News Stories (14/12/07)

Chad sets date for kidnap trial (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugee chief visits Congo crisis (BBC News) - [text online]

Del Ponte leaves 'disappointed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Red Cross demands Mid-East action (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum rules branded 'inhumane' (BBC News) - [text online]

1995: Bosnia peace accord ends three-year war (BBC News) - [text online]

Two-pronged attack on Smith's plan for 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Red Cross denounces Israel's curbs on Palestinians ahead of Blair conference (The Independent) - [text online]

'Find the fugitives', urges UN prosecutor as she steps down (The Independent) - [text online]

Baltic states braced for backlash by Russian minorities (The Independent) - [text online]

11,000 illegal migrants licensed to work as private security guards (The Guardian) - [text online]

Smith: 6,000 illegal immigrants worked in security industry (The Guardian) - [text online]

Brown risks losing trust over immigrants row, warns Cameron (The Guardian) - [text online]

Geneva dialogue supports coherent policy on refugees in migration flows (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Afghan minority seeks home in India (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR drivers pay heavy price in black week for UN refugee agency (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Condemning the unborn (IRR News) - [text online]

Evidence on assaults and abuse during deportation collected (IRR News) - [text online]

Kosovo debate to dominate EU summit (EU Observer) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somali Region Update Humanitarian Response (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA special focus: The closure of the Gaza Strip - The economic and humanitarian consequences (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Humanitarian action still under fire in Darfur (Refugees International) - [text online]

Lahore immigration advisers and education agents hear how the British High Commission wishes to co-operate with them but learn with dismay about abolition of appeals and proposed further restrictions on marriage which would impact (Immigration Advisory Service) - [text online]

Some Iraqis returnees face uncertain lives (Los Angeles Times) - [text online]

Kosovo status talks failed to produce agreement, says report to Security Council (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Concern over conscription of children, human rights abuses in North Kivu (IRIN News) - [text online]

World Disasters Report: tackling discrimination in disasters (Red Cross Red Crescent) - [text online]

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