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April, 2012

April 30, 2012 - 
The Chronicle of Higher Education
28 College Leaders Pledge 5 Percent of Earnings to Fight Poverty

It was the fall of 2009 when the Rev. Ann. M. Svennungsen began reading a book that would change her life. Reverend Svennungsen, then president of Texas Lutheran University, was hardly the first person to be moved by Peter Singer's The Life You Can Save.

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April 25, 2012 - 
Celebrity Baby Scoop
Sarah Wayne Callies Raises Awareness For Refugees, Talks Motherhood

A strong advocate in raising awareness for worldwide refugees, Sarah Wayne Callies says she feels "privileged" to be a Voice for the International Rescue Committee's Wake Up Campaign.

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April 24, 2012 - 
CBS News
From tropical Burma to Syracuse, refugees adjust
(CBS News) We're a nation of immigrants. Most of our families came from somewhere else. Maybe that's why the United States accepts more refugees than all the other countries of the earth combined.
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April 22, 2012 - 
Philly.com
Worldview: U.S. must do more to help Iraqis who helped us

Long after the last U.S. soldier left Iraq, thousands of Iraqis who worked for our military and civilians are still living in dangerous limbo, waiting for promised U.

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April 21, 2012 - 
The Salt Lake Tribune
Refugee numbers drop by hundreds in Utah, thousands nationwide
Security » Tally falls by hundreds in Utah, thousands nationwide.
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April 20, 2012 - 
VOA News
NGOs Fight the Onslaught of Drought in Chad (in french)

The IRC's Felix Leger on the ongoing drought crisis in the Sahel region.

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April 18, 2012 - 
The Salt Lake Tribune
New garden sprouts in Holladay thanks to donations, volunteers

Community effort » Students and refugee families will plant, grow and harvest produce.

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April 18, 2012 - 
Deutsche Welle (EN)
Conflict Is the international community doing enough in Sudan?

Nine months after the separation of South Sudan from the north, the two sides are now involved in daily border skirmishes. The international community is doing little to help and the UN forces are also powerless.

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