International Committee of the Red Cross
Michel (L) and Aline Langlois, parents of French journalist Romeo Langlois held by leftist rebels for more than a month, give a press conference on May 31, 2012 in Paris a day after the release of their son. Langlois was captured at the end of April by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels during an attack on a Colombian army unit he was embedded with to film a counter-drug operation. The rebels agreed to hand over Langlois on May 30 to a delegation comprising members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), French envoy Jean-Baptiste Chauvin and longtime peace activist Piedad Cordoba.
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The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) condemns in the strongest possible terms this barbaric act
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Red Cross: FARC planning to free French journalist
announced Sunday its intention to release a French journalist who went missing during a firefight two weeks ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia told the humanitarian organization it is "working Read more »
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by countries which detain Malaysians," he said. He was speaking to reporters after a courtesy call from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Operation for East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific Alain Aeschlimann. Mohd Farik Amin, 36, 5/31/12 from The Sun Daily Malaysia Read more »
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Colombian rebels free French journalist
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, released Romeo Langlois to a group consisting of International Committee of the Red Cross representatives, French officials and members of the human rights group Colombians for Peace in a remote town from United Press International Read more »
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Fighting leaves more than 40,000 Congolese internally displaced
and other major aid organizations, including the World Food Programme, World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross, plan to soon start distributing food, medicine and other aid to the displaced, most of whom are living in school from UN High Commission on Refugees Read more »
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FARC to release French journalist on Wednesday
of war," the FARC said in mid-May it was prepared to turn him over to a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross, a peace group led by former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba and a French envoy. "The coordinates of the location where Langlois from The Telegraph Read more »
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Haiti: New centre for disabled rekindles hope
(ICRC) - The Special Fund for the Disabled of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officially inaugurated a new physical rehabilitation centre in Port-au-Prince today. The facility opened its doors following a year of rebuilding and repair work from Humanitarian News Read more »
