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Despite the Danger, Red Cross Workers Remain Neutral and Unarmed

Writer Michael Ignatieff's article "Unarmed Warriors" appears in the March 24, 1997 issue of The New Yorker. He writes about the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the increased dangers that workers have been exposed to, although they are considered neutral and carry no weapons. In Rwanda in 1994, 36 workers were killed in the war, and in Chechnya last December, six staff members were murdered.

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Other segments from the episode on March 31, 1997

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 31, 1997: Interview with Michael Ignatieff; Interview with Robert Pinsky; Review of LeAnn Rimes's album "Unchained Melody."

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