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May
4 articles found for May, 1999.
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While the plight of the Kosovars has captured
world attention, a much greater civilian crisis
goes practically unnoticed."Sudan is absolutely
the worst humanitarian situation in the entire
world," declared Roger Winter, executive director
of the U.S. Committee for Refugees, during a May
25 briefing.
Date posted:May 26, 1999
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The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
is distributing $2.2 million in medicine and
medical supplies recently airlifted to the
Republic of Armenia. The shipment is part of the
United States government's assistance program for
the newly independent state in eastern Europe.
Date posted:May 14, 1999
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Americans have a lot of stereotypical ideas about
how Europeans get along - or do not get along -
with each other.
Do the English, for example, really hate the
French? Is it true that the Germans don't get
along with the Belgians and that the French
dislike anyone who's not French?
Date posted:May 10, 1999
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Under Communist rule, Eastern Europeans had
difficulty getting permission to leave their
countries to visit the West. Today, they are
being stopped on the other side of the border.
The Rev. Ulrich Meisel, a United Methodist pastor
from Dessau, Germany, 50 miles south of Berlin,
believes the 15 member states of the European
Union (EU) have created a new Berlin Wall. "We
have a wall of prosperity instead of an Iron
Curtain," he explained.
Date posted:May 10, 1999
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