Monday 11 February 2008

News Stories (11/02/08)

Williams to face Anglican leaders (BBC News) - [text online]

EU delays Chad peacekeeping force (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo warlord due in The Hague (BBC News) - [text online]

US warning on Nato's Afghan role (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy visits Kenyan hotspots (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan agreement over Darfur force (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkey eases ban on headscarves (BBC News) - [text online]

Serb head in stark Kosovo warning (BBC News) - [text online]

Over 2m foreigners are now working in Britain (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sharia law may result in 'legal apartheid' (The Sunday Telegraph) - [text online]

Illegal immigrant found cleaning Commons (The Sunday Telegraph) - [text online]

Illegal immigrants found gassed in tanker (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Kosovo will proclaim independence on 17 February, Serbia says (EU Observer) - [text online]

Q&A: Brazilian bows out citing Mexico accord results as a highlight (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Expatriate Somalis return to help rebuild Puntland (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Cargo plane delivers UNHCR aid for Chadian refugees in Cameroon (UNHCR News) - [text online]

'They all had to be eliminated' (The Independent) - [text online]

Williams resists calls to resign over sharia row (The Independent) - [text online]

Race row over birth defects claim (The Independent) - [text online]

US warns of 'implosion' of Nato alliance in Afghanistan (The Independent) - [text online]

Karzai 'must listen to world on death-sentence student' (The Independnet) - [text online]

Exiled Iraqis too scared to return home despite propaganda push (The Independent) - [text online]

Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, faces critics on his day of judgment (The Times) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Situation in Zimbabwe No. 01: 01-31 Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Earthquake in the Great Lakes Region OCHA Situation Report 08 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Electricity shortages in the Gaza strip: situation report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 5 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Bolivia: Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 7 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN humanitarian chief begins three-day visit to Kenya (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: Large-scale distribution of relief items in the north - ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Eastern Chad: Concerns over vital humanitarian needs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya talks focus on easing violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Thousands of refugees flee attacks in Darfur, cross border to Chad (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

Kenya: UN humanitarian chief repeats call to continue assisting displaced (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Parliament committee demands fixed budget to aid the displaced (IRIN News) - [text online]

Kenya: top UN emergency relief official arrives to assess humanitarian crisis (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: ongoing violence thwarting peace prospects, say top UN officials (UN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General speaks out against recent attacks in West Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Damage, displacement in western Kenya a 'tragedy,' says top UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Demands for MP to resign after he claims Muslim 'inbreeding' in Britain is causing massive surge in birth defects (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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