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‘Afghan Girl’ From 1985 National Geographic Cover Takes Refuge in Italy
Sharbat Gula, who became an international symbol of war-torn Afghanistan after her portrait at a refugee camp was published on…
Fresh Violence in Darfur Adds to Sudan’s Crises
NAIROBI, Kenya — Dozens of people have been killed and their villages burned in inter-communal violence in Sudan’s West Darfur…
For Afghan Refugees, a Choice Between Community and Opportunity
FREMONT, Ca. — Harris Mojadedi’s parents fled Afghanistan’s communist revolution four decades ago and arrived as refugees in this San…
Australian Minister Wins Defamation Case Over Tweet
The case’s outcome was not unheard-of in a country with notoriously strict defamation laws, but it was unusual that the…
Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners
RUKLA, Lithuania — The emigrants hitchhiked overnight to the Dysna River, the border of their native Belarus. They thought they…