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December 31, 2013

U.N. Says 15 Died from Hunger in Palestinian Area of Syria 
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The United Nations is urgently appealing for access to a Palestinian
area of Damascus where people are dying from hunger. A U.N. official
says some 20,000 Palestinians are trapped inside the Yarmouk district of
Damascus amid fighting between the regime and rebels. Since the last
delivery of U.N. aid in September, 15 people have died there from
malnutrition, including five this past weekend.

 

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