UN: Darfur Refugees Kept From Chad Camp Updated: Sat, Feb 2, 2008 N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Gunmen prevented humanitarian workers from moving traumatized, new arrivals from neighboring Sudan's Darfur region to a refugee camp inside Chad, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. It was unclear if the move was connected to Chad's threat on Monday to expel Sudanese refugees if... Read More

Israel to widen ground attack Published: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 JERUSALEM - Israel’s Security Cabinet overwhelmingly decided Wednesday to send troops deeper into Lebanon in a major expansion of the ground war - an attempt to further damage Hezbollah before a cease-fire is imposed. The decision could pressure the United Nations to work faster on a cease-fire deal to try to... Read More

Journey of courage leads to Langston Updated: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 A Langston nursing student hopes to return to her homeland of Sudan and help other victims of war-strife and famine. Eunice Malath, a former refugee who nearly died in a Kenyan camp, says she feels a duty to help other Africans now that she has bettered her life. "I always knew my ultimate goal was to go back and... Read More

Sudanese student hopes education will help homeland Updated: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 LANGSTON - Adversity is what fueled a Sudanese student's passionate quest for an education that she said she will use to aid her oppressed countrymen. That was the story told by Langston University nursing major Eunice Malath, one of the Sallie Fund-National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education... Read More

Chickasaw Nation donates time, items Updated: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 The Chickasaw Nation sent a search-and-rescue team to New Orleans. In one day, the 14-member team helped rescue 65 people, tribe spokeswoman Robyn Elliott said. Some of those dispatched are security guards and some are certified law officers, Elliott said. The tribe is providing free housing for 17 displaced... Read More

Convention center a refugee camp Updated: Thu, Sep 1, 2005 The Baton Rouge convention center has become a refugee camp for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Read More

Gov. announces hurricane aid plan Updated: Thu, Sep 1, 2005 Gov. Brad Henry said Thursday that by this weekend there will be about 3,500 Oklahoma National Guard troops and state emergency workers providing assistance in the area ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. "They will be assisting in evacuation, search and rescue and security in the affected area," he said at a news... Read More

Big sister follows footsteps of slain activist Fern Holland Updated: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 Viola Holland leaves today for a refugee camp in west Africa with a new video camera in her luggage and visions of a documentary in her head. Special Interactive Report: Fern Holland The subject will be her little sister, Oklahoma lawyer and human rights activist Fern Holland, who died a year ago today in a... Read More