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    Oxfam : Syrian humanitarian crisis out of control

    Syria's humanitarian crisis is spinning out of control as refugee numbers spike and funding to help ease the suffering has yet to materialize, Britain-based charity Oxfam said in a statement Thursday.The group's Syria crisis response manager cautioned that the United Nations' "worst-case scenario" of more than a million refugees fleeing the country by June could be realized within weeks.About 5,000 refugees are fleeing Syria daily to neighboring countries, including Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey — a 36 percent increase compared to December 2012 figures, Francis Lacasse said in a news release.The surge was placing a "massive burden" on these countries, with the potential to "undermine stability in the region," he warned."The humanitarian crisis is worsening day by day, leaving agencies struggling to provide help that's desperately needed," Lacasse said.He also said that only 20 percent of the $1.5 million pledged by the U.S., other Western nations and Gulf Arab countries at a donor confere...

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