GenevaLunch » Unwra http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Body found: UN worker Collett, abducted in 1985 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/body-found-un-worker-collett-abducted-in-1985/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/body-found-un-worker-collett-abducted-in-1985/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:57:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32171 GenevaLunch.com The body of Alec Collett, kidnapped in 1985 but not heard from since 1986, has been found in eastern Lebanon, the UN announced 23 November, Monday. Collett, age 63 at the time, was working for UNWRA (Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East). He was the first person to be kidnapped [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/24/body-found-un-worker-collett-abducted-in-1985/feed/ 0 International outrage grows as Israel hits UN shelters and hospital http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/01/15/international-outrage-grows-as-israel-hits-un-shelters-and-hospital/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/01/15/international-outrage-grows-as-israel-hits-un-shelters-and-hospital/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:37:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=10777 GenevaLunch.com The ICRC (International Red Cross), the UN and several governments including Switzerland expressed outrage after Israel hit a hospital in Gaza and UN shelters and offices, including the head office of Unrwa, the main relief organization. According to the BBC, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized for the strike to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, “but [...]

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