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Tuesday, 12 August 2014

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Here are the top humanitarian headlines today on trust.org:

IRAQ: The United States is exploring options to evacuate thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped on a barren mountain in northern Iraq by Islamic militants, after four nights of humanitarian relief airdrops, U.S. officials say.

ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: Israeli negotiators have arrived in Cairo for talks on ending a month-old Gaza war with Palestinian militants after a new 72-hour truce brokered by Egypt appeared to be holding.

EBOLA: Nigeria's Lagos has 10 confirmed cases of Ebola, up from seven at the last count, although only two so far have died, including the Liberian who brought the virus in, the health minister says.

SOMALIA: War-ravaged Somalia is hurtling towards a second famine in three years that could be prevented if donors increased funding, Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations' humanitarian coordinator for Somalia says.

MORE ON TRUST.ORG

Germany says does not deliver arms to conflict zones – Reuters

Ukraine's forces say close to taking rebel-held Donetsk – Reuters

Heavy shelling resumes in Libyan capital Tripoli – Reuters

Japan orders 1.6 mln to flee Typhoon Halong; one dead, travel chaos - Reuters

Pakistan's juniper forest sacrificed for fuel, fruit orchards – Aamir Saeed, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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