News Stories (27/05/08)

Peacekeepers 'abusing children' (BBC News) - [text online]

Suu Kyi's house arrest extended (BBC News) - [text online]

Death toll climbs in SA violence (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia Muslim school rejected (BBC News) - [text online]

The two faces of Burmese aid: a starving village and a state lie (The Times) - [text online]

Six-year-olds sexually abused by UN peacekeepers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Fears of new civil war as Sudanese town razed (The Independent) - [text online]

Mbeki says South Africa 'disgraced' by xenophobic riots as death toll rises to 50 (The Independent) - [text online]

Terror Bill rebels to show no mercy to battered Brown (The Independent) - [text online]

Suburban Sydney shows dark side as Muslim school row gets vicious (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya: National Registration Processes Leave Minorities on the Edge of Statelessness (Refugees International) - [Download a .pdf of this policy recommendation.]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 21 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 7 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan "on brink" of north-south war following more than a week of clashes in Abyei (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Aid groups ready to test Myanmar on access (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: new refugee camp for Central Africans opens in south (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Colombia: court decision on increased protection for displaced women (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Barbara Hendricks highlights refugee issues at Hague concert (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens information centre for Colombians on Ecuador border (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Western promise…. (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

UN food agency receives funding boost to feed 750,000 displaced Iraqis (UN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Sex crimes by aid workers “under-reported” (IRIN News) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN agency moves ahead with assessing how to help cyclone-impacted children (UN News) - [text online]

New UN centre informs Colombian refugees crossing into Ecuador on rights (UN News) - [text online]

Nepal's human rights commission has made great strides, says UN official (UN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Flash floods displace 1,200 people in Samangan (IRIN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Access questions dominate aid conference (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Rights groups decry Khartoum crackdown (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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