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This story was written for CBSNews by Amman, Jordan-based reporter Kristen Gillespie. In the middle of the empty, rocky desert on Jordan s easternmost flank, a group of fabric tents flap loudly in the winter wind. It s a small camp set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR before the war with Iraq began in the spring of 2003. The mass exodus of Iraqis anticipated in the weeks after Saddam Hussein s regime fell didn t materialize, but about 1,300 people did come. When they arrived, they were placed in provisional camps like this one until a more permanent solution could be found. One of the dozen tents is home to Miriam, her husband and two small children. They re Sunni Muslims of Palestinian origin, and like the nearly stanley tumbler 100 others left in this camp, they say they were threatened by Iraqi Shiite militias beginning just days after the regime fell on April 9, 2003. Thinking they would spend a few weeks in Jordan at the most, they left with the clothes on their backs and ended up in this tent 50 miles from the border with Iraq, surrounded craggy desert as far as the eye can see. They ve been here ever since.The tents are of a thick canvas held together by steel poles and reinforced on the inside with plast stanley thermobecher ic sheets and military-style blankets. Most don t have electricity. Residents bring buckets of water stored in raised communal tanks. Inside Miriam s tent, the smell of a small gas heater fills a room that s dark and stuffy, even in the stanley quencher middle of the day
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DONETSK, Ukraine - The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid ope nike af ration into Ukraine s conflict-stricken province of Luhansk with assistance from Russia, the European Union and the United States, Ukraine said Monday.The Kremlin earlier announced that it was dispatching the humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russia separatists are battling the central government in Kiev.Such initiatives have previously faced sustained opposition from Ukraine and the West, who had feared they could act as a pretext for sending Russian troops into rebel-held territory. Ukraine and the West have long accused Russia of arming and supporting the rebels, a charge that Russia has denied.Officials in Kiev took pains to specify Monday that the Ukrainian government was behind the humanitarian convoy initiative, and that Moscow was only one of several countries involved. They also said the mission had the backing of President Barack Obam adidas samba a. Apart from deliveries provided by Uk af1 raine, the mission will feature an international component, including aid provided to the International Committee of the Red Cross by the United States, the EU, as well as Russia, Ukraine s Foreign Ministry said. The ministry also laid out specific conditions for the convoy to ensure only civilians in need benefit. Humanitarian aid will only be distributed among the civilian population of the Luhansk province, which has long been suffering from the actions of illegal armed gangs, the ministry Slma String Of Attacks Rattles Iraq
AP/Canadian Press, David Stobbe A balloon filled with helium rises into the sky but is not attached to the capsule of French skydiver Michel Fournier for his second att stanley mug empt in two days to jump from 130,000 feet above the earth Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Fournier s hopes to set a new free-fall record might have drifted away with the balloon. AP/Canadian Press, David Stobbe A balloon filled with helium rises into the sky without the capsule of French skydiver Michel Fourni stanley becher er, scrubbing his second attempt in stanley thermoskannen two days to jump from 24 miles above the Earth Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The balloon was reported to have cost at least $200,000 and Fournier was said to have already exhausted his finances. AP/Canadian Press, David Stobbe French skydiver Michel Fournier, 64, walks back to an airport hanger with several crew members after a second attempt to jump 24 miles from above the Earth didn t take place Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. The helium balloon Fournier was going to use to soar to the stratosphere drifted away into the sky without the capsule.
