Monday, 19 May 2008

News Stories (19/05/08)

Burma 'guilty of inhuman action' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe attacks 'out of control' (BBC News) - [text online]

China quake victims flee 'flood' (BBC News) - [text online]

US resumes North Korea food aid (BBC News) - [text online]

France angered by Burmese delays (BBC News) - [text online]

US aid 'failing to reach target' (BBC News) - [text online]

Britain to back air drops to deliver aid to Burmese cyclone victims (The Times) - [text online]

Police face scrutiny over the arrest of radical jihadist who renounced violence (The Times) - [text online]

China's new people's army pours out to help victims of the quake (The Times) - [text online]

I was tortured to confess, Pervez tells appeal court (The Independent) - [text online]

Aid breakthrough in sight for Burmese storm victims (The Independent) - [text online]

Twelve dead in anti-foreigner attacks on Zimbabweans (The Independent) - [text online]

Italian tolerance goes up in smoke as Gypsy camp is burnt to ground (The Independent) - [text online]

Woman 'bought baby to get a council flat' (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 26, 28 Apr - 12 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 11 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 15, 6-13 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Strip inter-agency humanitarian fact sheet, Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 14 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 13 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Australians flee UK in droves as credit woes bite (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boy, three, suffering from sickle cell disease to be deported (The Guardian) - [text online]

Call to offer genetic screening for married cousins (The Guardian) - [text online]

Texans sue Bush administration over Mexico border fence (The Guardian) - [text online]

'The government has to admit that mistakes will be made' (The Guardian) - [audio online]

Myanmar: third plane of UNHCR airlift reaches Yangon (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Chad: concerns over increasing violence in east (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Guterres urges more international help for refugees in Yemen (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about increasing violence in east Chad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR distributes aid to 40,000 displaced Somalis near Mogadishu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: In search of cheaper, safer fuel for refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Darfur: ‘Scorched Earth’ Tactics Warrant UN Sanctions (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Uganda: LRA Regional Atrocities Demand Action (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Large scale expansion of Britain's detention estate (Home Office: UK Border Agency) - [text online]

UN gears up to mount relief effort after thousands of Sudanese flee disputed town (UN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: UN humanitarian chief arrives in Yangon to boost aid efforts (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: “I sold my daughter to feed the rest of my family” (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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