Tuesday 30 September 2008

Selection of News Stories (30/09/08)

Young Iraqi girls turned into perfect weapon (The Times) - [text online]

Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekers (The Independent) - [text online]

Far-right leader claims he is 'real victor' in Austria (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No.30; 25 Sep 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Côte d'Ivoire: Urban displaced slip into obscurity (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: Some 20,000 have fled for Afghanistan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Liberia: UN SC extends peacekeeping mission for another one year (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Gaza/Lebanon: UNRWA and AAAID cooperate to help poor Palestine refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Security situation 'markedly' worse, reports UN (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bangladesh: 9 months after Sidr, survivors begin to rebuild their lives (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fifty-two Somalis perish in Gulf of Aden smuggling incident (UNHCR) - [text online]

Fifty-two Somalis die after being left adrift by smugglers for 18 days in Gulf of Aden (UNHCR) - [text online]

Some 20,000 people flee Pakistan's tribal areas for Afghanistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

A UN safety net for refugees in Africa (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR provides Ramadan evening meals to Iraqi refugees in Amman (UNHCR) - [text online]

Kuwait Voices: Stateless in Jahra (Refugees International) - [text online]

Sweden stresses importance of human rights during General Assembly debate (UN News) - [text online]

Chad calls for strengthened UN peacekeeping presence in troubled east (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo calls on UN to use force to impose peace on rebel holdouts in east (UN News) - [text online]

Republic of Congo calls for increased support for joint UN-AU mission in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Ecuador, at UN, calls on European Union to reform migration policies (UN News) - [text online]

Corruption thwarts development in Africa, Libya says at UN debate (UN News) - [text online]

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