WFP suspends food aid for 1.7 million Syrian refugees

Syrian refugees shop in a hypermarket after receiving their humanitarian aid shopping vouchers at al-Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of MafraqGENEVA (Reuters) – A lack of funds has forced the U.N. World Food Programme to stop providing food vouchers for 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, the agency said on Monday. "Without WFP vouchers, many families will go hungry. For refugees already struggling to survive the harsh winter, the consequences of halting this assistance will be devastating," said WFP, which needs $64 million to support the refugees for the rest of December. …

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UK’s Osborne pledges pre-election healthcare funding boost

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne attends an EU ministers meeting in BrusselsBy William James LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister George Osborne announced a 2 billion-pound annual rise in healthcare spending on Sunday, seeking to counter attacks on his Conservative party's handling of the health service six months before an election. Prime Minister David Cameron's center-right party lags the main opposition Labour party on the question of who is most trusted to protect the publicly funded National Health Service (NHS). …

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