Monday 6 October 2008

A Selection of News Stories (06/10/08)

EU to open 'job centre' in Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

Somalia is 'most ignored tragedy' (BBC News) - [text online]

Protests in Italy against escalating racism (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

42-day detention dropped as unworkable (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe’s marauders seize their last chance to grab white farms (The Times) - [text online]

Ethnic violence in India leaves 33 people dead (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 13 Sep - 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]


ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 38, 21 - 27 Sep 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 9 - Sep 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 49
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Guterres appeals for world's poor, displaced as annual Executive Committee opens (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR's annual Executive Committee meeting next week (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Nansen Award winners clear South Lebanon of clusterbombs (UNHCR) - [text online]

Pakistan/Afghanistan: Thousands of displaced civilians in border area have right to international assistance (Amnesty Intrernational) - [text online]

Northern Uganda: Assisting the Elderly (Refugees International) - [text online]

United States: Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

The Party Conference season ends with a bumper turnout for our Tory fringe in Birmingham (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Report reveals “shocking” consequences of living on vouchers (Refugee Council) - [text online]. The full report is available at www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/s4vouchers.

UN health agency calls for extra $8 million to help aid operations in Ethiopia (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A short ride from joy to cynicism
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Darfur rebels deny signing peace agreement
(IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Poor braced for “Monga” season
(IRIN News) - [text online]

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