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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

1/3 OF IRAQIS NEED EMERGENCY AID

1/3 of Iraqis Need Emergency Aid
07-30-2007

FMNN

Nearly a third of the population of Iraq is in need of immediate emergency aid, according to a new report from Oxfam and a coalition of Iraqi NGOs. The report said the government was failing to provide basics such as food and shelter for eight million people. It warned of a humanitarian crisis that had escalated since the 2003 invasion. Meanwhile, the US agency overseeing reconstruction in Iraq said economic mismanagement and corruption were equivalent to "a second insurgency". -BBC News (Britain)

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