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PICTURES-Darfur crisis deepens
23 Jun 2004 11:24:00 GMT
 

A Sudanese refugee child sits among cooking pots in camp set up around a former school in El Genina, an arid area in Sudan's western Darfur province in this file photo taken on June 14, 2004 in a zone described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. United Nations is marking on Sunday the World Refugee Day with the theme 'A Place to Call Home' by calling on countries to resettle millions of refugees, especially from Africa and Asia, and to break down barriers that have sometimes led to a hostile welcome. REUTERS/Arnold Temple
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Sudanese refugees chant and play with their children at the Kakma refugee camp in an arid area in Sudan's northern Darfur province in this file photo taken on June 12, 2004. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to visit Sudan soon to press Khartoum to do more to help the people of its Darfur region caught up in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, he said June 17, 2004. The World is marking the International Refugee Day on June 20.REUTERS/Arnold Temple
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Sudanese refugees pump water from a well into to their plastic jerry cans at Abu Shouuk refugee camp in an arid area in Sudan's northern Darfur province in this file photo taken on June 11, 2004. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to visit Sudan soon to press Khartoum to do more to help the people of its Darfur region caught up in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, he said June 17, 2004. The World is marking the International Refugee Day on June 20. REUTERS/Arnold Temple
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A Sudanese refugee woman washes dishes at a refugee camp in El Genina, an arid area in the western region of Darfur, Sudan, June 14, 2004. United Nations is marking World Refugee Day on Sunday and said the number of refugees and others entitled to help from the UN's refugee agency fell 18 percent in 2003 to 17.1 million, the lowest figure in a decade. Sudan, where government-backed Arab militias have been accused of ethnic cleansing in Darfur region, was one exception to the trend, with the number of refugees rising by around 100,000 to over 600,000 last year. REUTERS/Arnold Temple
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A Sudanese refugee child reaches for a drug bottle as he sits in his mother's lap at Mashtel refugee camp in an arid area in Sudan's northern Darfur province near the Sudan-Chad border in this file photo taken on June 13, 2004. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to visit Sudan soon to press Khartoum to do more to help the people of its Darfur region caught up in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, he said June 17, 2004. The World is marking the International Refugee Day on June 20. REUTERS/Arnold Temple
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Sudanese refugee women prepare a meal at a refugee camp in El Genina, an arid area in the western region of Darfur, Sudan, June 14, 2004. United Nations is marking World Refugee Day on Sunday and said the number of refugees and others entitled to help from the UN's refugee agency fell 18 percent in 2003 to 17.1 million, the lowest figure in a decade. Sudan, where government-backed Arab militias have been accused of ethnic cleansing in Darfur region, was one exception to the trend, with the number of refugees rising by around 100,000 to over 600,000 last year. REUTERS/Arnold Temple
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The head of the U.N. children's charity UNICEF, Carol Bellamy (2nd R), speaks with a woman at a school compound at a refugee camp in the town of Kass, some 80 km northwest of Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, Sudan, June 13, 2004. Asma Jahangir, the U.N. special rapporteur on executions, said on Sunday she had ' credible information' that Sudanese forces and government-backed militias had carried out summary executions of civilians in west Sudan. REUTERS/ HO
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A Sudanese refugee mother breastfeeds her malnourished child at a refugee camp set up near a school in El Genina, an arid area in Sudan's northern Darfur province in this file photo taken on June 14, 2004. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to visit Sudan soon to press Khartoum to do more to help the people of its Darfur region caught up in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, he said June 17, 2004. The World is marking the International Refugee Day on June 20. REUTERS/Arnold Temple
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