Friday 18 April 2008

News Stories (18/04/08)

Why immigration is no longer a taboo (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe party 'was offered deal' (BBC News) - [text online]

‘Softly-softly’ Thabo Mbeki is urged to quit over tolerance of Robert Mugabe (The Times) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Report No. 61 - Implementation of the agreement on movement and access, 05 - 18 Mar 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 6 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Mum goes on hunger strike of detention (This is Swansea) - [text online]

Tsvangirai accused of treason as China arms Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

Boris boasts on radio: 'I'm down with the ethnics' (The Independent) - [text online]

Islamists guilty of inciting and funding terrorism (The Independent) - [text online]

Fears for Pervez as Afghan court confirms 100 death sentences (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe militia take a bloody revenge (The Independent) - [text online]

Global internal displacement crisis grew in 2007 - survey (IDMC) - [Full text of the press release and Full report]

Zimbabweans pay for opposition vote in post-poll violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: Violence marks closure of Afghan refugee camp (RelierfWeb) - [text online]

A land of tea drinking, hokey cokey and rivers of blood (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith assures police chiefs of cash to help cover immigration costs (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR and partners debate how to meet fuel needs in North Kivu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

All refused asylum seekers should be entitled to healthcare, says Judge (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Security Council welcomes signs of progress towards reunification of Cyprus (UN News) - [text online]

New registrar of International Criminal Court vows to strive to protect witnesses (UN News) - [text online]

Number of displaced people highest in a decade: report (AFP) - [text online]

Iraqi Militias Offering Aid To Displaced (Washington Post) - [text online]

SUDAN: Darfur food rations cut, Ban decries rising insecurity (IRIN News) - [text online]

Attacks on food trucks force UN agency to cut rations in Darfur (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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