Thursday, 8 May 2008

News Stories (08/05/08)

Fears rise over Burma aid delays (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel marks its 60th anniversary (BBC News) - [text online]

Mass challenge over Zimbabwe poll (BBC News) - [text online]

China hosted 'frank' Tibet talks (BBC News) - [text online]

'Guantanamo man' in Iraq bombing (BBC News) - [text online]

Airport staff avoid crime checks (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraqis allege sex abuse at the British Embassy (The Times) - [text online]

Victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma plead for food - and money for new roofs (The Times) - [text online]

Front line of a disaster: Inside Burma's dead zone (The Independent) - [text online]

Israel: From independence to intifada (The Independent) - [text online]

Dingo fence has damaged sacred sites, say Aborigines (The Independent) - [text online]

NGOs Unite in Call for Patience & Persistence to Salvage Northern Uganda’s Peace Process (IDMC) - [Full text of the press release and View the NGO Statement]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 17, 27 Apr - 03 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Burundi: Why peace remains elusive (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: First visas issued to international relief teams (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: $US26m pledged in relief aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Food shortages persist even as rains fall in northeast (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Daffodil harvester stripped of gangmaster licence and accused of using forced labour (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR organizes go-and-see visits for displaced Kenyans (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR poised to truck relief supplies to Myanmar from Thailand (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Lawyer’s Arrest Raises Fear of Broader Crackdown (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Survey lists most world's most repressive regimes (Associated Press) - [text online]

Donors pledge $4,8bn in aid for Sudan (Mail & Guardian) - [text online]

Advancing women’s rights critical to Liberia’s development – UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

Attacks on North Darfur’s civilians spark condemnation from Ban Ki-moon (UN News) - [text online]

UN calls on Myanmar to facilitate aid delivery to cyclone victims (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe’s electoral process must be peaceful and transparent – Ban Ki-moon (UN News) - [text online]

UN fund provides $60 million for humanitarian efforts in DR Congo (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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