Wednesday 6 May 2009

A Selection of News Headlines (06/05/2009)

Russia accused after Georgia puts down 'attempted coup' (The Independent) - [text online]

UN retreats after Israel hits out at Gaza report (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain's least wanted: The 16 barred from the UK (The Independent) - [text online]

Lumley in fresh attack on Labour over rights of Gurkhas (The Independent) - [text online]

Exposed: MI5's secret deals in Camp X-ray (The Independent) - [text online]

UN report condemns Israel over Gaza war (The Times) - [text online]

Jacqui Smith says ID cards could be available from high street shops (The Times) - [text online]

Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili claims to have crushed army mutiny (The Times) - [text online]

Duchess of Cornwall backs campaign against Government's treatment of Gurkhas (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Children disappear from Heathrow care home (The Guardian) - [audio online]

People trafficking: a phone call, a car door opens - and another child vanishes (The Guardian) - [text online]

Revealed: 77 trafficked Chinese children lost by home (The Guardian) - [text online]

What our Kafkaesque immigration laws mean for theatre (The Guardian) - [text online]

Patsy plays patball (The Guardian) - [text online]

Joanna Lumley claims royal backing for Gurkha fight (The Guardian) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Zimbabwe: OCHA Monthly Humanitarian Update, Apr 2009
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR revises guidelines for Iraqi asylum claims (UNHCR) - [text online]

Beasts of burden a boon to the displaced in Baidoa (UNHCR) - [text online]

Number of internally displaced people remains stable at 26 million (UNHCR) - [text online]

Manchester citizens get first chance to apply for ID cards (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

High street stores to help customers get their passports and ID cards (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: ‘Boat People’ Recount Horrors (Human Rights Watch) - [text and photographs online]

Zimbabwe: Human rights and political activists back in detention (Amnesty International) - [text online]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Violence continues to drive out CAR families
(IRIN News) - [text online]

Improving security prompts UN to revise guidelines for Iraqi asylum claims (UN News) - [text online]

UNICEF warns of impact on children of ongoing violence in Southern Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: UN launches $50 million appeal for growing mass of displaced (UN News) - [text online]

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