Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Press Cuttings (07/05/08)

Burma victims 'need aid quickly' (BBC News) - [text online]

Somalia forces 'out of control' (BBC News) - [text online]

African talks on Zimbabwe crisis (BBC News) - [text online]

Unicef warns of Iraqis 'at risk' (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma cyclone: up to 50,000 dead and millions homeless, but still no call for aid (The Times) - [text online]

Aid agencies face battle to reach victims of the cyclone (The Independent) - [text online]

Non-EU football stars will have to take English test (The Independent) - [text online]

Canadian becomes first child soldier since Nuremberg to stand trial for war crimes (The Independent) - [text online]

US mourns black woman who defied racist divorce order (The Independent) - [text online]

British pilot who 'buzzed' Bush ranch to be deported (The Independent) - [text online]

Call for inquiry into US role in Somalia (The Independent) - [text online]

Junta under pressure to allow international aid (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Note on Emergencies: Latin America & The Caribbean - Year 2, Issue 55 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 16 - 22 Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Hundreds of thousands may need assistance, food security is already severe (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Killing of civilians now routine in Somalia - Amnesty report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Premier footballers will have to speak English (The Guardian) - [text online]

Immigration system to tighten for non-EU workers (The Guardian) - [text online]

A refuge for refugee journalists in the heart of France (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR starts free legal aid for Roma communities in Serbia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Number of boat people arrivals in Yemen doubles (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR offers immediate assistance to Myanmar cyclone victims (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Myanmar: UNHCR offers immediate assistance to cyclone victims (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Arrivals in Yemen double (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Ethiopia: Two camps close after successful repatriation to South Sudan (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Kenya/Uganda displacement (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UNHCR launches free legal aid project for Roma in Serbia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Tighter new rules for skilled foreign workers (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]

Burundi: UN envoy voices concern over children in hands of rebel group (UN News) - [text online]

Grisly atrocities by Ethiopian troops in Somalia: human rights group (CBC News) - [text online]

Scarred by Strife After Election, Kenya Begins to Heal (New York Times) - [text online]

Nepal: UN agency condemns attack on refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Former Yugoslav army chief granted temporary release by UN tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

Number of people smuggled to Yemen more than doubled – UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

Global food crisis could have been avoided – UN development experts (UN News) - [text online]

UN genocide tribunal begins trial of ex-Rwandan minister (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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