WASHINGTON (AP) â Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the U.S. is committed to helping the world's 34 million refugees build safe and fulfilling lives, calling their struggle a "humanitarian emergency." In a statement released Saturday to commemorate World Refugee Day, Clinton called on the world community to end what she called "urgent refugee crises" in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chad, the Central African Republic and Darfur. She said she was encouraged by improving situations in Liberia, South Sudan, Burundi and Bhutan but said countries must pitch in to do more. "The crowded camps...
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