Friday 13 June 2008

News Stories (13/06/08)

Zimbabwe is worsening, UN warns (BBC News) - [text online]

US Guantanamo trials 'to proceed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ethiopia appeals for urgent aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Locals killed in S Africa attacks (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to transfer powers in Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

'Jewish settler attack' on film (BBC News) - [text online]

Religious clashes erupt in India (BBC News) - [text online]

No deals on 42 days, says Brown (BBC News) - [text online]

I'm fighting to defend our basic freedoms, says David Davis (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Supreme Court condemns Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

US ambassador warns of ‘massive starvation’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition negotiator is accused of treason (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain and US 'complicit in war crimes by Ethiopian military' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 17/18, 22 May ?06 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 20 - 27 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Insecurity not the only obstacle to Iraq return (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Further reading: Asylum seeker deportation resistance (The Guardian) - [text online]

Land of no return (The Guardian) - [text online]

The resistance: On the deportation frontline (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ethiopia: Agencies revise humanitarian requirements from $68m to $325m due to severe drought (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Govt of Ireland announces airlift of humanitarian aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cambridge Hosts Second Tackling Honour-Based Road Show (Home Office) - [text online]

MYANMAR: A journey into the heart of the cyclone-hit delta (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: SADC election observers - ready or not for 'D-Day' poll (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN Peacebuilding Commission adds Central African Republic to its agenda (UNNews) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees in Iran held up by red tape and border closures, UN says (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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