Monday 28 July 2008

News Stories (28/07/08)

Darfur force 'failing civilians' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan ICC charges concern Mbeki (BBC News) - [text online]

Karadzic supporters hold protests (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs 'misled over army torture' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN peacekeepers 'at breaking point (The Independent) - [text online]

The last untouchable in Europe (The Independent) -[text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 23, 09 ? 24 Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Najaf authorities to weed out bogus IDPs, official says (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Nearly 700,000 children still in need of assistance after cyclone (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: UNHCR launches "Corre por la Vida" Running for Life campaign (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

South Korean cartoon hero becomes UNHCR Goodwill Envoy (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Q&A: Former health minister seeks a peace cure for DRC (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Mexico marks 25 years of collaboration with UNHCR (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Czech mission to Malaysia paving way for landmark resettlement programme (UNHCR News) - [text online]

This crackdown on forced marriage is not all it seems (The Guardian) - [text online]

Kenya: Punish War Crimes in Mt. Elgon (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Chad: Bring us security to return home (Refugees International) - [text online]

Positive Encounter between Parliamentarians and Refugees (Refugee Council) - [text online]

An update on the Draft (Partial) Immigration and Citizenship Bill (Refugee Council) - [text online]

UNICEF says 180,000 children in Somalia are malnourished (UN News) - [text online]

New UN 'Running for Life' campaign spotlights plight of Colombia's displaced (UN News) - [text online]

Situation remains dire for Myanmar cyclone victims, UN agencies warn (UN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Access is there, donors should respond generously, says Holmes
(IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Humanitarian futures (part 2) - "the crisis of humanitarianism" (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A nation of billionaires
(IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Incentives announced to encourage return of IDPs, refugees
(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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