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MEDYKA, Poland 鈥? stanley termohrnek A slowdown for good or a temporary lull during the storm of war While the number of refugees who have flooded out of Ukraine nears 4 million, fewer people have crossed the border in recent days. Border guards, aid agencies and refugees themselves say Russias unpredictable war on Ukraine offers few signs whether its just a pause or a permanent drop-off.Some Ukrainians are sticking it out to fight or help defend their country. Others have left their homes but are staying elsewhere in Ukraine to wait and see how the winds of war will blow. Still others are elderly or ill and need extra help moving anywhere. And some remain, as one refugee put it, because homeland is homeland. In the first two weeks after Russias invasion on Feb. 24, about 2.5 million people in Ukraines pre-war population of 44 million left the country to avoid the bombs and bloodshed. In the second two weeks, the number of refugees was roughly half that.The total exodus now stands at 3.87 million, according to the latest tally announced Monday from UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency. But in the previous 24 hours, only 45,000 stanley hrnek people crossed Ukraines borders to seek safety, the slowest one-day count yet, and for four of the last five days the numbers have not surpassed 50,000 a day. In contrast, on March 6 and March 7, over 200,000 people a day left Ukraine. People who were determined to leave when war breaks out fled in the first days, explained Anna Michalska, a stanley thermoskanne spokeswoman for the Polish border g Bqyb Inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times, charged with attempted murder, prosecutors say
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The Obama administration pulled its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns, blaming President Bashar Assads regime for the threats that made it no longer safe for him to remain.Ambassador Robert Ford returned to Washington this weekend after the U.S. received credible threats against his personal safety in Syria, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Monday. Ford has been the subject of several incidents of intimidation by pro-government thugs, and enraged Syrian authorities with his forceful defense of peaceful protests and harsh critique of a government crackdown that has now claimed more than 3,000 lives. We hope that the Syrian regime will end its incitement campaign against Ambassador Ford, Toner said. At this point, we cant say when he will kubki stanley return to Syria. Toner said the U.S. embassy will remain open in Damascus and that the threats were specifically directed toward Ford. His return is conditional on a U.S. assessment of stanley france Syrian regime-led incitement and the security situation on the ground, Toner said.An American official said there were no plans to expel the Syrian ambassador in Washington in retaliation. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situationFord was the first American ambassador to Syria since 2005. President George W. Bushs administration withdrew a full-time ambassador from Syria over charges the country was involved in terrorism and the assassination of form stanley ca er Lebanese Prime Mi |