Tag: syrian-arab
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U.N. says poised for huge Syria aid effort, if the door opens
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations is ready for a huge aid effort if the warring Syria parties stop fighting, but even then aid workers will proceed carefully and assess the safety of each delivery, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday. “We are now standing by, our warehouses are full of aid…
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Five starve, dozens more at risk, in Syria’s besieged Madaya: U.N.
Five people have starved to death in the last week in the Syrian town of Madaya, where a single biscuit sells for $15 and baby milk costs $313 per kilo, despite two emergency United Nations aid deliveries to the besieged town, a UN report said. Dozens more people need immediate specialized medical care outside Madaya…
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Breed-your-own insect ‘revolution’ for the kitchen
Katharina Unger and Julia Kaisinger, 25 and 28, have developed a device to breed in the comfort of your own home the protein-rich grubs of the meal beetle, to then eat. “The first step is mentally to get over the fact that you are eating an insect.
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Several wounded in Turkey as mortar hits school near Syria border
Several people were wounded and at least one feared killed after a mortar shell which appeared to have been fired from Syria struck a school in Turkey’s southeastern border province of Kilis, security sources and local media reports said. Footage broadcast on the website of the Hurriyet newspaper showed what appeared to be a body…
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Sanders lashes out at Clinton in contentious Democratic debate
By John Whitesides and Amanda Becker CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Democratic White House candidate Bernie Sanders went on the offensive against front-runner Hillary Clinton on Sunday in the most contentious of their four presidential debates, accusing her of cozying up to Wall Street and misrepresenting his stance on healthcare and guns. Reflecting Sanders' rise in…