UAE to set up camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan
September 4th, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Sep 3 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will establish a camp for Syrian refugees at Jordan's Mafraq city.This was announced by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman ... Read more...
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UAE delivers aid for Libyan schools
September 2nd, 2012 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Sep 1 (IANS/WAM) About 20 tonnes of stationery, school bags, and clothes for displaced students have been delivered by the UAE's Red Crescent Authority (RCA) to the Libyan ... Read more...
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UAE helps Syrian girl get medical treatment
August 28th, 2012 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Amman, Aug 27 (IANS/WAM) Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Authority, has ordered treatment of a four-month-old Syrian refugee girl who requires a ... Read more...
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UAE volunteers celebrate Eid with Syrian refugees
August 20th, 2012 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 20 (IANS/WAM) Volunteers from the UAE celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with displaced Syrians living in refugee camps in Jordan.The volunteers, sent by the Zayed Giving Initiative, organised various events ... Read more...
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UAE mobile hospital treats Syrian refugees in Jordan
August 20th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 19 (IANS/WAM) The Emirates World Mobile Humanitarian Hospital has begun providing treatment free of charge to Syrian refugee patients in camps in Jordan.A team of 70 UAE ... Read more...
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UAE charities help Myanmar refugees in Thailand
August 10th, 2012 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Aug 9 (IANS) Food, clothes and 34 tonnes of dates donated by UAE charities have been distributed to displaced Myanmar Muslims in Thailand.The effort is aimed at helping the ... Read more...
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UN observer mission pulls out of Syria’s Aleppo
August 8th, 2012 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, Aug 7 (IANS) The UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) has temporarily relocated its teams from the restive northern province of Aleppo due to the deteriorating security situation, Xinhua ... Read more...
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UAE embassy in Australia holds iftar
August 5th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Gold Coast, Aug 4 (IANS/WAM) The UAE embassy in Australia organised an iftar banquet for 1,500 Muslims in Queensland's Gold Coast city.The iftar was held Friday in coordination with the ... Read more...
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UAE distributes food for Iftar in Senegal, Nigeria
July 20th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 20 (IANS/WAM) The UAE's embassies in Senegalese capital Dakar and Nigerian capital Abuja Friday distributed food baskets to destitute families to help them cook the Iftar meal ... Read more...
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30,000 Syrian refugees cross into Lebanon: UN
July 20th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, July 20 (IANS/AKI) Up to 30,000 Syrian refugees may have fled the conflict in their country and crossed into Lebanon, the UN agency for refugees said Friday.Melissa Fleming, chief ... Read more...
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UAE expands food aid programme in Yemen
July 19th, 2012 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, July 18 (IANS/WAM) The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) is expanding its food aid operations to needy people in three Yemeni governorates -- Al Mahwit, Hajjah, and Sana'a.It will ... Read more...
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UAE helping crisis-hit Yemen
July 1st, 2012 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Sana'a, July 1 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is providing assistance for the urgent humanitarian crisis across Yemen.The help is being provided following the directives of UAE President Sheikh ... Read more...
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UAE to launch campaign to raise donations for Yemen
June 21st, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, June 21 (IANS/WAM) A nationwide campaign to raise donations to counter food shortage in Yemen will be launched in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) June 29.The campaign will ... Read more...
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UAE group conducts 500 eye surgeries in Somalia
May 20th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, May 20 (IANS/WAM) An international team of ophthalmologists, sponsored by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Authority, have conducted eye surgeries for over 500 Somali patients.The RCA ... Read more...
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Pakistan hails UAE aid
May 4th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS/WAM) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has hailed the humanitarian efforts of UAE charity Red Crescent Authority (RCA) for flood victims in the country.He said the RCA ... Read more...
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Significant devastation in Syria’s Homs: UN official
March 9th, 2012 - 4:43 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, March 9 (IANS) Visiting UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos, has said the devastation in Syria's Homs city was "significant" and that she was "struck" by what ... Read more...
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Syria finds bodies of three slain foreign journalists
March 2nd, 2012 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, March 2 (IANS) Syrian authorities have found the bodies of the three slain foreign journalists, who were killed a week earlier in restive Baba Amr neighbourhood in Homs province, ... Read more...
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UAE helps 5,000 Somalians return
December 31st, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Dec 31 (IANS/WAM) Around 5,000 displaced Somalian villagers staying at a camp of around 30,000 people in the capital Mogadishu have been repatriated to their villages by the ... Read more...
