A Selection of News Headlines (04/11/08)

UN's Ban takes on DR Congo crisis (BBC News) - [text online]

UKIP rejects BNP electoral offer (BBC News) - [text online]

Rebel General Nkunda surrounds major town, vowing to liberate Congo (The Times) - [text online]

Bangladesh Army promises ‘battling begums’ a free and fair election (The Times) - [text online]

Aid starts to make its way through in Democratic Republic of Congo (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Taliban forces advance across 'valley of terror' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN aid workers stunned to find camps empty (The Independent) - [text online]

Morocco bans magazine for insulting Islam (The Independent) - [text online]

Former PM returns for Bangladesh poll (The Independent) - [text online]

Bin Laden's secretary guilty of terror crimes (The Independent) - [text online]

Uganda: Focus shifts to securing durable solutions for IDPs (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

UN appoints Nigerian to mediate peace deal (The Guardian) - [text online]

Countess meets Colombian refugees in Ecuador (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: rushing priority aid to those who need it most (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: North Kivu population at risk as fighting intensifies (ICRC) - [text online]

Colombia: New Policy Options for a New Administration (Refugees International) - [text online]

Pakistan: One year after emergency, legacy of abuses lingers on (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings in Colombia concern UN rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

Ban appoints envoy as UN aid convoy reaches rebel-held town in DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Worsening violence deepens humanitarian crisis in Chad, UN relief wing warns (UN News) - [text online]

Rwanda accedes to UN convention on commercial arbitration (UN News) - [text online]

Afghan returnee numbers this year top 276,000 – UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

Another UN food convoy on its way to violence-stricken northern Sri Lanka (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: "One message" on FGM/C in Somaliland (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: NGOs warn against encouraging large-scale refugee returns (IRIN News) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Agencies warn of continuing recovery challenges (IRIN News) - [text online]

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