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Imran Riza, the representative in Amman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, discusses the challenges facing Iraqis in Jordan, and the ways in which they differ from more traditional refugees.

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An exodus of more than 2 million Iraqis is reshaping the Middle East -- with ominous implications for the region.
December 30, 2008 / The Baltimore Sun
Matthew Hay Brown
JARAMANA, Syria -- Hasem Abed is thinking about going back to Iraq. The small-time auto trader, 32, left Diyala earlier this year after members of a Shia militia destroyed his house.
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December 30, 2008 / The Baltimore Sun
Matthew Hay Brown
It's not that Muhammad Shumri imagined building a new life in Baltimore would be easy. But he didn't expect it to be so hard.