News Stories (22/04/08)

Africa urged to boycott arms ship (BBC News) - [text online]

Key Sudan census gets under way (BBC News) - [text online]

Saudi women 'kept in childhood' (BBC News) - [text online]

Judges set to deliver new blow on terror (The Times) - [text online]

Amnesty unveils shock 'waterboarding' film (The Independent) - [text online]

Miliband calls on African leaders to isolate Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Islamist rebels seize two towns (The Independent) - [text online]

Anti-Islamic prankster set to be Berlusconi's deputy (The Independent) - [text online]

UN: Mixed Results for New Review Process (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Somalia: Insecurity, displacement, drought, rising food prices - A cumulative impact (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Humanitarian operations curtailed by violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Army distributes humanitarian aid in Basra (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

What are currynomics? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Farmers fear shortage of workers could hit fruit and veg supplies (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Local men have a special liking for foreign girls - but they want it cheap' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Bulgaria gets tougher on Iraqi asylum applications (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Somalia clashes 'the worst since 1991' (CNN) - [text online]

South Sudan to demobilize army but fears violence (Reuters) - [text online]

UN agency warns Bulgaria is clamping down on asylum claims by Iraqis (UN News) - [text online]

Some States still do not recognize racism’s existence, UN rights chief cautions (UN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General meets with Zimbabwean opposition leader over election crisis (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo and Rwanda assess progress in dealing with armed groups – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Thousands gather as annual indigenous forum kicks off at UN Headquarters (UN News) - [text online]

Ban Ki-moon sounds alarm on violence in Somali capital (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Humanitarian operations curtailed by violence (IRIN 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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