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Damaged houses are seen from an Indian Army helicopter at Lapu in the Nepalese area of Gorkha on April 28, 2015. (AFP/Sajjad Hussain)

April 28th, 2015 - 11:13 GMT

229 Israelis arrive on flight from Nepal, a destination to find surrogate mothers

Among the passengers Tuesday were 15 surrogate-born children caught up in the quake.

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March 6th, 2015 - 02:35 GMT

UN reduces food aid for Syrian refugees in Turkey

The U.N. WFP delivered its first aid airlift from Iraq to northeastern Syria in December (File Archive/AFP)

February 4th, 2014 - 02:10 GMT

U.N. airlift to deliver aid to northeastern Syria Tuesday

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January 29th, 2014 - 07:53 GMT

Syrian peace talks stall in Geneva as negotiations continue to evacuate Homs

Syria’s economy has been hurt by depletion of foreign reserves that were estimated at around $16 billion to $18 billion before the conflict.under an article in the bloc’s regulations on Syria, “the release of frozen funds or economic resources may be authorized when this is necessary for humanitarian purposes.”

August 7th, 2013 - 11:22 GMT

Syrian regime seeks frozen bank accounts for vital food supplies