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Gaza: ICRC demands urgent access to wounded as Israeli army fails to assist wounded Palestinians
On the afternoon of 7 January, four Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and the ICRC managed to obtain access for the first time to several houses in the Zaytun neighbourhood of Gaza City that had been affected by Israeli shelling. The ICRC had requested safe passage for ambulances to access this neighbourhood since 3 January but it only received permission to do so from the Israel Defense Forces during the afternoon of 7 January.
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  8-1-2009
Somalia: ICRC boosts aid
Drought, floods and the effects of 17 years of armed violence and lawlessness have driven much of the Somali population into destitution. The ICRC has been providing hundreds of thousands of Somalis with food, water and other aid.  7-1-2009
Nepal: award-winning documentary spotlights plight of families of missing people
A documentary film entitled "The Wait Continues," produced by the Nepal delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was recently awarded a prize by the First South Asian Interactive Film Festival.  7-1-2009

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  22-12-2008
Georgia: victims of conflict hope for a brighter year ahead
  5-1-2009
DRC: uneasy calm settles on North Kivu, but humanitarian concern remains acute
  4-1-2009
Iraq: ICRC activities in behalf of Iranian nationals living in Ashraf
  23-12-2008
Somalia: surgeons save lives far from home
  5-1-2009
Zimbabwe: supporting health workers in the fight against cholera
  26-12-2008
Liberia: helping women move towards economic self-sufficiency
  28-11-2008

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  21-11-2008
Red Cross/Red Crescent Magazine: "The Movement and the armed forces" – Issue 3, 2008
As the 150th anniversary of the battle of Solferino approaches, the magazine takes a look at how the relationship between the Movement and the armed forces has evolved, notably through the lens of the conflict in Afghanistan. Also in this issue: a new order in Paraguay, helping in Georgia, today's Dunants – "Our world. Your move." and the story of an idea – in pictures.  22-12-2008
Panorama 08
Panorama 08 shows the horrendous toll that armed conflict inflicts – threatening lives and livelihoods, forcing people to flee their homes and separating families. This film highlights the ICRC’s work to assist victims of armed conflict and to promote international humanitarian law, ensuring that people trapped on the world’s frontlines are protected from harm.  21-11-2008
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