News Stories (11 Oct. 2007)

Details of selected news stories from the UK press:

Only now, the full horror of Burmese junta's repression of monks emerges (The Independent) - [online text]

PM's offer to look 'sympathetically' at asylum cases gives hope to Lay Naing (The Independent) - [online text]

US judge rules Guantanamo inmate cannot be deported (The Independent) - [online text]

Bush and Congress dispute Armenian 'genocide' status (The Independent) - [online text]

Afghanistan refugees fight to stay in camps (The Independent) - [online text]

France's first immigration museum opens (The Guardian) - [online text]

UK population breaks through 60m barrier (The Guardian) - [online text]

Turkey condemns US Armenia vote (BBC News Online) - [online text]

Wars in Africa wipe out aid gains (BBC News Online) - [online text]

Handicrafts expertise helps resettled refugee make good in Brazil (UNHCR News) - [online text]

From the Blogs:

Asylum - an Inside Story from Iraq (ICAR Blog) - [online text]

Monitoring Conferences (FMO Blog) - [online text]