Tuesday, 16 December 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (16/12/08)

UN chief deplores Mugabe position (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkish thinkers' Armenia apology (BBC News) - [text online]

Lord's Resistance Army uses truce to rearm and spread fear in Uganda (The Times) - [text online]

Britain faces humiliating Iraq withdrawal (The Times) - [text online]

Extra judges drafted in to hear immigration appeals (The Times) - [text online]

Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 1,000 (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Update: 01 - 30 Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nigeria: Unresolved conflicts cause ongoing displacement (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Beyond Crisis Management in Eastern Congo (Enough Project) - [text online]

Speaking up for young people (Institute for Race Relations) - [text online]

Pioneering a new educational forum (Institute for Race Relations) - [text online]

Queen's Speech brings gloom for migrants (Institute for Race Relations) - [text online]

Boris Johnson aide 'deeply regrets' immigration articles (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi sewed up mouth in failed bid to avoid deportation (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Asylum seekers are part of us' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Unsuccessful asylum applicants 'should be given support' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Scottish fishermen accused of exploiting migrant boat crew (The Observer) - [text online]

Ruling frees asylum seekers to work (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Shambolic' attempt to fly Kurds home (The Guardian) - [text online]

Fear and use of force on rise at migrant centre, inspector says (The Guardian) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: the displaced urgently need assistance (ICRC) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: Seven years after peace agreement, ICRC scales back activities (ICRC) - [text online]

UNHCR steps up support in Burundi as record numbers return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Number of Iraqis recommended by UNHCR for resettlement hits 50,000 (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR resumes refugee returns from Kenya to South Sudan (UNHCR) - [text online]

Colombians light up to show solidarity for displaced people (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Concerns at Kibati camp as transfers continue (UNHCR) - [text online]

Ecuador: Start of pilot refugee registration scheme (UNHCR) - [text online]

[Comment] Sixty years on, human rights are as incomplete as ever (EU Observer) - [text online]

Brazil: Supreme Court vindicates indigenous land rights (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Damning report on Oakington detention centre (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to publication of Centre for Social Justice report 'Asylum Matters' (Refugee Council) - [text online]

ASYLUM MATTERS:
SCRAP POLICY THAT DRIVES ASYLUM SEEKERS UNDERGROUND AND INTO PROSTITUTION, SAYS NEW REPORT
(Centre for Social Justice) - [text online]

Zimbabwe cholera death toll nears 1,000, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN official pleased that Nepal and Philippines agreed to release child soldiers (UN News) - [text online]

Senior UN officials urge greater protection for Afghan children’s rights (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN deploys nearly all its 17,500 peacekeepers to strife-torn east (UN News) - [text online]

Needs are still great for Myanmar’s cyclone victims, says UN-backed group (UN News) - [text online]

European Union naval escort boosts security for UN food aid en route to Somalia (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN-mandated group finds evidence Rwanda, army aiding rival rebels (UN News) - [text online]

DRC-UGANDA: Anti-LRA offensive could backfire - activists
(IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: IDPs enticed to vacate southern camp
(IRIN News) - [text online]

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