Rawya Rageh
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/ 27 October 2004

British troops on the move in Iraq

Nearly 800 members of British forces began leaving their bases in southern Iraq on Wednesday, heading north to replace United States troops who are expected to take part in an offensive against insurgent strongholds. The deployment came hours after Iraq’s most feared militant group released a video threatening to behead a Japanese captive.

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/ 16 September 2004

Darfur camps: ‘Death is everywhere here’

The displaced of Darfur are hard pressed to find space for their dead, or enough water for Muslims’ ritual washing of the body. Three or four people die every day in Camp Hessa Hissa, most of malaria or waterborne diseases such as typhoid, Jason Azevedo, an International Rescue Committee worker in the camp, said on Thursday.