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UAE sends aid to Turkey
December 16th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Dec 15 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has dispatched a cargo plane carrying relief materials for the people affected by a recent earthquake in Turkey.At least 596 ... Read more...
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Seven killed as magnitude-5.6 quake hits Turkey
November 10th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, Nov 10 (IANS) Seven people were killed and 23 injured after a quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit eastern Turkey, the government said Thursday.
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UAE builds hospital in Somalia
November 9th, 2011 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Nov 9 (IANS/WAM) A hospital for women and children built by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Somali capital Mogadishu will be completed soon, officials said.The al-Hanan Hospital ... Read more...
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UAE’s RCA distributes sacrificial animals in Syria
November 7th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, Nov 7 (IANS/WAM) The Red Crescent Authority (RCA), in coordination with the UAE Embassy in Damascus, distributed sacrificial animals here on Eid-ul-Zuha Monday.UAE's leading charity organisation, the RCA's programme ... Read more...
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Turkey quake death toll surpasses 600
October 31st, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by BNO News
VAN, TURKEY (BNO NEWS) -- The death toll as a result of a powerful earthquake which devastated eastern Turkey earlier this month has surpassed 600, officials said on Monday. It is feared ... Read more...
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Turkey quake toll reaches 279
October 25th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Ankara, Oct 24 (IANS) Hundreds of people are still believed to be buried under the rubble as the toll in Sunday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey rose to ... Read more...
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1,000 feared killed as major quake jolts Turkey
October 23rd, 2011 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, Oct 23 (IANS) About 1,000 people may have died in the 7.3-magnitude quake which hit Turkey's southeastern province of Van Sunday, an official said.
The magnitude-7.3 quake's epicentre, with a ... Read more...
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Pact signed to sponsor 5,000 Indonesian orphans
October 22nd, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Oct 21 (IANS/WAM) The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has signed an agreement with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to jointly sponsor 5,000 Indonesian children orphaned by ... Read more...
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Tripoli hospitals suffering shortage of medical supplies
August 25th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Aug 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hospitals in the Libyan capital Tripoli are experiencing a critical lack of medical supplies, the al-Ahram website said Thursday.The hospitals are in dire need of ... Read more...
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Iftar hosted for 35 orphans in UAE
August 19th, 2011 - 1:42 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 18 (IANS/WAM) An Iftar was hosted Thursday for 35 orphans in collaboration with Action Care Organisation and the UAE Red Crescent Authority at the Emirates Palace ... Read more...
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UAE sends 40 tonnes of food to famine-hit Somalia
August 14th, 2011 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 13 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates Red Crescent (UAERC) has dispatched to a number of camps in Somalia nearly 40 tonnes of essential food supplies sufficient for ... Read more...
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UAE launches relief programme in Somalia
July 31st, 2011 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Mogadishu, July 30 (IANS/WAM) The UAE Saturday launched first phase of an urgent massive humanitarian programme to assist victims of drought in the Horn of Africa, especially SomaliaThe UAE relief ... Read more...
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UAE charities seek to expedite Somalia relief efforts
July 25th, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 24 (IANS/WAM) The charities in the UAE Sunday discussed plans to jointly coordinate and expedite the relief efforts in famine-hit Somalia.The meeting was held at the Red ... Read more...
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500,000 Libyans fed by UN food organisation
July 6th, 2011 - 9:48 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 6 (IANS/AKI) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed 6,000 tonnes of emergency food aid to over 500,000 people in conflict-hit Libya over the past four months, ... Read more...
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UAE sends relief material for displaced Libyans
May 21st, 2011 - 1:54 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, May 21 (IANS/WAM) A United Arab Emirates plane left for Tunisia Friday with relief material for displaced Libyan citizens who have taken refuge in that country.The 38-tonnes of ... Read more...
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UAE charity steps up humanitarian efforts in Pakistan
April 23rd, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS/WAM) The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) Friday stepped up its humanitarian operations to help the flood-affected people in Pakistan's Balochistan province.It distributed food supplies among 6,000 ... Read more...
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UAE begins new humanitarian mission in Pakistan
April 17th, 2011 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, April 17 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started its new humanitarian programme in Pakistan to help people affected by the floods which hit the country last August.The ... Read more...
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