Tuesday 29 April 2008

News Stories (29/04/08)

Mozambique police 'kill at will' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe health minister accused as terror campaign reaches hospital wards (The Times) - [text online]

The drain drain: What if all the Poles went home? (The Independent) - [text online]

And those ready to leave... (The Independent) - [text online]

More than 100,000 sign petition to save journalist held in Afghanistan (The Independent) - [text online]

Corporate gift highlights sanitation problems faced by female refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Iraq: Latest return survey shows few intending to go home soon (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Trade Unions join Refugee Council to call for asylum seekers to be allowed to work (Refugees Council) - [text online]

UN promotes peacebuilding in Kenya after election crisis (UN News) - [text online]

UN officials deny cover-up over peacekeeper probe in DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Kosovo duo facing trial at UN tribunal over alleged intimidation of witness (UN News) - [text online]

Trial of Congolese defendant ‘crucial step’ to end impunity – senior UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Alarmed by post-election violence in Zimbabwe, UN rights chief urges restraint (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: IDPs reluctant to return home (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Rosemary Kuria: "These children belong here, where else can I take them?" (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Henry Mwitirere, Kenya, "I'm displaced but at least I can help other HIV-positive people" (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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