Jan 23rd, 2006 · David Montero, a correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, discusses the efforts to bring relief to earthquake survivors in northwest Pakistan. Montero says he has visited refugee camps in mountainous areas where mudslides have cut off road access -- making it hard to deliver food and shelter.
Dec 30th, 2005 · The world's refugee population has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, led by returnees to Afghanistan and Angola. Some would-be refugees are trapped in their countries or in refugee camps, due to more stringent refugee rules in industrial nations.
Dec 3rd, 2005 · In 1968, when Marika Partridge was 13, her family took a trip around the world, camping and driving much of the way through places like India, Afghanistan, Iran and Kenya. They also made recordings at they went.
Nov 11th, 2005 · Volunteers give hot meals and free medicine to whomever shows up at Washington Square Park in New Orleans. But the city is now trying to oust the charity workers and wants to start charging people who've been camping in a city park.
Nov 8th, 2005 · Camps in Kenya house 140,000 refugees from civil war and deprivation in Somalia. There is fear that extremist Islamist groups will find recruits amid the stagnant life in the camps.
Aug 22nd, 2005 · Some 26,000 people who fled from the Darfur region of Sudan are living in the Breidjing refugee camp in Eastern Chad. They are among 200,000 Sudanese who have fled across the border. Aid agencies predict that the camps will be needed until at least the end of next year.
Jul 29th, 2005 · Michele Norris talks to sportswriter Stefan Fatsis of Tthe Wall Street Journal about the National Football League. Training camps have been opening up this week, but some players, including star Philadelphia receiver Terell Owens, are threatening not to report.
Jul 20th, 2005 · Israeli demonstrators continue a standoff to oppose next month's planned withdrawal from Gaza. About 10,000 protestors have been camped out in a farming village in southern Israel since Monday. Israeli authorities said protesters would not be allowed to march in to Gaza as planned.