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<title>Demand for action on Iraq refugee crisis</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83844</link>
<description>States that participated in the US-led invasion of Iraq should take steps to alleviate the suffering of the 4.7 million people displaced by the conflict and must stop sending people back as the country is unsafe, says Amnesty International.</description>
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<title>A Road with No Return</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83501</link>
<description>Through the stories of the Rabban and Karana families, Adam Doster relates the immense difficulties facing Iraqi refugees -- including the few who manage to receive asylum in the United States.</description>
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<title>Arab Voices on AIDS Discrimination</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83482</link>
<description>Bloggers from Bahrain, Jordan, and Palestine voice their opinions on the prejudices surrounding HIV/AIDS in the Arab world and the criminalization of the disease in some countries of the region.</description>
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<title>What Petraeus Didn't Tell You [video]</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83408</link>
<description>While General Petraeus and the American Ambassador to Iraq testified recently about security improvements and a decrease in violence in Iraq, they failed to mention the almost 5 million Iraqis displaced by the war. Jamal Dajani reports.</description>
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<title>Back to School for Some Iraqi Refugees [photoessay]</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82755</link>
<description>Although Jordan opened its schools to Iraqi students last August, many refugee youth struggle to study and live normal lives as their families remain mired in poverty.</description>
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<title>UN Urged to 'Fully Engage' in Iraqi Refugee Crisis</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79609</link>
<description>Although the UN's refugee office has recently amplified its efforts, a U.S.-based group is insisting that other UN agencies have yet to respond adequately to the Iraqi refugee crisis and must do so promptly.</description>
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<title>Palestine, Israel Unite to Form No-Fruitfly-Zone</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77911</link>
<description>Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority have united in their fight against the Mediterranean fruit fly, one of the world's most destructive agricultural pests.</description>
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<title>Still No Info on Terror War's 'Ghost Detainees'</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/138219/1/</link>
<description>SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 23 (OneWorld) - The human rights group Amnesty International is appealing decisions by the United States government to withhold as secret information detailing the incarceration of so-called ghost detainees as part of the Bush administration's self-styled &quot;war on terror.&quot;</description>
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<title>Vanishing Jordan river needs global rescue effort</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72219</link>
<description>The Jordan river is dying and Jordanian and Israeli governments are failing to come to its aid, according to local officials and environmentalists from both sides of the revered river.</description>
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<title>Jordan-US summit urged to tackle torture</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70325</link>
<description>King Abdullah needs to root out continuing serious rights abuses in Jordan, a leading rights group urged ahead of his meeting with US President George Bush.</description>
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<title>The Media's Role in Global Development</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68452</link>
<description>The inaugural Global Forum for Media Development addressed the issues facing media professionals and highlighted the role independent media plays in political and economic development. This year's event, in Amman, Jordan, drew over six hundred journalists and media experts from nearly 100 countries.</description>
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<title>UNESCO supports global forum for media development</title>
<link>http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/118301/1/</link>
<description>Over 300 media professionals from all over the world will gather on 1-3 October 2005 in Amman, Jordan, at the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the media development sector.</description>
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<title>Torture risk 'makes UK deportations to Jordan illegal' </title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/67487</link>
<description>Britain cannot deport security suspects to Jordan without violating the international prohibition against sending people to countries where they face a serious risk of torture, a leading international rights group said today.</description>
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<title>Jordon to host the World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters conference</title>
<link>http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/115881/1/</link>
<description>Jordan will be the first Arab country to host the World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters conference, expected to take place in the second half of 2006.</description>
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<title>Jordan assurances 'not worth the paper they are written on'</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/67011</link>
<description>An agreement under which the UK will be able to deport Jordanian nationals on the understanding that they will not be tortured or ill-treated is not worth the paper it is written on, warned Amnesty International.</description>
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