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Migrants eat their evening meal at a centre run by volunteers in Calais. France has pledged to take 500 Syrian refugees

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Indyplus news: Britain condemned for turning its back on Syria's

Syrian refugees wait with their belongings next to railway tracks after crossing the border into Turkey

Government accused of blocking Syrian refugees from entering Britain

As attention turns to Geneva, Assad is starving millions of Syrians

Ms Cooper said it we should not 'turn our backs' on the crisis

MPs revolt over failure to admit Syrian refugees as Yvette Cooper

A man prays in St Paul’s Cathedral, Bangui yesterday

Violence in the Central African Republic: French peacekeepers in

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the government and opposition to help the conference succeed by taking steps to stop the violence

Syria: Government and opposition agree to peace talks

19 November 2013: A man walks down steps from a tanker that was washed ashore in a particularly badly damaged part of Tacloban during Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte, Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan: British public raise over £50m to help people

A mother and her infant await medical care after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan: RAF plane packed with aid relief departs for

The aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban

Typhoon Haiyan eyewitness: Water still swirls in streets carpeted with

People walk amongst debris next to a ship washed ashore in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan at Anibong in Tacloban

Typhoon Haiyan: British expats and tourists join aid efforts

Typhoon Haiyan: Experts fly in to Philippines as death toll reaches

This winter, the Red Cross will start collecting and distributing food aid to the needy in the UK for the first time since the Second World War

Exclusive: Red Cross launches emergency food aid plan for UK’s

Syria crisis: UN Security Council demands aid access after chemical

Urine is not the best cure for a jellyfish sting

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To pee or not to pee? Red Cross says using urine on jellyfish stings

You shouldn't pee on a jellyfish sting like in ‘Friends’ - and

Urine is not the best cure for a jellyfish sting

To pee or not to pee? Red Cross says using urine on jellyfish stings

Urine is not the best cure for a jellyfish sting

To pee or not to pee? Red Cross says using urine on jellyfish stings

Primark escapes Bangladesh tragedy to report massive rise on sales

Primark escapes Bangladesh tragedy to report massive rise on sales

Blurred vision: Why aid money shouldn't be diverted to the military

Russian citizens on board a bus shortly after crossing the border from Syria into Lebanon

Russians start to evacuate citizens caught in Syrian conflict

Shadow employment minister Stephen Timms supported Demos' calls

Get religious groups on board with Work Programme, think tank urges

Sri Lankan war-displaced civilians peer from behind barbed wire fences surrounding their internment camp in Vavuniya

This Sri Lanka massacre shows UN has not learned from its failures in

UK to end financial aid to India by 2015

Government to cut foreign aid to India as part of 'new approach' to

Romney's ‘staged’ Sandy relief event

Wyclef Jean said he ‘wanted to see things made right'

Wyclef Jean faces criminal probe over Haiti charity