Thursday 30 October 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (30/10/08)

UN urges end to DR Congo conflict (BBC News) - [text online]

Tech giants in human rights deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Georgia denies 'war crimes' claim (BBC News) - [text online]

UN peacekeepers braced for full-scale war in central Africa (The Times) - [text online]

Congo: the new exodus (The Independent) - [text online]

India: Floods displace 70,000 in northeastern area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Armed attacks blocking aid in the east, over 470,000 refugees and displaced might be affected (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: 20,000 displaced by earthquake, WHO warns of health risks (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Aid agencies forced to cease operations due to intense fighting (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zambia closes border to DR Congo refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN peacekeeping medals awarded to UN-AU forces in North Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 29, Sep 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [full report] and [tables of indicators].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 42, 19-25 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 28 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Officers discover would-be illegal immigrants hiding in a Bentley (The Guardian) - [text online]

Donkey ambulance brings dignity and comfort to Darfur camp (UNHCR) - [text online]

Up to 45,000 Congolese flee IDP camp and flow into Goma (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displaced in Pakistan, between a rock and a hard place (UNHCR) - [text online]

Some 30,000 Congolese flee to IDP settlement in North Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Isolated and abused: women migrant domestic workers in Jordan (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Colombia: One step forward, many to go (Amnesty International) - [text online]. For a copy of the report “‘Leave us in peace!’ Targeting civilians in Colombia’s internal armed conflict”, please see: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/023/2008/en

Colombia: ‘Leave us in peace!’ Targeting civilians in the internal armed conflict - FACTS AND FIGURES (Amnesty International) - [text online]

The human cost of armed conflict in the Philippines (Amnesty International) - [text online]. Download the full report at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA35/008/2008/en/66dc6dde-a5ad-11dd-98b9-d503e38a5523/asa350082008eng.pdf

Internet Rights Protection Initiative Launches (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Americas: Women’s Rights Defenders Seek Protection (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: End Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Iran: Attacks Escalate Against Women’s Rights Activists (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

President’s Corner: Candidates Offer Sharply Different Visions for the UN (Refugees International) - [text online]

The Difficulties of US Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

Sudan: Humanitarian Access in Darfur (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Aid workers have lost their sanctity in Afghanistan (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

CHAD: Armed attacks blocking aid in the east
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Women vital to peace in post-conflict zones, Security Council hears (UN News) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: Border closed to DRC refugees
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban highlights benefits of global migration in address to Philippine forum (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Eric - “There’s real panic in town”
(IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: New body aims to boost humanitarian work
(IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Aid workers under siege
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Fleeing from the frying pan into the fire
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Progress in Darfur undermined by ongoing conflict, UN peacekeeping chief says (UN News) - [text online]

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