Thursday, 15 May 2008

News Stories (15/05/08)

Palestinians mark 'catastrophe' (BBC News) - [text online]

New deadline for Zimbabwe's vote (BBC News) - [text online]

Taylor 'ignored rebel protests' (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali surprise at Ethiopia aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma 'approves new constitution' (BBC News) - [text online]

Police apologise over mosque show (BBC News) - [text online]

Myanmar cyclone: 130,000 may have died as second storm gathers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

MoD gives in over calls for public inquiry into Baha Musa's death (The Times) - [text online]

New blow to detention plan (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghanistan: What hope is there for the lost children of the bazaar? (The Independent) - [text online]

Re-Release: Creating a Peace to Keep in Darfur - A Joint Report by the ENOUGH Project and the Save Darfur Coalition (Enough Project) - [text online]

Burma: Donor States Must Monitor Aid (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 10 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DRC: After two key deals, what progress towards peace in North Kivu? (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur conflict threatens to enter new cycle of violence (reliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Six cyclone-affected areas are top priority for relief and assessment (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Rewards for good hospitals, action on failing schools (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR launches overland returns from Zambia to Moba in DRC (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Netherlands: Discrimination in the Name of Integration (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Kenya: Proposed Truth Commission Bill Seriously Flawed (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Burma: What You Can Do To Help (Refugees International) - [text online]

YEMEN: ICRC appeals for more funds as IDP numbers rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency begins overland return operation from Zambia to DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur conflict threatens to enter new cycle of violence – top UN official (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: After two key deals, what progress towards peace in North Kivu? (IRIN News) - [text online]

UNICEF feeds 44,000 displaced Somali children (UN News) - [text online]

Much bigger aid effort needed for Myanmar – Ban Ki-moon (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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