Monday, 12 May 2008

News Stories (12/05/08)

Serbian reformers claim victory (BBC News) - [text online]

Tough talks loom after Serb polls (BBC News) - [text online]

US aid flight takes off for Burma (BBC News) - [text online]

Islamist arrested for Sudan raid (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe police arrest activists (BBC News) - [text online]

UN allowed to deliver Burma cyclone aid (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Sudan cuts ties with Chad after Darfur rebels reach Khartoum (The Times) - [text online]

Tightening of immigration laws means farmers face losing 50,000 tonnes of fruit (The Independent) - [text online]

Burma's towns face refugee crisis alone as aid piles up (The Independent) - [text online]

'Ghost city' Mosul braces for assault on last bastion of al-Qa'ida in Iraq (The Independent) - [text online]

Rebel raid prompts Sudan to break off Chad relations (The Independent) - [text online]

Run-off Zimbabwe vote will be delaye (The Independent) - [text online]

Tadic claims victory for pro-Europeans in Serbian elections (The Independent) - [text online]

Minister calls for immigration curbs (The Independent) - [text online]

Inside Zimbabwe's secret torture camps (The Sunday Telegraph) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : RDC:Population movements in eastern DR Congo-January/March 08 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update, 21 Apr - 09 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 23 - 29 Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 18, 1 - 9 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Rebel raid stirs possible war with Chad (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Aid falls far short of urgent needs, say relief groups (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: 100,000 people affected by rebellion in the north - ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: What's next after rebel attack on the capital? (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Emergency aid to be delivered to Sadr City (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Cyclone response and assessments ongoing; critical needs in food,
water, sanitation, shelter, fuel and medicines (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Egypt: Investigate Beating of ‘Facebook’ Activist (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN food agency steps up aid to cyclone-stricken Myanmar (UN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Aid reaching only a fraction of those in need - government names relief "partners" (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Residents, NGOs welcome Sadr City truce (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL: Dozens of refugee children outside school system (IRIN News) - [text online]

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

UN Peacebuilding Commission delegation kicks off visit to Burundi (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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