Tuesday 28 October 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (28/10/08)

Free at last: female slave who dared to take Niger to court (The Times) - [text online]

Extremists to be barred from UK (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe talks fail to reach deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali woman executed by stoning (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration removal plan revealed (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugees escape Tutsi rebels in Congo (The Independent) - [text online]

Historic verdict as Niger is convicted of failing to protect woman sold into slavery (The Independent) - [text online]

Plan to name and shame barred 'hate preachers' (The Independent) - [text online]

Fears for safety and welfare of Afghans displaced by worsening conflict (IDMC) - [press release] and [full report].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 33, 27 Sep ? 17 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: 15% of children in Bajaur IDP camps suffer from malnutrition (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Renewed fighting makes aid delivery increasingly difficult in the east (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

A higher authority (The Guardian) - [text online]

Teachers TV: Brit Camp - Am I British? (The Guardian) - [text and video online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Goma braces for arrival of up to 30,000 displaced (UNHCR) - [text online]

Yemen: Over 10,000 displaced by floods (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR and UK work to improve refugee status determination (UNHCR) - [text online]

Tough new measures to exclude stirrers of hate (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

DR Congo: Latest Fighting Leaves Civilians in Peril (Refugees International) - [text online]

UK: Terror Suspect Should Not Be Deported to Jordan (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: Latest Fighting Leaves Civilians in Peril (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Sophie: "I have to continue for the children’s sake"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General welcomes latest effort to resolve Zimbabwean impasse (UN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: NGOs pare down in face of financial crisis
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban voices alarm at worsening conflict in volatile east of DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Susan Muthoni: "Now I am up and about, fighting to live yet another day"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Blog: Forced to Flee
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Rising animosity in central state could fuel conflict
(IRIN News) - [text online]

New UN human rights chief in Colombia as indigenous flee violence (UN News) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: Countries warned against restrictions on migration amid financial crisis
(IRIN News) - [text online]

First batch of UN-trained Chadian forces to be deployed to east of country (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: More young southerners returning home - report
(IRIN News) - [text online]. Full IOM report also available to download - [here].

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