CAIRO Thursday, September 02, 2010 (IRIN) - Milad Nadim, 49, from Helwan city near the southern outskirts of greater Cairo, needs to be on the street by 6am daily to stand in a long queue for subsidized bread, or his children will go hungry. He says he often waits 3-4 hours to get the bread, but insists he has no option.
BAGHDAD Wednesday, September 01, 2010 (IRIN) - US President Barack Obama may have hailed the end of US combat operations in Iraq, but the seven-year war has left an indelible mark on many ordinary people who are still traumatized by the horrific things they experienced.
BEIRUT Monday, August 30, 2010 (IRIN) - Recent amendments to Lebanese law grant work permits to Palestinians in the private sector, and some welfare benefits, and are an important step in the right direction, according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), but many Palestinians say they fall short of what they had hoped for.
DHAMAR Sunday, August 29, 2010 (IRIN) - Many Yemeni children who accidentally killed their loved ones while playing with guns kept at home, flee immediately after the incident fearing punishment from their fathers. They become separated from their families and drop out of school.
DUBAI Thursday, August 26, 2010 (IRIN) - Here is an update to IRIN’s Arab aid to Pakistan in numbers report of 20 August:
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