Read more Doctors Without Borders stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12825/doctors-without-borders.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:36:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71038/in-coup-torn-guinea-women-raped-in-public.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the west African nation of Guinea, where a military junta seized power in 2008, 50,000 people attended a political demonstration in a stadium last week, where they were attacked by soldiers who shot and killed at least 157 unarmed people, according to human rights groups, and raped at...http://www.newser.com/story/71038/in-coup-torn-guinea-women-raped-in-public.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 7:30:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67343/poor-nations-pick-up-tab-as-obama-woos-big-pharma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is thwarting poor countries' access to affordable drugs in order to win Big Pharma's support for health care reform, according to Doctors Without Borders and other NGOs. As the Los Angeles Times reports, governments from Asia to Latin America are feeling pressure from Washington on their use...http://www.newser.com/story/67343/poor-nations-pick-up-tab-as-obama-woos-big-pharma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 8:15:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58383/sudan-invites-aid-groups-back-to-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sudanese government says it will invite new aid groups to work in Darfur and let the UN and other agencies expand their operations in the region. The announcement comes two months after Sudan expelled 13 NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders, in the aftermath of the International Criminal Court's indictment...http://www.newser.com/story/58383/sudan-invites-aid-groups-back-to-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 7:43:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57949/darfur-mass-bloodshed-may-not-be-genocide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of thousands of people have died or been displaced in the years-long conflict in Darfur, which presidents Bush and Obama have both called a genocide. But while nobody denies the seriousness of the violence, organizations from Doctors Without Borders to the International Criminal Court say that the Sudanese government's...http://www.newser.com/story/57949/darfur-mass-bloodshed-may-not-be-genocide.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 7:38:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53348/abducted-aid-workers-freed-in-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe three Doctors Without Borders workers nabbed in Darfur three days ago have been released, the BBC reports. Both the UN and the doctors' group confirmed that the captives—a French administrator, a Canadian nurse, and an Italian doctor—are free. “They are safe. They are all right,” said a...http://www.newser.com/story/53348/abducted-aid-workers-freed-in-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Mar 2009 13:29:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53274/abducted-darfur-aid-workers-make-contact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe three foreign-aid workers from Doctors Without Borders who were kidnapped earlier this week in Darfur contacted the group today to report they were unharmed, the New York Times says. Separately, Sudan’s government began ransom negotiations to free the workers, who had been protected by Sudanese guards. One official called...http://www.newser.com/story/53274/abducted-darfur-aid-workers-make-contact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 13:42:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53134/doctors-without-borders-staffers-kidnapped-in-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree aid workers from Doctors Without Borders are being held hostage in Darfur after a group of armed men kidnapped them, Reuters reports. The three staff members, all Westerners, were seized along with two Sudanese co-workers who were later released. The kidnapping came as Sudan cracks down on NGOs in...http://www.newser.com/story/53134/doctors-without-borders-staffers-kidnapped-in-darfur.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 9:02:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46008/the-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAid organization Doctors Without Borders has released its annual list of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Here's a sample: Somalia: Increased friction between insurgents and the government unleashed some of the worst violence in a decade. One in five children there dies before turning 5. Congo: Hundreds of thousands have...http://www.newser.com/story/46008/the-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Dec 2008 16:42:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44620/not-scared-of-tb-you-should-be.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"Global complacency" could give rise to a terrifying, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times —and not in some remote outpost on the globe. There have been fewer than 100 cases of this XDR-TB in the past 15 years in the US, but with increasing...http://www.newser.com/story/44620/not-scared-of-tb-you-should-be.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Dec 2008 13:32:50 CST