Friday 8 February 2008

News Stories (08/02/08)

Sharia comments trigger criticism (BBC News) - [text online]

Khmer Rouge victims address court (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad curfew after rebel attacks (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia ends 'Pacific Solution' (BBC News) - [text online]

Widower fights deportation order (BBC News) - [text online]

Adopt sharia law in Britain, says the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Archbishop of Canterbury argues for Islamic law in Britain (The Times) - [text online]

Karzai vows justice will be done 'in the right way' for Pervez (The Independent) - [text online]

Bishop urges Smith to halt deportation (The Independent) - [text online]

Archbishop of Canterbury warns sharia law in Britain is inevitable (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's aid payouts 'are open to corruption abroad', says NAO (The Independent) - [text online]

Azerbaijan closes last of emergency camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: OCHA Monthly Situation Report Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3 - 4 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Africa Floods: OCHA Situation Report No. 6 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

‘Muslim laws must come to Britain’ (Daily Express) - [text online]

US: Uphold Treaty Against Racial Discrimination (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

‘Worst humanitarian situation in the world’ – that’s why we need ‘protection sensitive’ borders (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]

ICC/DRC: New War Crimes Suspect Arrested (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Southern Sudan: “They call us the ‘after peace’ people” (Refugees International World:bridge blog) - [text online]

Spain charges Rwandan soldiers (United Press International) - [text online]

Central African Republic must end impunity for extrajudicial killings – UN expert (UN News) - [text online]

‘Twin challenges’ to peacekeeping must be addressed, says senior UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Congolese rebel leader transferred to International Criminal Court (UN News) - [text online]

UN voices concern over fate of nearly 500,000 people in eastern Chad (UN News) - [text online]

Kenya: UN reports improved security, steps up aid to displaced (UN News) - [text online]

UN-backed tribunal processing over 500 Khmer Rouge victims’ complaints (UN News) - [text online]

CAMEROON-CHAD: Nervous refugees say will watch and wait as “witch-hunt” feared in N’djamena (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: A new kind of internally displaced people (IRIN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy reiterates support for Cyprus settlement (UN News) - [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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