Thursday 7 February 2008

News Stories (07/02/08)

UN calls for Kenya 'compromise' (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad clashes 'killed 100' people (BBC News) - [text online]

Spain judge indicts Rwanda forces (BBC News) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge leader asks for bail (BBC News) - [text online]

Snow-hit China welcomes New Year (BBC News) - [text online]

Turks move to ease headscarf ban (BBC News) - [text online]

'Rising threats' to S Lanka media (BBC News) - [text online]

Russia attacks 'illegal' EU mission to Kosovo (EU Observer) - [text online]

Don't go back to 1970s-style police racism (The Telegraph) - [text online]

NHS closes its doors to foreign doctors (The Times) - [text online]

Set Pervez free: Rice joins calls to save student (the Independent) - [text online]

Bodies swept off the streets in Chad as President claims victory over rebels (The Independent) - [text online]

Why the people of Burma are risking jail to catch a glimpse of Rambo (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbia plunged back into crisis as PM rejects EU deal (The Independent) - [text online]

Non-EU doctors barred from specialist training in UK (The Independent) - [text online]

Chadians trickle home from nearby Cameroon, others seek refuge (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Kenya: Life gets harder in Nairobi slums (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Violence displaces more Central Africans into Chad (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator to travel to Kenya (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Security Council voices concern over continued post-election violence (UN News) - [text online]

Central African refugees may suffer again because of Chad’s crisis – UN official (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency marks International Day with call for ending female genital mutilation (UN News) - [text online]

UN war crimes tribunal to hold second hearing in Sarajevo (UN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General outlines plan for reduced UN presence in Sierra Leone (UN News) - [text online]

UN-backed container exhibit spotlights plight of sex trafficking victims (UN News) - [text online]

Yemen: UN steps up food aid to Somali refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Non-EU doctors barred from UK posts (Daily Express) - [text online]

New points based system begins (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

Immigration and customs unite to secure border (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

Chief constables called to crisis summit with Jacqui Smith on immigrant crimewave (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Thousands of gypsy children brought to Britain to work as pickpockets, warns MP (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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