Tuesday 18 November 2008

A Selection of News Headings (18/11/08)

UN draft seeks to boost DRC force (BBC News) - [text online]

'Punish India police for torture' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq war 'violated rule of law' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq war legal advice flawed, says ex-law lord (The Independent) - [text online]

Pilots threaten to strike over ID cards (The Independent) - [text online]

Georgia's rearguard action over witness accounts challenging its account of war (The Independent) - [text online]

Taliban rejects Karzai's offer of safe passage (The Independent) - [text online]

OPT: Israeli army relaxes restrictions on humanitarian aid to Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Dadaab camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UN Special Representative appeals for unity among leaders (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 36, 01 - 14 Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 31 Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum-seeker charities are just playing the system, says Woolas (The Guardian) - [text online]

The fortress Britain myth (The Guardian) - [text online]

Displaced Kenyans form cooperatives to buy new land, rebuild (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghans return home to live under tents (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Human rights groups request special session of Human Rights Council (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International welcomes commitment to close Guantánamo (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Georgia/Russia conflict: Counting the cost of war: Return, security and truth still a long way off (Amnesty International) - [text online]. See Also: Counting the civilian cost of the Georgia-Russia conflict (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DR Congo: Who is to Blame? (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Don't chase headlines, chase quality news (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Hispanic Vote Goes for Obama But May Not Lead to Quick Action on Immigration Reform (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

NEPAL: Displaced children face hardship
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Thousands of Liberian ex-combatants to take part in UN-backed rehabilitation scheme (UN News) - [text online]

Ban meets with UN human rights officials at start of two-day trip to Switzerland (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza crossing reopens today to allow partial resumption in aid – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN attack helicopters ready to respond after rebel ceasefire violation (UN News) - [text online]

CHAD: UN Secretary-General calls to double troop numbers
(IRIN ews) - [text online]

Stealing a march on winter, UN pre-positions food aid for hungry Afghans (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Surviving as an HIV-positive teacher
(IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Dadaab camps
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy appeals for solidarity among Somali leaders (UN News) - [text online]

In brief: Ushahidi launches website on eastern DR Congo conflict
(UN News) - [text online]

In brief: UN satellite maps indicate damage at two IDP camps
(UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: “TFG on brink of collapse”
(IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Sibangilizwe Ndlovu, "These days people are dying in large numbers"
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Southern women march for end to GBV
(IRIN News) - [text online]

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