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July 16, 2009

UN Worker Killed at Pakistan Refugee Camp
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Officials say employee was working at Kacha Garhi camp near Peshawar
when gunmen tried to kidnap him, then shot him in chest 
Pakistani police say a U.N. employee working at a refugee camp in
northwest Pakistan was fatally shot during a failed kidnapping attempt
Thursday. U.N. officials say the employee was working at the Kacha Garhi
camp near the city of Peshawar when gunmen tried to kidnap him and then
shot him in the chest. The U.N. worker was rushed to a hospital where he
was pronounced dead. Separately, the United Nations is expressing
concern that Pakistan's offensive against suspected militants in the
South Waziristan tribal region could displace hundreds of thousands more
people. U.N. Humanitarian Chief John Holmes told reporters Wednesday as
many as half of the 500,000 people in South Waziristan could flee the
region if violence continues. Holmes, who just returned from northwest
Pakistan, said any new displaced refugees would join more than two
million other Pakistanis fleeing a similar offensive in the Swat Valley
region. Pakistan's government is urging some of those people to return
to Swat, despite continuing fighting there. So far only hundreds of
displaced families have returned home in recent days.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.