News Stories (11/12/07)

Cuba makes human rights promise (BBC News) - [text online]

UN rights envoy in Burma briefing (BBC News) - [text online]

Serbia blasted over key fugitives (BBC News) - [text online]

Egypt 'fabricated terror group' (BBC News) - [text online]

Independent Appeal: Flight of the young ones (The Independent) - [text online]

Australia scraps 'Pacific Solution' for refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

'Westernised' women being killed in Basra (The Independent) - [text online]

Birth of a nation: But will Kosovo spark another Balkan crisis? (The Independent) - [text online]

Migrants drown near Turkish coast (The Independent) - [text online]

It's time for a museum of British history (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Risk of new displacement heightens as deadline for resolving Kosovo’s final status expires, says report (IDMC) - [text online]

Higher figures for foreign workers undermine ministers' claims (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugees from Bhutan get first ID cards in Nepal's camps (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN seeks US$3.8 billion for humanitarian aid next year (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Colombia's Pearl of the Pacific loses its lustre (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UN Human Rights Day: UNHCR to help promote Declaration of Human Rights anniversary (UNHCR News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update, 16 Nov - 07 Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: ID campaign starts for Bhutanese refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Humanitarian Appeal 2008: Addressing the needs of 25 million people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Risk of new displacement heightens as Kosovo deadline expire (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Awareness-raising key to tackling gender violence (IRIN News) - [text online]

Refugee to deliver speech at UN with Sir Richard Branson (Refugee Council) - [text online]

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