BERLIN mdash; Southern Spain will become desert and deciduous forests will vanish from much of the Mediterranean basin unless global warming is reined in sharply, according to a study released Thursday.Researchers used historical data and computer models to forecast the likely impact of c mizuno handballschuh limate change on the Mediterranean region, based on the targets for limiting global warming 195 countries agreed to during a summit in France last year.The Paris Agreement says itrsquo necessary to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit , if possible 1.5 degrees, airforce Joel Guiot, a researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research in France who co-wrote the study, said. That doesnrsquo;t seem much to people, but we wanted to see what the difference would be on a sensitive region like the Mediterranean. 8 health risks that could get worse with climate change 8 photos asics gel The authors examined the environmental changes the Mediterranean has undergone during the last 10,000 years, using pollen records to gauge the effect that temperatures had on plant life.They came up with four scenarios pegged to different concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Three of the scenarios are already widely used by sc Wige Iran Frees 5 Detained British Sailors
This story was written for CBSNews by Amman, Jordan-based reporter Kristen Gillespie. In the middle of the empty, rocky desert on Jordan s easternmost flank, a group of fabric tents flap loudly in the winter wind. It s a small camp set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR before the war with Iraq began in the spring of 2003. The mass exodus of Iraqis anticipated in the weeks after Saddam Hussein s regime fell didn t materialize, but about 1,300 people did come. When they arrived, they were placed in provisional camps like this one until a more permanent solution could be found. One of the dozen tents is home to Miriam, her husband and two small children. They re Sunni Muslims of Palestinian origin, and like the nearly stanley tumbler 100 others left in this camp, they say they were threatened by Iraqi Shiite militias beginning just days after the regime fell on April 9, 2003. Thinking they would spend a few weeks in Jordan at the most, they left with the clothes on their backs and ended up in this tent 50 miles from the border with Iraq, surrounded craggy desert as far as the eye can see. They ve been here ever since.The tents are of a thick canvas held together by steel poles and reinforced on the inside with plast stanley thermobecher ic sheets and military-style blankets. Most don t have electricity. Residents bring buckets of water stored in raised communal tanks. Inside Miriam s tent, the smell of a small gas heater fills a room that s dark and stuffy, even in the stanley quencher middle of the day
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DONETSK, Ukraine - The Red Cross will lead an international humanitarian aid ope nike af ration into Ukraine s conflict-stricken province of Luhansk with assistance from Russia, the European Union and the United States, Ukraine said Monday.The Kremlin earlier announced that it was dispatching the humanitarian convoy into eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russia separatists are battling the central government in Kiev.Such initiatives have previously faced sustained opposition from Ukraine and the West, who had feared they could act as a pretext for sending Russian troops into rebel-held territory. Ukraine and the West have long accused Russia of arming and supporting the rebels, a charge that Russia has denied.Officials in Kiev took pains to specify Monday that the Ukrainian government was behind the humanitarian convoy initiative, and that Moscow was only one of several countries involved. They also said the mission had the backing of President Barack Obam adidas samba a. Apart from deliveries provided by Uk af1 raine, the mission will feature an international component, including aid provided to the International Committee of the Red Cross by the United States, the EU, as well as Russia, Ukraine s Foreign Ministry said. The ministry also laid out specific conditions for the convoy to ensure only civilians in need benefit. Humanitarian aid will only be distributed among the civilian population of the Luhansk province, which has long been suffering from the actions of illegal armed gangs, the ministry Slma String Of Attacks Rattles Iraq
AP/Canadian Press, David Stobbe A balloon filled with helium rises into the sky but is not attached to the capsule of French skydiver Michel Fournier for his second att stanley mug empt in two days to jump from 130,000 feet above the earth Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Fournier s hopes to set a new free-fall record might have drifted away with the balloon. AP/Canadian Press, David Stobbe A balloon filled with helium rises into the sky without the capsule of French skydiver Michel Fourni stanley becher er, scrubbing his second attempt in stanley thermoskannen two days to jump from 24 miles above the Earth Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. The balloon was reported to have cost at least $200,000 and Fournier was said to have already exhausted his finances. AP/Canadian Press, David Stobbe French skydiver Michel Fournier, 64, walks back to an airport hanger with several crew members after a second attempt to jump 24 miles from above the Earth didn t take place Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. The helium balloon Fournier was going to use to soar to the stratosphere drifted away into the sky without the capsule.
