Monday 17 March 2008

News Stories (17/03/08)

In pictures: East Timor's displaced (BBC News) - [text online]

China denies Tibet death reports (BBC News) - [text online]

Bleak picture of Iraq conditions (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya poll violence 'was planned' (BBC News) - [text online]

Milosevic allies trial to begin (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad rebels dismiss peace accord (BBC News) - [text online]

Dalai Lama condemns China's 'cultural genocide' of Tibet (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Surrender by midnight or pay the penalty, China tells rioters in Tibet (The Times) - [text online]

Dalai Lama attacks 'cultural genocide' (The Independent) - [text online]

Warlords turn to ivory trade to fund slaughter of humans (The Independent) - [text online]

EU boycotts China oil firm over funding of Darfur regime (The Independent) - [text online]#

Class issues are far from black and white (The Guardian) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

C
had: Recommendations to the humanitarian community about how best to mitigate the ongoing risks (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR transfers more than 1,300 refugees from Chad border to camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Mauritania repatriation operation picks up with second convoy (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR steps up voluntary repatriation to Southern Sudan (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Chad / Darfur / Cameroon / Central African Republic displacement (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

New UNHCR field office in northern Ecuador (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Senegal: Voluntary repatriation of Mauritanian refugees (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

China: Restrain Forces From Violently Attacking Protesters in Tibet (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Support withdrawn from 1400 Iraqis following Home Office announcement (Refugee Council) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Spreading the news to IDPs (IRIN News) - [text online]

Mexico: despite progress, much remains to be done for migrants, says UN rights expert (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi NGOs receive funding boost from UN to launch electoral education campaign (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Compounds for IDPs should not be a permanent solution, officials warn (IRIN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN report on rights violations says violent attacks in decline (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency steps up pace of refugee returns to southern Sudan (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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