Friday 14 March 2008

News Stories (14/03/08)

Troops 'seal Tibet monasteries' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan and Chad strike peace deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Taylor 'made rebels eat enemies' (BBC News) - [text online]

Yemeni describes CIA secret jails (BBC News) - [text online]

India to hold Tibetans two weeks (BBC News) - [text online]

Flexible immigration policy call (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibet monks attempt suicide as China intensifies siege (The Times) - [text online]

Iraqi interpreters and families prepare for new lives in Britain (The Times) - [text online]


John McCain: Early US pull-out from Iraq will cause 'genocide' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Victory for Kazemi as Home Secretary halts deportation to Iran (The Independent) - [text online]

China admits sending in troops to quell Tibetan monk demos (The Independent) - [text online]

Manacled, starved, beaten: a rendition victim's story (The Independent) - [text online]

Hanging horror of immigrant (The Huddersfield Daily Examiner) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 10, 05 - 12 March 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Deportation order on gay Iranian to be reviewed (The Guardian) - [text online]

Aid workers struggle to deal with influx from Central African Republic (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Cash grants help Burundian returnees rebuild their lives (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: Perspectives from Afar (Refugees International World:bridge Blog) - [text online]

Eastern Chad under severe humanitarian strain, UN official says (UN News) - [text online]

Displaced Kenyans reluctant to return home, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Rwandan armed groups in eastern DR Congo must surrender – Security Council (UN News) - [text online]

African Union, UN envoys to hold consultations to spark Darfur peace process (UN News) - [text online]

CHAD: A semblance of education for a displaced child (IRIN News) - [text online]

Hollywood humanitarians assist critical UN air operations in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: "Commitment to CPA at critical stage" (IRIN News) - [text online]

GHANA-LIBERIA: Refugees protest repatriation (IRIN News) - [text online]

Somalia: "Neglected" conflict displaces 20,000 every month (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Lack of access severely constrains humanitarian assessments (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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