Friday 20 June 2008

News Stories (20/06/08)

Africa turns up heat on Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

UN classifies rape a 'war tactic' (BBC News) - [text online]

War crimes warning to Robert Mugabe as terror grows (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe death toll reaches 85 as militias step up killings and torture (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama entangled in row over Muslim headscarf (The Independent) - [text online]

Hunger strike - 'till death or deportation' (IRR News) - [text online]

Nepal: Sustainability of IDP returns undermined by lack of assistance - IDMC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Insecurity, uncertainty stop return of refugees from Pakistan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Racism against refugees to be reflected in London film festival (The Guardian) - [text online]

Protests at pre-entry English tests for spouses coming to UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

This Muslim life (The Guardian) - [text online]

On World Refugee Day, Guterres says refugee protection more challenging (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

UNHCR alarmed over reports of forcible returns of Eritreans from Egypt (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: UNHCR chief meets refugees, internally displaced in Kenya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Giving refugees a hand on Facebook (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Local Immigration Teams to be Introduced Across the UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Survey 2008 (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Northern Mogadishu IDPs at the mercy of the elements (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council demands action to end sexual violence as a tactic in war (UN News) - [text online]

Report: Exams reveal abuse, torture of detainees (CNN) - [text online]

Amnesty: More than 1,000 unaccounted for in Tibet (Associated Press) - [text online]

Escalating violence in Zimbabwe ‘unacceptable,’ says UN political chief (UN News) - [text online]

Somalis face one of world’s worst humanitarian crises, UN refugee chief warns (UN News) - [text online]

UN relief wing hails private sector support to aid appeals after Myanmar cyclone (UN News) - [text online]

Impunity must end for violence to stop in south-central Nepal, UN officials say (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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