Thursday 14 August 2008

News Stories (14/08/08)

Russia begins Georgia handover (BBC News) - [text online]

Minorities set to be US majority (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan 'launches attack in Darfur' (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands flee homes in S Lanka (BBC News) - [text online]

George Bush squares up to Vladimir Putin over Georgia (The Times) - [text online]

Bush sends message to Russia with aid mission to Georgia (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe must back down, says rival (The Independent) - [text online]

Three female foreign aid workers shot dead in Afghan ambush (The Independent) - [text online]

Destitute and traumatised, the refugees forced to flee South Ossetia (The Independent) - [text online]

Johann Hari: We need to stop being such cowards about Islam (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghanistan: UN humanitarian chief deplores killing of aid workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Large-scale humanitarian aid still needed - ICRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: NGOs urge action on displacement crisis (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 31, 31 Jul - 08 Aug 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation Report No. 1 on the Situation in Georgia 12 Aug 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR shocked, saddened by deaths of IRC aid workers in Afghanistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghan ceramists sweeten the pot in Balochistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

SADC: Adopt Gender and Development Protocol (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Georgian Villages in South Ossetia Burnt, Looted (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Safe Corridor Urgently Needed for Civilians in Gori District (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Russians pulling out of Gori, says Georgian foreign ministry (The Guardian) - [text online]

Six missing after attempted sea crossing from Somalia to Yemen – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

INTERVIEW-ICRC seeks safety guarantee to aid in S. Ossetia (Reuters Alertnet) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: Tens of thousands displaced in fresh fighting
(IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Dashed hopes all round
(IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: NGOs urge action on displacement crisis
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Rebel groups must unite to reach lasting solution for Darfur – UN military official (UN News) - [text online]

Ban urges parties to implement proposed Georgia peace plan (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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