Wednesday, 28 May 2008

News Stories (28/05/08)

S Africa to set up refugee camps (BBC News) - [text online]

World 'failing on human rights' (BBC News) - [text online]

Japan vows to double Africa aid (BBC News) - [text online]

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

Burma extends detention of Aung San Suu Kyi (The Independent) - [text online]

Foreigners return to South African township after apology for violence (The Independent) - [text online]

South Africa: Punish Attackers in Xenophobic Violence (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 9 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Civilians continue to be major casualties in armed conflict, UN humanitarian chief urges SC to take more action (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: "No return to war" after bloody clashes - North & south military leaders agree (Reliefweb) - [text online]

Rising food prices hurt poorest in war zones, warns ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sexual abuse of children by aid workers: Save the Children calls for new global watchdog (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

SNP accused of betraying refugees (Sunday Herald) - [text online]

Council takes unique step on anti-racism (Tyrone Times) - [text online]

Stowaways may have suffocated in ship's hold (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR rushes to transfer refugees to new camp in southern Chad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Relaunched Liberian repatriation operation gains momentum (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR faces difficulty helping neediest Iraqis in Jordan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Asylum: the numbers game (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Study Finds Rampant Child Abuse by Aid Workers, Peacekeepers (VOA) - [text online]

SUDAN: Fears of more conflict amid Abyei suffering (IRIN News) - [text online]

Sudan: UN speeds up aid efforts in disputed town ahead of expected rains (UN News) - [text online]

Civilians still bear the brunt of armed conflicts, top UN official warns (UN News) - [text online]

Ban Ki-moon voices concern over report on child sexual abuse by peacekeepers (UN News) - [text online]

Myanmar: Ban Ki-moon ‘regrets’ continued detention of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (UN News) - [text online]

Kenyan reconciliation jeopardized without bolstered efforts, warns UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency transferring nearly 10,000 Central Africans to southern Chad (UN News) - [text online]

MOZAMBIQUE: Returnees at a loss after fleeing South Africa (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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