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"Piles Of Bodies, Blood Everywhere": Red Cross Chief In Rafah Recounts Shelling Horror
A senior Red Cross official in Gaza on Saturday told reporters of the horrific scenes after an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip.
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Trucks Carrying Aid Start Entering Gaza Through Rafah Border From Egypt
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egypt into war-torn and besieged Gaza started passing through the Rafah border crossing Saturday, a security source and an Egyptian Red Crescent official told AFP.
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Russian Strikes Hit Red Cross Building In Mariupol: Ukraine
Russian forces struck a Red Cross facility in the besieged and destroyed southern Ukraine port city of Mariupol, Kyiv said Wednesday, where officials have warned of an unfolding humanitarian disaster.
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Tamil Nadu Opens Mullaperiyar Dam, Kerala's Idukki On High Alert: Report
The shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, operated by Tamil Nadu, were raised on Friday morning as the water level in the reservoir crossed 138 ft, Kerala government officials said in Idukki.
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President Asks Governors To Engage Religious Bodies To Fight Coronavirus
President Ram Nath Kovind Friday asked governors and lieutenant governors (LGs) of states and union territories to rope in volunteers from the Red Cross and other religious organisations to contain the spread of coronavirus "at the earliest", an official spokesman said.
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Indonesia Earthquake Death Toll Rises To 164, At Least 1400 Injured
The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 160, an official said on Thursday, as authorities urgently appealed for medicine, food and clean water for some 156,000 people displaced by the disaster.
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Unable To Escape, Families Die In Embrace As Greece Wildfire Kills 60
Wildfires sweeping through a Greek resort town killed at least 60 people, officials said, including families with children found clasped in a last embrace as they tried to flee the flames.
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Red Cross Admits $6 Million Fraud During Ebola Crisis
The Red Cross has uncovered several cases of fraud by officials during efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014-2016, estimating losses of $6 million (5.2 million euros).
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6 Red Cross Staff Killed, 2 Missing In Afghanistan
Suspected ISIS gunmen killed six Afghan employees of the Red Cross delivering relief supplies in snowbound northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the dangers faced by aid workers in the war-battered country.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Frees 21 Kidnapped Chibok Girls After 2 And A Half Years
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.
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Women's Hostel Warden Allege Assault By Red Cross Secretary
A warden of Red Cross working women hotel today alleged that she was assaulted by an official of her organisation and police personnel during the Republic Day function here attended by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
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Tunisian Woman Working for Red Cross in Yemen Kidnapped in Capital: Local Officials
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Tunisian woman working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen as she was leaving home for work in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, the ICRC and local officials said.
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South Korea Officials Cross into North Korea Ahead of Family Reunion
South Korea sent advance teams into North Korea today ahead of next week's rare reunion for families separated by the Korean War a hugely emotional event that walks an unsteady diplomatic tightrope.
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Fires in US State of Washington Largest in its History
A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.
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Rescuers in Myanmar Struggle to Reach Flood-Hit Areas, Toll Seen Rising
A death toll of 27 from flooding across Myanmar was expected to rise as rescue workers struggled on today to reach some of the hardest-hit and most remote inundated areas, officials said.
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"Piles Of Bodies, Blood Everywhere": Red Cross Chief In Rafah Recounts Shelling Horror
A senior Red Cross official in Gaza on Saturday told reporters of the horrific scenes after an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip.
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Trucks Carrying Aid Start Entering Gaza Through Rafah Border From Egypt
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egypt into war-torn and besieged Gaza started passing through the Rafah border crossing Saturday, a security source and an Egyptian Red Crescent official told AFP.
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Russian Strikes Hit Red Cross Building In Mariupol: Ukraine
Russian forces struck a Red Cross facility in the besieged and destroyed southern Ukraine port city of Mariupol, Kyiv said Wednesday, where officials have warned of an unfolding humanitarian disaster.
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Tamil Nadu Opens Mullaperiyar Dam, Kerala's Idukki On High Alert: Report
The shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, operated by Tamil Nadu, were raised on Friday morning as the water level in the reservoir crossed 138 ft, Kerala government officials said in Idukki.
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President Asks Governors To Engage Religious Bodies To Fight Coronavirus
President Ram Nath Kovind Friday asked governors and lieutenant governors (LGs) of states and union territories to rope in volunteers from the Red Cross and other religious organisations to contain the spread of coronavirus "at the earliest", an official spokesman said.
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Indonesia Earthquake Death Toll Rises To 164, At Least 1400 Injured
The death toll from a devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has risen above 160, an official said on Thursday, as authorities urgently appealed for medicine, food and clean water for some 156,000 people displaced by the disaster.
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Unable To Escape, Families Die In Embrace As Greece Wildfire Kills 60
Wildfires sweeping through a Greek resort town killed at least 60 people, officials said, including families with children found clasped in a last embrace as they tried to flee the flames.
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Red Cross Admits $6 Million Fraud During Ebola Crisis
The Red Cross has uncovered several cases of fraud by officials during efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014-2016, estimating losses of $6 million (5.2 million euros).
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6 Red Cross Staff Killed, 2 Missing In Afghanistan
Suspected ISIS gunmen killed six Afghan employees of the Red Cross delivering relief supplies in snowbound northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the dangers faced by aid workers in the war-battered country.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Frees 21 Kidnapped Chibok Girls After 2 And A Half Years
Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.
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Women's Hostel Warden Allege Assault By Red Cross Secretary
A warden of Red Cross working women hotel today alleged that she was assaulted by an official of her organisation and police personnel during the Republic Day function here attended by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
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Tunisian Woman Working for Red Cross in Yemen Kidnapped in Capital: Local Officials
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Tunisian woman working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen as she was leaving home for work in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, the ICRC and local officials said.
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South Korea Officials Cross into North Korea Ahead of Family Reunion
South Korea sent advance teams into North Korea today ahead of next week's rare reunion for families separated by the Korean War a hugely emotional event that walks an unsteady diplomatic tightrope.
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Fires in US State of Washington Largest in its History
A group of wildfires blazing in the western US state of Washington have become the largest in the state's history, and 2015 has become the state's worst fire year on record, officials said on Monday.
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Rescuers in Myanmar Struggle to Reach Flood-Hit Areas, Toll Seen Rising
A death toll of 27 from flooding across Myanmar was expected to rise as rescue workers struggled on today to reach some of the hardest-hit and most remote inundated areas, officials said.
