UN report predicts increase in world's displaced

Associated Press: If people fleeing their homes and becoming refugees or displaced in their own countries will increase in the next 10 years as a result of a host of intertwined causes ranging from conflict and climate change to population growth and food shortages, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. refugee agency. "The State of the World's Refugees,'' covering the period 2006-2011, said a key change and dominant challenge is the increasing number of internally displaced people — some 26 million globally...

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