Tuesday 5 August 2008

Press Curttings (05/08/08)

Terror detention plans 'muddled' (BBC News) - [text online]

Clampdown move on rogue employers (BBC News) - [text online]

Al-Qaeda woman suspect sent to US (BBC News) - [text online]

Land protests continue in Kashmir (BBC News) - [text online]

Silvio Berlusconi puts troops on Italian city streets (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Chinese separatists blamed for police grenade massacre (The Times) - [text online]

Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra (The Times) - [text online]

Peers sound warning over 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Troops fan out across Italy in bid to fight crime (THe Independent) - [text online]

Separatists blamed after 16 policemen killed in China (The Independent) - [text online]

Northern Uganda: International support for Sudanese refugees still required (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: UN SC asks Secretary-general to establish Peacebuilding Office (ReliefWeb) - [text line]

Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis response enters new phase in relief and early recovery (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: Drive to get doctors to return (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Over 16,000 rights abuse cases recorded (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Population Movements in Eastern DR Congo, Jul 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

GPs demand right to treat refugees (The Observer) - [text online]

It's time for the Mail to get sensitive (The Guardian) - [text online]

Shalom, Giles Coren (The Guardian) - [text online]

Palestinian refugees to Iceland and Sweden (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Beijing Olympic athletes get the chance to give hope to refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Resettlement to Iceland rescues Palestinians from border camp limbo (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Over 200 Chadian police officers complete UN training in law, human rights (UN News) - [text online]

UN creates new peacebuilding office in Sierra Leone (UN News) - [text online]

UN-African Union officials confer with Sudan on Darfur peace force (UN News) - [text online]

MALI: Efforts to quell illegal migration
(IRIN News) - [text online]

MALI: Abdoulaye: “The Algerian police took… all our documents and then beat us. They do that to everyone"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: MSF seeks assurances before returning to North Darfur
(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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