News Stories (18/12/07)

Iraqis interpreting 'betrayal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tourist visa times 'to be halved' (BBC News) - [text online]

Heathrow detention 'inadequate' (BBC News) - [text online]

Rome 'umbrella killer' sentenced (BBC News) - [text online]

Planning shake-up of Gypsy sites (BBC News) - [text online]

Families told to pay bond for relatives to visit them in Britain (The Times) - [text online]

100,000 lose out to migrants in hunt for work (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UK Guantanamo detainee near suicide after years of torture, doctors warn (The Independent) - [text online]

Illegal immigrant was working at front desk of Home Office (The Independent) - [text online]

Donor nations offer billions to boost Palestinian economy (The Independent) - [text online]

Home Office grants 19,000 asylum seekers permission to remain (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrant workers curb wages and keep interest rates low to boost economic growth (The Guardian) - [text online]

Home Office guard was illegal immigrant (The Guardian) - [text online]

19,000 asylum-seekers are allowed to stay as ministers deny amnesty (The Times) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres calls for end to North Kivu fighting (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Ethiopia-Sudan repatriation resumes with convoy of 610 people (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR issues ATM cards to 7,000 needy Iraqi families in Syria (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 19 Nov 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Regional Humanitarian Update Nov 2007: Vol 1, Issue 9 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UNICEF responding to the urgent needs of women and children (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: At the end of 2007, humanitarian actors operating under much tighter security restrictions (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN mission says recruitment of child soldiers is surging (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Taiwan Migrant Worker Rally - "I want my day off!!" (Global Voices Online) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Transition Without Military Transformation (Refugees International) - [text online]

Common Conversation makes common sense for Leeds (Refugee Council) - [text online]

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