Syrian refugees top 700,000, U.N. struggling to cope

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Syrian refugees top 700,000, U.N. struggling to cope

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-refugees-more-700-000-outflow-swells-u-084627667.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TdfwYU_jHwAryF2A4m4iDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-29T114205Z_1_CBRE90S0ODK00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Syrian refugees wait to receive aid at the Al Zaatri Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq" align="left" title="Syrian refugees wait to receive aid at the Al Zaatri Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq" border="0" /></a>GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 700,000 Syrian refugees have fled to other countries in the region and aid workers are struggling to keep up with the exodus, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The number of refugees passed the 500,000 mark on Dec 11, meaning more than 200,000 have fled the war-torn country in the past seven weeks. &quot;We have seen an unrelenting flow of refugees across all borders. We are running double shifts to register people,&quot; Sybella Wilkes, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told Reuters in Geneva. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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