/Arnold
Temple
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Sudanese refugees chant and play with
their children at the Kakma refugee camp
in an arid area in Sudan's northern
Darfur province in this file photo taken
on June 12, 2004. U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan plans to visit Sudan soon to
press Khartoum to do more to help the
people of its Darfur region caught up in
one of the world's worst humanitarian
crises, he said June 17, 2004. The World
is marking the International Refugee Day
on June 20.REUTERS/Arnold
Temple
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Sudanese refugees pump water from a well
into to their plastic jerry cans at Abu
Shouuk refugee camp in an arid area in
Sudan's northern Darfur province in this
file photo taken on June 11, 2004. U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to
visit Sudan soon to press Khartoum to do
more to help the people of its Darfur
region caught up in one of the world's
worst humanitarian crises, he said June
17, 2004. The World is marking the
International Refugee Day on June 20.
REUTERS/Arnold
Temple
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A Sudanese refugee woman washes dishes
at a refugee camp in El Genina, an arid
area in the western region of Darfur,
Sudan, June 14, 2004. United Nations is
marking World Refugee Day on Sunday and
said the number of refugees and others
entitled to help from the UN's refugee
agency fell 18 percent in 2003 to 17.1
million, the lowest figure in a decade.
Sudan, where government-backed Arab
militias have been accused of ethnic
cleansing in Darfur region, was one
exception to the trend, with the number
of refugees rising by around 100,000 to
over 600,000 last year. REUTERS/Arnold
Temple
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A Sudanese refugee child reaches for a
drug bottle as he sits in his mother's
lap at Mashtel refugee camp in an arid
area in Sudan's northern Darfur province
near the Sudan-Chad border in this file
photo taken on June 13, 2004. U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to
visit Sudan soon to press Khartoum to do
more to help the people of its Darfur
region caught up in one of the world's
worst humanitarian crises, he said June
17, 2004. The World is marking the
International Refugee Day on June 20.
REUTERS/Arnold
Temple
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Sudanese refugee women prepare a meal at
a refugee camp in El Genina, an arid
area in the western region of Darfur,
Sudan, June 14, 2004. United Nations is
marking World Refugee Day on Sunday and
said the number of refugees and others
entitled to help from the UN's refugee
agency fell 18 percent in 2003 to 17.1
million, the lowest figure in a decade.
Sudan, where government-backed Arab
militias have been accused of ethnic
cleansing in Darfur region, was one
exception to the trend, with the number
of refugees rising by around 100,000 to
over 600,000 last year. REUTERS/Arnold
Temple
REF: NAI02D
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The head of the U.N. children's charity
UNICEF, Carol Bellamy (2nd R), speaks
with a woman at a school compound at a
refugee camp in the town of Kass, some
80 km northwest of Nyala, the capital of
South Darfur, Sudan, June 13, 2004. Asma
Jahangir, the U.N. special rapporteur on
executions, said on Sunday she had '
credible information' that Sudanese
forces and government-backed militias
had carried out summary executions of
civilians in west Sudan. REUTERS/
HO
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A Sudanese refugee mother breastfeeds
her malnourished child at a refugee camp
set up near a school in El Genina, an
arid area in Sudan's northern Darfur
province in this file photo taken on
June 14, 2004. U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Annan plans to visit Sudan soon to
press Khartoum to do more to help the
people of its Darfur region caught up in
one of the world's worst humanitarian
crises, he said June 17, 2004. The World
is marking the International Refugee Day
on June 20. REUTERS/Arnold
Temple
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