Friday 11 April 2008

News Stories (11/04/08)

Zimbabwe rivals to attend summit (BBC News) - [text online]

US gives Cubans fast track visas (BBC News) - [text online]

US 'failing' Afghan fair trials (BBC News) - [text online]

Envoys fear UN chief Ban Ki Moon may go soft on Kosovo (The Times) - [text online]

We're not wanted by the Iraqis - it's time to go (The DailyTelegraph) - [text online]

Policeman saw recruits being used to rig Zimbabwe votes for Robert Mugabe (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Serb prisoners 'were stripped of their organs in Kosovo war' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Russian pianist's concert cancelled due to visa rules (The Independent) - [text online]

Mothers detained in immigration centre hold 'naked' protest (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's opposition refuses to take part in presidential run-off with Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Yemen: Durable Solutions Needed (Refugees International) - [text online]

How China breaks up refugees' homes (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Côte d'Ivoire: More IDPs return as the peace process moves forward (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Africa Floods: OCHA Situation Report No. 14 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Post election violence increasing (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Attacks force aid agencies to suspend work (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Gunmen attack Darfur peacekeepers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: 'Catastrophic humanitarian consequences' in Al Sadr City - NCCI (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR launches refugee poster campaign in Belgium (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Study proposes ways to ease integration in Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: A Pledge for the Displaced (Refugees International world:bridge blog) - [text online]

Local human rights bodies in Sierra Leone benefit from UN-provided facilities (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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