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...region produced only $105 million. The organization must operate in a country that has been bombed back to a "preindustrial age," as a U.N. report described the situation. And the world body is caught between the conflicting demands of the allies and Iraq. "We're overwhelmed," says Staffan Bodemar, the chief of mission in Baghdad for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees...
...wounded in government hospitals. It has also provided refuge for some 540,000 displaced Ogadenians, who may become permanent wards of Somalia if the fighting does not stop. "Because of the sheer numbers involved, the only place for these people to go is back home," says Steffan Bodemar, director of the United Nations relief effort. "You cannot re-create their nomadic life-style inside Somalia, because there is not enough land. On the other hand, the government lacks sufficient resources for a viable resettlement program...
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