Wednesday 17 December 2008

A Selection of News Headlines (17/12/08)

Jewish leaders fear anti-Semitic backlash (The Independent) - [text online]

'Thousands made slaves' in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe rivals 'should both go' (BBC News) - [text online]

Aborigines win battle over mine (BBC News) - [text online]

Bangladesh lifts emergency rule (BBC News) - [text online]

Chinese asylum seeker held for two years despite wanting to go home (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Victory at last for Zimbabwean asylum seekers following IAS’ case (immigration Advisory Service) - [text online]

Victory at last for Zimbabwean asylum seekers (The Zimbabwean) - [text online]

Asylum seekers need free English classes, urges campaign
(NIACE) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 31, Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 08 - 21 Nov 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is now spreading to neighboring countries (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Victims of the South Ossetia conflict need better protection (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Next census aims to map migrant populations (The Independent) - [text online]

MigrationWatch is twisting the truth (The Guardian) - [text online]. The MigrationWatch report - [here].

Congo crisis call for help in UNHCR "Gimme Shelter" campaign (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: UNHCR deplores murder of Italian NGO staffer; rebels reportedly pressuring IDPs to return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Sudanese refugees depart Iraq for resettlement (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR recommendations for the incoming Czech EU Presidency (UNHCR) - [text online]

Ben Affleck video unveiled for UNHCR "Gimme Shelter" campaign (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned about violence in North Kivu as aid worker killed (UNHCR) - [text online]

LAOS: Finding alternatives to resettlement
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Sleeping rough better than repatriation to Zimbabwe
(IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Botswana dismisses its neighbour’s sabre rattling
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Piracy problem inseparable from overall Somali crisis, Ban warns (UN News) - [text online]

Rebels reportedly pressuring displaced Congolese to return home – UN (UN News) - [text online]

New UN report highlights challenges to ensuring food security in Timor-Leste (UN News) - [text online]

Flood-stricken Papua New Guinea receives UN assistance (UN News) - [text online]

Stranded Sudanese refugees leave Iraq for Romania, reports UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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