News Stories (14/04/08)

Muted response to Zimbabwe strike (BBC News) - [text online]

UN rapporteur warns Burma on vote (BBC News) - [text online]

Victims tell of torture and murder in Robert Mugabe's 'disloyal' strongholds (The Times) - [text online]

MDC activist killed as Zimbabwe court rejects votes plea (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe must be brought to his knees (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

MDC supporters are murdered in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai sets terms for run-off (The Independent) - [text online]

Amnesty calls for action as China executes 8,000 people a year (The Independent) - [text online]

India: Stop Evicting Displaced People (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

War refugee arrested in London (Gwent Gazette) - [text online]

High Court sees sense and gives asylum seekers NHS care (Refugee Council Poliblog) - [text online]

New flagship project to help refugee communities (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Response to ruling on giving access to healthcare to all asylum seekers (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Afghans leaving Jalozai as deadline nears (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR distributes aid to victims of blaze in Chad refugee camp (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Pakistan: Roadblock stops Afghan returns in north-west (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Update on fire in Chad's Goz Amer refugee camp (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Aid workers face taxing time in Somalia (Refugees International world:bridge blog) - [text online]

Lack of funding could put half a million in Chad at risk, warn UN aid officials (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN and African Union envoys to hold more consultations in 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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