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Iraqi Refugee Gets Pass to Become Soccer Star in Brazil

A Brazilian soccer team from Brazil's capital Brasília hired its first international football player last week. The team is Brazsat Football Club. The player is the Iraqi Ali Khaled Abu Taha, aged 18. Related postings: Last Palestinian Refugee Group Resettled in Brazil IRAQ-BRAZIL: First group of ...

IRAQ: No solution in sight for Palestinian refugees stranded at border

BAGHDAD, 19 February 2008 (IRIN) - Palestinian refugees trapped in three makeshift camps along the Iraqi-Syrian border are living in very precarious conditions and their situation is deteriorating by the day, a senior Palestinian diplomat said on 18 February. Editor's Note See also: UNHCR - Conditions ...