Friday, 15 February 2008

News Stories (15/02/08)

Australia pledges E Timor support (BBC News) - [text online]

UN troops begin Eritrea pull-out (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad declares state of emergency (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbia urges UN action on Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

Taslima Nasreen's visa extended (BBC News) - [text online]

China and Sudan: Natural partners? (BBC News) - [text online]

‘Racists’ wreck Stephen Lawrence memorial (The Times) - [text online]


Britain 'a soft touch for home grown terrorists' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Attack on Lawrence memorial 'was racist' (The Independent) - [text online]

The great wall of indifference (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghan journalist jailed for translating Koran (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya in furious attack on British High Commissioner (The Independent) - [text online]

Steven who? China shrugs off Spielberg's stand (The Independent) - [text online]

Bush rules out an Olympic boycott (The Independent) - [text online]

Backlog at Kenyan customs affects UNHCR missions (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR distributes non-food items to 55,000 people in Katanga (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR’s Guterres calls for more support to Iraqi refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

The true cost of mass immigration (Daily Express) - [text online]

Kosovo: Build New State on Rule of Law (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Africa: Bush’s Trip Highlights Flaws in US HIV/AIDS Policy (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Chad refugees head home after failed rebel coup (Christian Science Monitor) - [text online]

Visiting Ramallah, UN humanitarian chief voices solidarity with suffering people (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Heading for difficult choices in dire times (IRIN News) - [text online]

CHAD: Captured rebels include children (IRIN News) - [text online]

Colombia and UN food agency join forces to help over half a million displaced (UN News) - [text online]

UNICEF warns 90,000 Somali children could die without increased support (UN News) - [text online]

Ban Ki-moon hails signing of status of forces agreement for Darfur mission (UN News) - [text online]

SYRIA: Not safe enough for Iraqi refugees to return - UNHCR chief (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Hundreds of children missing after Darfur attack IRIN 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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