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  • Syrians who fled their homes with their families gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

    Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus

    Syrian fighter jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus on Tuesday for the second time this week after rebels made significant advances, seizing large areas within the camp, activists said.


  • Syrians, who fled their homes with their families, gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

    Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp in Damascus

    Syrian fighter jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus Tuesday for the second time this week after rebels made significant advances, seizing large areas within the camp.


  • In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, Syrians react after a government warplane was shot down in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

    Syrian planes pound rebels in north

    Syrian government warplanes unleashed deadly airstrikes on rebel strongholds in the country's north on Tuesday, activists reported.


  • Amjad Al-Saleh, a Syrian child suffering from food poisoning, is comforted by his mother as they take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing near Azaz, Syria, on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in hopes of entering a refugee camp in Turkey. The Al-Saleh family left their home in Marea, Syria, 11 days before when government forces shelled their house. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

    U.S. provides more aid for Syrian refugees

    The United States is adding $21 million to its humanitarian aid package for people displaced by violence in Syria, U.S. officials said Wednesday amid U.N. reports that more than 100,000 Syrians fled to neighboring countries in August.


  • North Koreans work in a field on the outskirts of Pyongyang on an early spring day, but their efforts annually fall way short of meeting the needs of the country's 24 million people. According to a U.N. report, the lack of food is particularly dire for children younger than 5. Not getting the food they need leaves many stunted and malnourished. (Associated Press)

    N. Korea a grim picture of deprivation

    Millions of North Korean children are not getting the food, medicine or health care they need to develop physically or mentally, leaving many stunted and malnourished, a report from the United Nations says.


  • 50 Cent visits famine victims in Somalia, Kenya

    Rapper 50 Cent is teaming up with the World Food Program to see firsthand the effects of hunger in Somalia and Kenya.


  • In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, a Somali government soldier provides security for visiting media near Dolo in Somalia. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)

    Somali famine victims scared to return home

    Lush patches of green dot this once-barren land, allowing goats and camels to graze. A nearby field is full of large, purple onions thanks to a U.N.-funded project.


  • Historic rivalry as Japan heads to NKorea

    There are no noisemakers and no one does the wave, yet football fans in North Korea are passionate in their own way about the team that has become a symbol of national pride.


  • Historic rivalry as Japan heads to North Korea

    There are no hot dogs, peanuts or plastic cups of beer for sale when the North Korean soccer team takes the field. There are no noisemakers, and no one does the wave.


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