Thursday 14 February 2008

News Stories (14/02/08)

China 'regrets' Spielberg action (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad vows raids 'to seek rebels' (BBC News) - [text online]

Danish Muhammad cartoon reprinted (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs concerned by Karzai comments (BBC News) - [text online]

Q&A: Terror appeal victory (BBC News) - [text online]

Boycotting Olympics is ‘the wrong response’ to problems in Darfur (The Times) - [text online]

Terror law in tatters as extremists go free (The Times) - [text online]

EU visitors to have fingerprints taken (The Times) - [text online]

Child fingerprint checks at European borders (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

In Olympic year, China urged to use its influence in Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

A letter from the world's Nobel laureates to China: You must act on Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

Friend of Pervez flees extremists in Afghanistan (The Independent) - [text online]

Freed: the students who downloaded extremist material (The Independent) - [text online]

UK may join EU border security system (The Guardian) - [text online]

EU justice chief calls for stronger measures to stop illegal immigrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Hospital defends treatment in asylum seeker death (The Guardian) - [text online]

Curry houses feel the pinch of immigration restrictions (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugees in Zambia receive the skills to be self-sufficient (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 - Jan 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 6 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 30 Jan - 06 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Tajikistan: Cold Wave OCHA Situation Report No. 3 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Balkans: Kosovo and Serbia enter a new era (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cote d'Ivoire: Former child soldiers still at risk (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Study targets food insecurity and vulnerability (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bangladesh: Tortured Journalist Describes Surviving Military Beatings (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

'Borders must have doors for refugees' (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council backing national City of Sanctuary movement (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Consigned to limbo (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]

Our response to government reform paper on unaccompanied children seeking asylum (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Security sector reform depends on national will and capacity, UN report says (UN News) - [text online]

UN forum hears calls for measures to combat human trafficking (UN News) - [text online]

Seeds of class war sprout in Kenya's crisis (Mail & Guardian) - [text online]

Chad: Derby Blames African Union for Rebels' Attack (AllAfrica.com) - [text online]

SUDAN: Darfur attack leaves thousands needing aid (IRIN News) - [text online]

Rape 'epidemic' in African conflict zones (Mail & Guardian) - [text online]

Violence puts some 2 million people in Somalia at risk, says UN (UN News) - [text online]

UN humanitarian chief to make first visit to occupied Palestinian territory, Israel (UN News) - [text online]

Armed attacks by unidentified group in southern Sudan concern UN officials (UN News) - [text online]

Saudi Arabian women need support to help advance society – UN expert (UN News) - [text online]

COTE D'IVOIRE: Former child soldiers still at risk (IRIN News) - [text online]

We don't need any more immigrants, says senior Labour adviser (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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