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 Paul Ryan, was one of three committees to pass a proposal detailing what parts of Obamacare should be repealed through reconciliation.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).
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, later today, beginning the process of repealing and replacing the bill. The House is set to vote Thursday on the latest version of Republicans' Obamacare repeal legislation. After weeks of negotiations on the bill following the GOP's ill-fated attempt to bring it to the floor in March, here's a refresher on what the current version of the bill actually includes: