11-12-2009 Interview. In late 1979 the ICRC and the United Nations Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) began a vast relief operation for the people of Cambodia, threatened by famine. Thirty years on, FranÃ§ois Bugnion, the first ICRC delegate to return to Cambodia after the genocide, talks of his experiences there. Following the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in January 1979 by Vietnamese forces, rumours were rife of mass starvation in the country, which had been closed to the world for four years.
The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, was one of three committees to pass a proposal detailing what parts of Obamacare should be repealed through reconciliation. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom).
Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. WASHINGTON â As its opening move in the newly convened Congress, the House voted Wednesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the 62nd such vote but the first time that a bill will make it to President Obamaâs desk, forcing a rare veto to protect his signature domestic achievement. The measure passed easily, 240 to 181.