Thursday 23 October 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (23/10/08)

South Africa poverty 'emergency' (BBC News) - [text online]

Bid to stop detention of children (BBC News) - [text online]

World steps in with $4.5 billion for war-ravaged Georgia (The Times) - [text online]

EU agrees "Blue Card" to lure high skilled migrants (Reuters, courtesy of IRR Digest) - [text online]

Pakistan stares into the abyss (The Independent) - [text online]

Court rules Islamic law discriminatory (The Independent) - [text online]

Georgia: Donors pledge USD4.5bn for post-conflict recovery (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: Rebels sold abducted children to fight in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: Violent history repeats itself for indigenous communities (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 41, 12 - 18 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Sep 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Aug 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR starts to help hundreds of Iraqi Christian refugees in Syria (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR hopes to improve conditions for returnees to Abkhazia in 2009 (UNHCR) - [text online]

Burma: Asian and European Leaders Should Press for Reforms (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

EU: Stand Firm Against Diplomatic Assurances (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

War's Heartache Not Over for Separated Families (Refugees International) - [text online]

AFRICA: Red Cross broadens its range of assistance
(IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Economic crisis hits children harder
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Adam - “They shot me in the back”
(IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Move to stem influx of Ethiopians, Eritreans
(IRIN News) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: Contingency plan for army of migrants
(IRIN News) - [text online]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Oil money draws sub-Saharan Africans
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Human rights bodies from 70 countries convene in Nairobi for UN forum (UN News) - [text online]

UN working to ensure security for Darfur’s displaced, says peacekeeping chief (UN News) - [text online]

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