Wednesday, 4 June 2008

News Stories (04/06/08)

Armies 'head for central Sudan' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe blocks 'political' aid (BBC News) - [text online]

UN sets out food crisis measures (BBC News) - [text online]

Detentions over Indonesia clashes (BBC News) - [text online]

Rally to mark Tiananmen victims (BBC News) - [text online]

World Bank in Afghan aid warning (BBC News) - [text online]

UK man charged at Guantanamo Bay (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe accuses West of trying to starve him out (The Times) - [text online]

Zimbabwe crisis: White farming couple beaten and kicked off land (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]


Britishness Day is not the British way (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's land reforms are an example to all, claims Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Only a 'grave threat' would trigger 42-day detention, say ministers (The Independent) - [text online]

All agree there is a food crisis. But the argument is how to deal with it (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 27 13 - 28 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : South Africa: Violence against foreigners Situation Report No. 3 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

China: Additional United Nations aid delivered to earthquake victims (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: number of people in temporary shelters decreasing-WHO (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Export restrictions and insecurity delay food aid delivery (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Government incentives for IDPs, refugees to return (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: AU and UN to name joint chief mediator to bring peace to Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

US: Challenge Israel’s Restrictions on Gaza Students (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

US: Protect Health of Immigrants in Detention (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN Security Council: Insist on Justice for Darfur (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Italy: Halt Expulsion of Tunisian at Risk of Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

A city built on sanctuary (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ukraine: UNHCR condemns murder of Nigerian (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

UNHCR condemns murder of Nigerian in Ukraine (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Determination and hard work help 1972 Burundian returnees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

£12.5 Million to Tackle Radicalistation and Help Prevent Extremism in Communities (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Eastern European migration falls Quarterly Asylum, Accession Monitoring and Bulgarian and Romanian statistics published today (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

First batch of Chadian police and gendarmerie graduate from UN training course (UN News) - [text online]

Words must be put into action to fight human trafficking – Assembly President (UN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Communal violence disrupts relief efforts in the east (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN continues efforts to promote peace in Darfur and southern Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

More than 1 million Myanmar cyclone victims have received aid, says UN (UN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Unaccompanied children of war (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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