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December 20, 2012 - 
KVOA.com
Refugee Family Separated for 13 Years Reunited in Tucson

TUCSON - Oppression in Ethiopia, imprisonment, years in a refugee camp, and a family torn apart. It all happened to one refugee, his one Christmas wish, to be reunited, with his wife and son.

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December 15, 2012 - 
My Fox Phoenix
Bus full of holiday gifts delivered to refugee families

A bright red double-decker bus delivered holiday gifts to refugee families on Saturday. With the help of London Bus Company, the International Rescue Committee assembled more than 30 volunteers to load and deliver gifts to refugees.

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December 14, 2012 - 
The Guardian
A Life in Exile: How it Feels to Be a Refugee

Targeted by death squads, raped by soldiers, tortured by the state: around the world, more than 40 million people have been forced out of their homes. Here are some of their stories.

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December 13, 2012 - 
AZFamily
Phoenix garden helps refugees set down roots

PHOENIX -- For generations it has been the promise of America ... the streets are paved with gold. At one of the busiest intersections in Phoenix, it is not gold but green that is holding out the promise of a better life.

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December 6, 2012 - 
New York Times
Gifts That Change Lives

For $52 you can buy your uncle something more meaningful than a necktie: send an Afghan girl to school for a year in his name, through the International Rescue Committee (rescue.org). 

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December 3, 2012 - 
The Hill
Don't let foreign aid fall off the fiscal cliff

With the presidential election behind us, attention has turned to the impending “fiscal cliff”. By New Year’s Day, the Obama Administration and Congress must identify $1.2 trillion in savings between spending cuts, revenue increases and entitlement reform. Otherwise, most federal programs will be cut by a staggering 8.2 percent.

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December 3, 2012 - 
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City looks at funding ‘incubator kitchen’ for immigrant chefs

Global Kitchen Alliance readies newcomers for business, American-style.

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November 28, 2012 - 
KPBS
Tutoring Refugee Students And Their Parents

SAN DIEGO — The school day was over at Marshall Elementary in City Heights and the campus was quiet, except for the clamor coming from about two dozen students filling one of the portable trailers at the far back corner of campus.

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