A Selection of News Headlines (07/03/2009)

UN fails to agree on Sudan action (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza homes destruction 'wanton' (BBC News) - [text online]

Maliki makes reconciliation call (BBC News) - [text online]

UN pleads with Sudan over aid ban (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia ups aid for Rohingyas (BBC News) - [text online]

A million face starvation as Sudan shuts down (The Times) - [text online]

Darfur war crimes court orders arrest of President Omar al-Bashir (The Times) - [text online]

Briefing paper on the impact of the new citizenship provisions in the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill (Migrant Rights Network) - [text online]

Myanmar: Conflicts and human rights violations continue to cause displacement (IDMC) - [text online]

Rights and wrongs of rendition: MI5 consults 'ethical counsellor' (The Independent) - [text online]

Ministers 'fizzing' over early release of immigration data (The Independent) - [text online]

James Smith: Despots cannot hide, despite their threats (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 42, 16 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 25 Feb - 03 Mar 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 7/8, 14 - 28 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Joint UN North East Situation Monitoring Report ? Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 2 Issue 2, Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

New teaching materials on Black history (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Could Ireland join Schengen? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Statistics body playing politics, says minister (The Guardian) - [text online]

Behind the headlines (The Guardian) - [text online]

Statistics body 'playing politics' with immigration figures, minister says (The Guardian) - [text online]

Humanitarian concerns in Sudan, region (UNHCR) - [text online]

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

International Women's Day (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: Peanut butter, pottery and sewing help empower refugee women (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: UNHCR helps Colombian victims of sexual violence (UNHCR) - [text online]

International Women's Day: UNHCR reaffirms commitment to gender equality (UNHCR) - [text online]

Young Colombian refugees open up to hospital clowns (UNHCR) - [text online]

Sudan: Amnesty International calls for arrest of President al Bashir (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Kenya: top UN official calls for investigation of killing of human rights figure (UN News) - [text online]

Upsurge in attacks as militia group returns to North Kivu, UN agency reports (UN News) - [text online]

Expulsion of aid groups from Darfur will have wide impact, UN agencies warn (UJN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Merka IDPs virtually out of food (IRIN News) - [text online]

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