Another count is provided by the American-based nonprofit group, Iraq Body Count, which compiles figures for the dead from media reports.

Asel Asleh, who had many Jewish friends, was a leading member of Seeds of Peace, an American-based group that promotes conflict resolution between Israelis and Arabs.

His report is being distributed this week by the International Rivers Network and Human Rights in China, two American-based groups that oppose the dam on environmental and human rights grounds.

The Seven Underwater Wonders of the World was a list drawn up by CEDAM International, an American-based non-profit group for divers, dedicated to ocean preservation and research.

That figure includes American-based nonprofit groups that do charitable work abroad.

Several American-based Jewish groups issued statements that denounced the decision as acceding to threats of boycotts by Islamic groups.

Asel Asleh played a leading role in Seeds of Peace, an American-based group that promotes conflict resolution between young Israelis and Arabs.

The parent organization of Bosnian Ideal Future is the Benevolence Foundation International, an American-based group whose assets were frozen by the United States in December.

Complaining of security risks, both the United Nations Children's Fund and CARE, the American-based group, stopped distributing food two days ago and said their workers would return when their safety could be assured.

Until January, he was the program director in Jerusalem for Seeds of Peace, an American-based group that promotes conflict resolution in the Middle East and elsewhere.