Wednesday 11 June 2008

News Stories (11/06/08)

Last-ditch push over terror vote (BBC Online) - [text online]

Somalia's factions sign ceasefire (BBC Online) - [text online]

Former Metropolitan Police chief Lord Stevens backs 42-day detention (The Times) - [text online]

Rumour and suspicion that threatens Afghan aid (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe's thugs turn to burning people alive (The Times) - [text online]

Poll:British public wants 42-day terror detention (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Brown enters the final hours of his battle to win vote on 42 days (The Independent) - [text online]

Unity government talks offer hope to Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

UN's most expensive mission exposed as farcical shambles (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Chad: Facts and figures snapshot report, 09 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]


ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Ampara districts Situation Report # 129 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 28, 29 May - 10 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: "Alliance" divided over Djibouti peace accord (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: WFP continues to make progress in reaching victims of cyclone (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Burundi: govt and rebels commit to end violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: WFP cuts back air service for aid workers because of lack of funding (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UNHCR against confrontation, for cooperation in South Kivu (ReliefWeb0) - [text online]

Iraq refugees coralled as Home Office asylum net widens (The Guardian) - [text online]

Colombia/Ecuador: disappearances (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Nobel Peace Prize winner writes book on Iranian refugee law for UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Sicilian trawler and UNHCR help in rescue of 27 Somalians (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR chief discusses southern Africa with Lesotho leader (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR works against confrontation and for cooperation in South Kivu (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Not just business as usual for refugees in Pakistan (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Refugee Week reveals the many faces of refugees as it celebrates its tenth anniversary (Refugee Council) - [text online]

10th Refugee Week kicks off with football tournament and family fun day (Refugee Council) - [text online]

UK: Proposed 42-day Pre-Charge Detention Violates Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

New Report Sharply Criticizes Security Council Over Darfur (VOA News) - [text online]

Kenya: Resettlement of IDPs Flops Due to Intense Ethnic Hate (allafrica.com) - [text online]

UN says global food aid deliveries reach lowest level in almost 50 years (UN News) - [text online]

Former Rwandan official pleads not guilty before UN genocide tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

UN refugee agency calls for probe into attacks on Colombian refugees (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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