Thursday 20 November 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (20/11/08)

Rwanda aide questioned in France (BBC News) - [text online]

UN reports on fighting in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

DRC rebels pull out to let aid in (BBC News) - [text online]

Pakistan protest to US ambassador (BBC News) - [text online]

BNP members 'targeted by threats' (BBC News) - [text online]

BNP deputy Simon Darby admits: I use the City Hall to do party business (The Times) - [text online]

Charities launch appeal as Congo suffering grows (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Once more fear stalks the streets of Kandahar (The Independent) - [text online]

Union: 'Ban teachers who are BNP supporters' (The Independent) - [text online]

Sex & the citizens: New prostitution laws explained (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration soars to highest level in years (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: There are better ways to protect trafficked women (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP protest after arrests (Manchester Evening News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Oct 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Fewer returning refugees may increase tension (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Aid agencies plan to reach 34,000 IDPs in Dungu area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN seeks USD 7bn to aid 30 million people in 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: Fighting hampers relief aid to tens of thousands in the north (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Immigration falls and set to decline further in recession (The Guardian) - [text online]

Phil Woolas should blame his own department, not asylum lawyers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Kabul conference pledges support for sustainable return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghan returnees assess the lay of the land (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Kabul conference pledges support for sustainable return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Tough challenges face Congolese returnees to South Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to quarterly asylum statistics (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Covey responds to Immigration Minister's attacks (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of thousands trapped in the Wanni need urgent shelters (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Colombia: Stop false accusations against human rights groups, government should address reported abuses (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Labour can't place itself above the law (The Guardian) - [text online]

UK net immigration rises to 237,000 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Central African Republic: Aid for 20,000 displaced people (ICRC) - [text online]

Tough action to protect vulnerable women and tackle kerb crawlers (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Third quarter removals at six-year high (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Asylum Update - Novemebr 20th 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

YEMEN: Tens of thousands beyond reach of aid agencies - rights group
(IRIN News) - [text online]

UN human rights office regrets Israeli pull-out from upcoming racism conference (UN News) - [text online]

‘Important qualitative leap’ made in Georgia talks, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Humanitarian situation in Somalia in serious decline as security worsens, warns UN chief (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: Ban welcomes rebel pullback and increased aid access in east (UN News) - [text online]

Ban joins concern over fresh reports of bombings and fighting in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN seeks $7 billion in humanitarian aid for 2009, by far its largest ever appeal (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Rape crisis set to worsen amid Kivu chaos
(IRIN News) -[text online]

SOMALIA: Crops destroyed, families displaced as Shabelle bursts banks
(IRIN News) - [text online]

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