Wednesday, 19 March 2008

News Stories (19/03/08)

Protesters 'surrender in Tibet' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe election run-up 'flawed' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy disappointed over Burma (BBC News) - [text online]

Kosovo riots 'were orchestrated' (BBC News) - [text online]

Dalai Lama threatens to stand down over violence as China calls him a liar (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn (The Independent) - [text online]

Dalai Lama threatens to quit over Tibet violence (The Independent) - [text online]

The Big Question: Who is the Dalai Lama, and why is he the focus of protests over Tibet? (The Independent) - [text online]

Our legacy is a dark and forbidding place of militias (The Independent) - [text online]

Military law imposed on divided Kosovo town after Serb rioting (The Independent) - [text online]

Report on 2007 Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialised Countries (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]. he full report is also available online at: "Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries, 2007."

Situation of Palestinians on Iraq-Syria border continues to deteriorate (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Chad: Central African Refugees moved away from border in south (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Kindness of strangers eases refugees' arrival in United States (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about situation of Palestinians on Iraq border (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Deportations to Zimbabwe as 'no general risk' (The Independent on Sunday) - [text online]
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

Service for asylum seekers launched (Bradford telegraph & Argus) - [text online]
(Source: IRR News - http://www.irr.org.uk)

Iraqi Refugees: Improve UN Outreach in Syria (Refugees International) - [Download a .pdf of this information here.]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 10, 09 - 15 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Philippines: Conflict IDPs in Mindanao face shortages (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Balkans: NATO, UN warn Serbs after deadly Mitrovica riots (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Humanitarian action in Iraq: Putting the pieces together - ODI-HPG (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq 5 Years On: Agencies from both sides of the Atlantic make plea for more help for refugees (Refugee Archive Poliblog) - [text online]

Keeping children safe from harm (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]

One in five Iraqis displaced or refugees - agency (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Sudan: Factions Delaying Darfur Peace Deal, Says Unamid Force Chief (allafrica.com) - [text online]

Sudanese-Chadian relations vital to ending Darfur conflict, says UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

All States should sign global pact against racial discrimination – UN rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqi crisis fuels rise in asylum-seekers in industrialized world – UN report (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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