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The wait is on, U.S.'s tough policies hindering Iraqi refugee's resettlements
Sep 4 2007, Swati S

‘Worked for U.S.’ is a tag for which Iraqi’s are living under a constant fear and also facing exterminations. Their only hope is an escape to U.S. which was promised by the government with a statement earlier this year that promised taking more Iraqi...

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While on a two-day trip to access the U.S.humanitarian response to the situation in Georgia, USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore met with President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi. (8/21/08). (PRNewsFoto/U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, US...

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