Thursday, 21 February 2008

News Stories (21/02/08)

Kenya 'at risk of fresh violence' (BBC News) - [text online]

Fighting 'traps' Darfur refugees (BBC News) - [text online]

Angry Serbs plan Kosovo protest (BBC News) - [text online]

Darfur bombing is 'unacceptable' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ugandans reach war crimes accord (BBC News) - [text online]

Nato troops close Kosovo border (BBC News) - [text online]


Biggest brain drain from UK in 50 years (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Migrants must pay a tax to enter UK (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Kenyan athletes accused of organising violence in political tribal clashes (The Times) - [text online]

Nato vows to protect north border of newborn Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

Impoverished Zimbabwe pays high price to say 'happy birthday Mr President' (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya warms to Kofi the peacemaker (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudanese army in Darfur assault (The Independent) - [text online]

Serbia endorses bomb attack on Kosovo border (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants to earn citizenship during probationary period (The Guardian) - [text online]

Facts not fears (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith outlines new citizenship rules for immigrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrants must earn citizenship, says Brown (The Guardian) - [text online]

Afghan refugee teaches Hindi to tots in India (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes Lebanon's recognition of Iraqi refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

A bridge to a brighter future (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR distributes winter aid for 200,000 Afghans (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR recalls staff from Chad border after air strikes in Darfur (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Chad: Bombing close to Sudanese border forces UNHCR to withdraw for the day (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

High Commissioner Guterres wraps up mission to Syria, Iraq and Jordan (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UNHCR opens new field office in eastern Colombia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update, 14 Jan - 14 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 4, 11 - 15 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Displaced Populations Report Jul-Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 5, 16 - 19 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Worsening situation in West Darfur jeopardizes aid efforts ? UN report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]. Report of the Secretary-General on the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (S/2008/98) (ReliefWeb) - [text online] and [Full_Report].

Serbia-Kosovo: Refugees - From fire to frying pan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan-Chad: Bombing blocks access to new refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Psychological scars of violence on children (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: Agreement with rebels brings progress to long conflict - UN envoy (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Internal displacement continues to be a major humanitarian crisis - IOM (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Aid work continues despite state of emergency (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Serbian FM says he is ashamed by EU's actions on Kosovo (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Immigration officer accused of assaulting Cameroonian man (Aldeshot Mail & News) - [text online]. (Source: Institute for Race Relations E-mail Update).

Human rights defenders at grave risk in Guatemala, UN expert finds (UN News) - [text online]

Worsening situation in West Darfur jeopardizes aid efforts – UN report (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council agrees to increase number of judges at UN’s Balkans tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council extends African Union mission in Somalia by six months (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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