News Stories (09/06/08)

Zimbabwe vote 'not free and fair' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ceremony marks Hindu school work (BBC News) - [text online]

ID cards 'could threaten privacy' (BBC News) - [text online]

'Military coup' in Zimbabwe as Mugabe is forced to cede power to generals (The Times) - [text online]

MI5 has not called for 42 day detention, Jacqui Smith admits (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Victory on 42 days will not halt bid to oust Brown (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe's brutality to force election victory is revealed (The Independent) - [text online]

Thousands of cyclone dead 'may never be identified' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 08 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Death toll rises to 16 in Mogadishu violence after relatively calm days (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

North, south Sudanese draw up "road map" on Abyei (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Aid cutoff a 'deplorable decision' - UN humanitarian chief (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cities of Sanctuary across the UK? (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Points-based system: English language tests (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Runoff Vote Will Be ‘Dead on Arrival’ (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Food assistance “likely” for up to a year (IRINNews) - [text online]

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: The world's first climate change "refugees" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Occupation is a "millstone" around Israel's neck, report says (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council team and Sudanese President hold talks in Khartoum (UN News) - [text online]

UN advises ending of refugee status for Sierra Leoneans who fled country (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Fear versus democracy (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Assumani Bora: "These people here don't like foreigners" (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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