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U.N. warns of 'slaughter of innocents' in Syrian refugee camp

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – United Nations officials warned on Wednesday of a potential “slaughter of innocents” unless aid and assistance reached a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria where thousands of civilians are trapped up in a vicious battle. Some 18,000 civilians, including 3,500 children, are caught in the camp outside Damascus just a few miles from President Bashar al-Assad’s palace. The Yarmouk camp, which was home

Liberia names new health minister as it seeks to beat Ebola

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has named new ministers for health and education as her government seeks to bring an end to the Ebola outbreak in the West African country and focus on reconstruction. Sirleaf promoted Bernice Dahn to be the new minister of health after she won plaudits for her role in tackling the Ebola outbreak in Liberia as chief medical officer. More than 10,450 people have succumbed to

Rural Women Access Early Cancer Screening in Turkey

Cross-posted from UN Women“I would not have found the opportunity to even go ,” says 65-year-old Ümmügül, from a farming family in the village of Hamamkarahisar, located an hour away from Eskişehir – a central Anatolian city in Turkey. She is one of the 659 rural women living on…