http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/John_HolmesFind stories, videos, and photos about John Holmes from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:18:13 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/John_Holmes14433Find stories, videos, and photos about John Holmes from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/un.srilanka/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/24/un.srilanka/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly 150,000 refugees from Sri Lanka's civil war remain detained in Sri Lankan government internment camps, according to the United Nations' chief humanitarian affairs official, John Holmes.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/sri.lanka.war.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/sri.lanka.war.displaced/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/17/east.africa.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/17/east.africa.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTextHeavy rains triggered by El Nino weather patterns could potentially prove devastating for east African nations that have been water-starved for months, the United Nations has warned.Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/indonesia.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/indonesia.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/indonesia.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/indonesia.earthquake/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 1,100 people are dead in Indonesia as a result of two large earthquakes in as many days, United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes told reporters Thursday.Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/22/united.nations.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/22/united.nations.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe world may be facing a deep recession but the United Nations says it needs a record $4.8 billion more in humanitarian aid for 2009 because several crisis situations "deteriorated significantly" in the first half of the year.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/11/sudan.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/11/sudan.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter expelling aid organizations in March, the government of Sudan is letting some back in the country, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Thursday.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/sri.lanka/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/sri.lanka/index.html#cnnSTCTextSri Lanka ordered an end to combat operations against Tamil Tiger rebels in the country's north, the president's office said Monday. But the rebels accused the military of continuing to bomb civilians.Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/srilanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/srilanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Sri Lankan army launched an operation against Tamil rebels in the country's north early Monday, the military said, claiming to have rescued thousands of civilians trapped in a government safe zone.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/sri.lanka.us/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/sri.lanka.us/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe State Department Thursday called for a cease-fire between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers to allow civilians to escape the fighting after a two- day humanitarian pause ended with renewed violence.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/sri.lanka.un/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/sri.lanka.un/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations humanitarian chief Wednesday criticized a two-day pause in the fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels as "inadequate."Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/24/un.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/24/un.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than one million people in Darfur are at risk of losing food, water and shelter in coming months, following the expulsion of international aid groups by Sudan's government, the United Nations' chief humanitarian coordinator said Tuesday.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCTextCivilian deaths in Afghanistan have risen sharply in the past year, largely due to more Taliban attacks and roadside bombings, U.N. officials said Sunday.Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/05/biofuels.Rome2/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/06/05/biofuels.Rome2/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe merits of increasing biofuel production in the middle of a crisis over skyrocketing food prices is being hotly debated at a United Nations summit, but the top U.S. delegate says consensus on the issue is possible.Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/myanmar.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/myanmar.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextMyanmar has agreed to let its South Asian neighbors send medical personnel and an assessment team to the cyclone-ravaged country, more than two weeks after a storm that killed tens of thousands of people. Tue, 20 May 2008 02:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, the country's reclusive junta leader Than Shwe visited a refugee camp outside Yangon, according to video broadcast on state television.Mon, 19 May 2008 02:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death toll from a killer cyclone in Myanmar could be "in the region of 100,000 or even more," says the chief of the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief agency.Thu, 15 May 2008 16:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/09/myanmar/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter days of stonewalling, the Myanmar government is ready to accept aid from around the world for victims of Saturday's deadly cyclone, the country's U.N. ambassador said Friday. Sat, 10 May 2008 05:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/darfur.holmes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/darfur.holmes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of deaths in Sudan's Darfur region since 2006 may have been underestimated by as much as 50 percent, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs said Tuesday.Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/06/kenya.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/06/kenya.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Mwai Kibaki urged the Kenyan parliament Thursday to pass into law a power-sharing deal reached last week aimed at ending the violence that followed the country's disputed presidential election in December.Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/27/kenya.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/27/kenya.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextKenya's opposition leader Wednesday called off mass demonstrations that his supporters had threatened to hold the next day.Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:13:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1661941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPowerful earthquakes terrorized Indonesia for a third day Friday as thousands of people slept outside in the hills, and seismologists warned that the worst may be yet to comeFri, 14 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624941,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.N. relief officials appealed Wednesday for safe access to the Palestinian refugee camp at the center of a standoff between Islamic militants and the Lebanese armyThu, 24 May 2007 16:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/lebanon.violence/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/lebanon.violence/index.htmlLebanese forces battling Islamic militants inside Lebanon will be resupplied by a shipment of U.S. military ammunition, which is expected to arrive within two days, senior U.S. officials told CNN on Thursday.Thu, 24 May 2007 11:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.canada/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.canada/index.htmlU.S. forces in Baghdad accidentally shot at the car of the Canadian ambassador to Iraq, John Holmes, but no one was injured, a State Department official said.Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:40:00 EST