Thursday 24 July 2008

News Stories (24/07/08)

New E Africa food crisis warning (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan president defiant in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

Karadzic extradition delay likely (BBC News) - [text online]

Italy targets illegal immigrants (BBC News) - [text online]

Radovan Karadzic will defend himself in Hague trial (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

With a jig President al-Bashir plays peacemaker in Darfur (The Times) - [text online]

Firm with licence to print Mugabe's money (The Independent) - [text online]

Karadzic to defend himself 'with help of God' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN missing anti-poverty goals, warns Brown (The Independent) - [text online]

Italy calls up troops for urban crackdown on migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethiopian man alleges race abuse at work place (Metro London) - [text online]

Displaced, again (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Myanmar: WFP to halt airlifts for aid delivery from 10 Aug (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN mission calls on armed groups to end suffering (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: 3.5m people will need humanitarian assistance by year's end (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 22; 12 - 22 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum seeker and refugee destitution has doubled, says trust (The Guardian) - [text online]

Consensus of hard and soft (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR cards give refugees in Bangladesh individual identities (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Nepal: Abuses Against Tibetans Protesting China’s Tibet Crackdown (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Burma: Cyclone Donors Should Ensure Transparency and Accountability (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Northern Uganda: Real Options for Returning Home (Refugees International) - [text online]

Marriage Visa Age Raised To Prevent Forced Marriages (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Sudanese president is defiant in Darfur visit (Associated Press) - [text online]

SOMALIA: "Country months away from major crisis"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: Humanitarian situation in northwest deteriorating - rights group
(IRIN News) - [text online]

BURUNDI: Human rights record "shows no improvement"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Sudan and UN sign four-year development assistance plan (UN News) - [text online]

UN-African Union mission chief meets with Sudanese President in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

New individual ID cards fairer for refugees in Bangladesh – UN agency (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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