A Selection of News Headlines (05/11/08)

Stoning victim 'begged for mercy' (BBC News) - [text online]

Georgian army chief is dismissed (BBC News) - [text online]

Britain closes door on 80,000 asylum-seekers (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghan veterans more likely to suffer from mental illness (The Independent) - [text online]

New plans for centre to detain asylum seekers (Buckingham Today) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 20 - 26 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No.30; 25 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 35, 16 - 31 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 37, 14 - 20 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Yemen: Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 3 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 06 - 12 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 11 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

New points system 'barrier to migrants' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Dozens dead or missing in latest Gulf of Aden tragedy (UNHCR) - [text online]

Boat people arrivals in the Mediterranean, Gulf of Aden already top 2007 (UNHCR) - [text online]

Dozens dead or missing in Gulf of Aden; boat people figures rise (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displacement in Democratic Republic of the Congo and region (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR confirms destruction of several camps for displaced Congolese (UNHCR) - [text online]

Burundi: Detentions of Political Opponents Threaten Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Georgia: More Cluster Bomb Damage Than Reported (Himan Rights Watch) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Emergency food and water for North Kivu displaced (ICRC) - [text online]

DR of Congo: Staff Evacuated From War Zone (Reuetrs AlertNet) - [text online]

D.R. of Congo: Life at the Ranger Refugee Campa (Reuetrs AlertNet) - [text online]

Asylum Update 4 Novemebr 2008 )ICAR RefBlog) - [text online]

UN human rights expert outlines priorities for addressing the scourge of racism (UN News) - [text online]

More patience needed in assessing UN human rights body, its President says (UN News) - [text online]

UN police take arduous route to deliver equipment to mission in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Helping health providers treat trafficking victims (IRIN News) - [text online]

Senior UN official assesses status of stabilization force during visit to Chad (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN agencies stepping up relief efforts amid reports of fresh fighting (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Where's the Global Fund money? (UN News) - [text online]

Somalia: UNICEF speaks out against stoning death of 13-year-old rape victim (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: The grey economy is the real one (IRIN News) - [text online]

Human smuggling across Gulf of Aden and Mediterranean Sea keeps rising – UN (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Children most vulnerable as thousands need urgent aid (IRIN News) - [text online]

Amendment to electoral law bodes well for Iraq’s minorities, says UN (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Floods displace thousands, destroy farmland in Bardera (IRIN News) - [text online]

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