A Selection of News Headlines (20/02/2009).

Burma rights still 'challenging' (BBC News) - [text online]

Argentina expels Holocaust bishop (BBC News) - [text online]

Sweden accepts ex-Guantanamo man (BBC News) - [text online]

Peace on the Rocks: Susan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (Enough Project) - [text online]

Revealed: the full extent of Labour's curbs on civil liberties (The Independent) - [text online]

Deporting gay asylum-seeker 'was unlawful' (The Independent) - [text online]

Qatada wins £2,500 for illegal detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: The price of our civil liberties (The Independent) - [text online]

Qatada can be deported despite torture fears, law lords rule (The Independent) - [text online]

Europe opens covert talks with ‘blacklisted’ Hamas (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Slipping out of control (The Independent) - [text online]

Radical preacher Abu Qatada will 'stay in country' despite deportation order (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda: OCHA Situation Report No. 3 - Focus on Karamoja, Oct 2008 to Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 11 - 17 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : occupied Palestinian territory: Gaza Situation Report No. 22 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sudan: Humanitarian Action in Darfur, weekly bulletin No. 07, 19 Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Monthly Update - Jan/Feb 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Foreign workers are the wrong target (The Guardian) - [Audio Online]

Civil rights groups defend Qatada payout (The Guardian) - [text online]

Here for now - but Jordan awaits (The Guardian) - [text online]

Home secretary signs Abu Qatada deportation order after law lords overturn torture ruling (The Guardian) - [text online]

The clash of fundamentals (The Guardian) - [text online]

Abu Qatada takes deportation fight to European court after law lords ruling (The Guardian) - [text online]

'Laughter erupted. I longed to join in' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Borders, citizenship and immigration bill (The Guardian) - [text online]

Passport anti-fraud measure comes to UK (HOme Office Press Release) - [text online]

International community fails to protect Darfur (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: AU and UN should immediately send human rights monitors (Amnesty International) - [Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UK: Law Lords Judgment Undermines Torture Ban (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

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Selection of News Headlines (12/02/2009)

Red Cross struggles to rescue Tamil patients trapped in jungle war zone hospital (The Times) - [text online]

India: eight slaughtered over forbidden marriage (The Times) - [text online]

Deadly attacks hit Afghan capital (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Food insecurity, the problem that never went away (WebRelief) - [text online]

Crisis means more child soldiers in Colombia - UN (WebRelief) - [text online]

Horn of Africa media briefing note (WebRelief) - [text online]

European Union provides €168m to Palestinian Authority for 2009 budget (WebRelief) - [text online]

Rebels turn back fleeing civilians, Sri Lankan military charges (WebRelief) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (11/02/2009)

Morgan Tsvangirai vows to fight Robert Mugabe's regime from the inside (The Times) - [text online]

Deadly attacks hit Afghan capital (BBC News) - [text online]

Mass disarmament begins in Sudan (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe education crisis worsens (WebRelief) - [text online]

UN humanitarian chief urges greater attention to protection of civilians in DRC (WebRelief) - [text online]

Update on relief operations for displaced in north-west Pakistan (WebRelief) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (09/02/2009)

Sri Lanka bomber 'kills dozens' (BBC News) - [text online]

China submits rights record to UN (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza activist detained in Egypt (BBC News) - [text online]

Nearly 14,000 flee Sri Lanka's war zone - military (WebRelief) - [text online]

UN Humanitarian Chief sees glimmer of hope in Democratic Republic of Congo but warns grave problems remain (WebRelief) - [text online]

Israel-OPT: Challenges of getting aid to Gazans (WebRelief) - [text online]

Madagascar: ICRC boosts support to Malagasy Red Cross amid continuing violence (WebRelief) - [text online]

Moroccan rains kill 24, force mass evacuations (WebRelief) - [text online]

UN assistance for people fleeing Swat (WebRelief) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (05/02/2009)

Bombs close last hospital in Sri Lanka's war zone (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudan army takes key Darfur town (BBC News) - [text online]

Ten killed in Brazilian slum raid (BBC News) - [text online]

Hamas police 'seize aid for Gaza' (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan's north-south peace accord at critical juncture as referendum looms, Ban warns(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (04/02/2009)

No consensus on Africa unity plan (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali leader seeks military aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Riot police occupy Sao Paulo slum (BBC News) - [text online]

Myanmar migrants say cast adrift by Thais (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Disregard for civilian safety appalling (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: UNICEF welcomes release of 85 children from armed forces in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Gaza: People still struggling for clean water (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

United Nations seeks USD 604 million for Afghanistan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (03/02/2009)

S Lanka hospital 'attacked again' (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaddafi vows to push Africa unity (BBc News) - [text online]

AU troops 'shot Somali civilians' (BBC News) - [text online]

Teacher in US accused of genocide (BBC News) - [text online]

Boat people rescued off Indonesia (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza rocket hits city of Ashkelon (BBC News) - [text online]

Fears grow for trapped civilians as army launches final onslaught (The Times) - [text online]