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                    [Title] => British PM urges more aid to Syria refugees in Mideast
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British Prime Minister David Cameron urged the international community on yesterday to send more aid to Syrian refugees in host countries in the Middle East, as a way of stemming mass migration to Europe.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-14 16:18:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163274 [AuthorName] => Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1499680 [Title] => Syrian refugees' misery fuels desperation to reach Europe [Summary] =>

Both women fled Syria after their normal lives were destroyed in the country's civil war. Both are desperate to start a new life and see Europe as their best hope. But their fortunes are a world apart.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-13 15:48:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1497756 [Title] => Unseasonal sandstorm sweeps across Mideast [Summary] =>

An unseasonal sandstorm swept across the Mideast on yesterday, blanketing Beirut and Damascus, causing the deaths of at least five people and sending hundreds of others to hospitals with breathing difficulties, officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-08 16:18:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1738921 [AuthorName] => Sarah El Deeb [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1411735 [Title] => UN refugee agency races to help refugees endure storm across Middle East [Summary] =>

The staff of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has been working around the clock this week to help millions of refugees and internally displaced people endure a severe winter storm that has been sweeping across much of the Middle East, a UN spokesman told reporters here Friday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-10 22:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1398611 [Title] => Syrian refugees panic over UN food aid suspension [Summary] =>

Syrian refugees in Lebanon panicked yesterday over news that the United Nations suspended food aid to 1.7 million refugees due to lack of funds — a decision officials said threatens to starve thousands of families and add pressure on the already strained countries hosting them.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-03 05:18:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804699 [AuthorName] => Hussein Malla [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1369023 [Title] => Syrians attacked in Lebanon after soldiers killed [Summary] =>

Syrian refugee Ibrahim Abbas Ali and his family awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of gunfire outside their tent in Lebanon, and for a second time they raced off into the fields, fleeing a war that now seems to have followed them across the border.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-14 03:40:50 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163274 [AuthorName] => Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1351631 [Title] => Muslims mark end of Ramadan with Eid celebrations [Summary] =>

Millions of Muslims across the world celebrated the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday Monday, which marks the end of the monthlong fast of Ramadan.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-29 08:14:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155328 [AuthorName] => Aya Batrawy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1350901 [Title] => A driving desire [Summary] =>

Some people say that the  songs  you know reveal  your age. For me,  the lyrics of  old love songs  seem much  more romantic  and  poetic than the words of modern tunes, which often sing of making love and sex. To me modern raps are just full of noise – some rhythm and beat, but hardly any melody.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134282 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1679789 [AuthorName] => Rev. Fr. Benjamin Sim, S.J. [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1302283 [Title] => Lebanon sends army to Syria border as rebels flee [Summary] =>

The Lebanese army sent commandos to the tense border area with Syria on yesterday, bracing for another spillover of the conflict next door as Syrian rebels continued to flee into Lebanon after the fall of their stronghold to President Bashar Assad's forces.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-18 03:43:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1357085 [AuthorName] => Hussein Malla and Barbara Surk [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1294361 [Title] => Angelina Jolie visits Syrian children in Lebanon [Summary] =>

Actress and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Lebanon to draw attention to the challenges facing thousands of Syrian refugee children and to highlight the massive displacement Syria's three-year conflict has created, officials said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-25 06:07:34 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267260 [AuthorName] => Diaa Hadid [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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