News Stories (01/05/08)

Zimbabwe prepares to verify count (BBC News) - [text online]

Baghdad clashes 'leave 400 dead' (BBC News) - [text online]

Leaked poll results show that Mugabe lost – but will fight second round (The Times) - [text online]

Tsvangirai declared winner, but run-off looms (The Independent) - [text online]

Gaza 'on point of explosion' warns UN (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 09 - 15 Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Report No. 59 - Implementation of the agreement on movement and access, 06 - 19 Feb 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Humanitarian Situation Report: Impact of fuel shortages on Gaza sanitation - Polluting the sea 29 Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: War and drought push people to breaking point - ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Middle East peace must include solution for Palestinian refugees - UN chief (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Half of EU immigrants to UK have already left (The Guardian) - [text online]

Pakistani TV delves into lives of Afghan refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR and UN Population Fund strengthen ties (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Mark Malan Weighs In On the Future of Peacekeeping (Refugees International) - [text online]

Security Council extends UN mission in Western Sahara for another year (UN News) - [text online]

UN mission supporting southern Sudan peace accord extended for one year (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: head of UN/AU peacekeeping force voices ‘impatience’ for positive change (UN News) - [text online]

Colombia: UN experts call for ending violence against human rights defenders (UN News) - [text online]

Nearly 175 Timorese families displaced in 2006 fighting to return home – UN (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: UNHCR concerned about funding for refugees, IDPs (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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