The UN refugee agency's chief spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming, said it was the largest total raised at such a meeting.

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The violence could soon displace up to 700, 000 in the country and around the region, said Melissa Fleming, a spokeswoman for the United Nations' refugee agency.

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Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the interim Iraqi government reported to the agency several days ago in a letter that the explosives were missing from the Al Qaqaa complex south of Baghdad.

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