Tuesday 11 November 2008

A Selection of News Stories (11/11/08)

Barack Obama plans quick transfer of Guantanamo Bay suspects to US (The Times) - [text online]

Serbs hunt Mladic in factory raid (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo angry at rebel demands (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Qatada back in jail 'after plotting to flee to Middle East (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama to fulfil promise and shut Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Poll lays bare Jerusalem's tribal divides (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghan tale of oppression wins French literature prize (The Independent) - [text online]

Rebel vows to fight peacekeepers (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenya: Floods OCHA Situation Report, 11 Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: First emergency supplies airlifted into Goma; critical to curbing cholera and respiratory infections (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: South Ossetian tanks occupy village outside of breakaway territory (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Drought, food crisis drive Afghans out of villages (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghans now able to update, modify identification in Pakistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

DR Congo: Increase Peacekeepers in Eastern Congo (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

European Governments Should Resettle Guantanamo Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Refugee Council to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: First food distribution for displaced people north-east of Rutshuru (ICRC) - [text online]

Armed men ambush group of UN-African Union peacekeepers in West Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN observes anniversary of Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushes aid as sporadic fighting continues in eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: What will stop the fighting?
(IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: New “business model” for humanitarian aid – top UN official
(IRIN News) - [text online]

COTE D'IVOIRE: Appeal for help to stop violence against women
(IRIN News) - [text online]

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