Monday 3 March 2008

News Stories (03/03/08)

Deal-broker Annan leaves Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]

Arab nomads dead in Sudan clashes (BBC News) - [text online]

S Lanka finds boat migrants dead (BBC News) - [text online]

Nato fears over Dutch Islam film (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration points system begins (BBC News) - [text online]

Odinga pledges to rebuild Kenya (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo suspends rebel Serb police (BBC News) - [text online]

Euphoria over election peace deal brings Kenya back to work (The Independent) - [text online]

University attempts to calm storm caused by race abuse (The Independent) - [text online]

Q&A: Immigration rules: Hélène Mulholland explains the shakeup of the immigration system (The Guardian) - [text online]

Points-based immigration system comes into effect (The Guardian) - [text online]

Headscarves, secularism and emancipation (The Guardian) - [text online]

Testing time for refugees with an eye on higher education (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens new global service centre in Hungary (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Sudanese returnees benefit from Dutch lottery funds (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR seeks US$18.6 million to help Sri Lankan displaced (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Hard decisions as Pakistan's largest refugee village faces closure (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Chad: Arrivals from West Darfur continue (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

High Commissioner mission to Uganda and Tanzania (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Italy: Surge in sea arrivals from Libya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Thousands of refugees homeless in Nepal after fire razes camp (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

New points system goes live (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

Lowest number of asylum application in 14 years (Home Office: Border & Immigration Agency) - [text online]

European Court of Human Rights Reaffirms the Absolute Prohibition on Return to Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

South Sudan: The dilemma between responding to human needs and strengthening local capacity (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

UN: Shameful Silence on Civilian Killings in Darfur (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Serbia: Protect Civil Society and Minorities (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN says refugees fleeing new attacks in Darfur, many to dangerous area of Chad (UN News) - [text online]

Bosnian court jails two former guards after referral from UN war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief to head to Uganda and Tanzania (UN News) - [text online]

Preparing for the Future: Protecting Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons (ReliefWeb) - [text online]. Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement and Human Rights
First - [Full_Report]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 6 - 29 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News 18 ? 24 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]


ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Weekly Humanitarian Update vol. 7, 23 - 27 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 21, Jan 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Life's getting better for refugees in Bangladeshi camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR protection chief launches fresh look at Afghan situation (ReliefWeb) - [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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