News Stories (16/01/08)

US fears Europe-based terrorism (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenyan police fire warning shots (BBC News) - [text online]

'No U-turn' in cancer woman row (BBC News) - [text online]

Democrats set aside race dispute (BBC News) - [text online]

MP defends removing cancer woman (BBC News) - [text online]

Is it any wonder people are fleeing London? (The Telegraph) - [text online]

Footballer Al Bangura saved from deportation in extra time (The Times) - [text online]

Speaker's election victory boosts Kenyan opposition (The Independent) - [text online]

Doctors rebel over plan to prevent treatment for failed asylum-seekers (The Independent) - [text online]

Hundreds of seriously ill people deported every year (The Independent) - [text online]

Anger in Austria after politician brands Mohamed a 'child abuser' (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration chief defends deportation of cancer patient (The Guardian) - [text online]

Hain incompetence requires only an apology, says Brown (includes news on immigration) (The Guardian) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq humanitarian update - Issue no. 1, Dec 2007 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Budget cuts at Thai-Burmese border (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Ceasefire ending, UN human rights chief urges respect for law (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Mozambique floods displace 57,000 people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Health workers grappling with conflict-related sexual violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: US$20 million to combat conscription of minors into illegal armed groups - IOM (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Roma refugees see music as their route to self-reliance (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR launches second aid distribution in Kenya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Winter aggravates IDP hardships (IRIN News) - [test online]

ZIMBABWE/UK: No welcome mat for asylum seekers (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN dispatches more aid as Kenya crisis continues (UN News) - [text online]

Military leaders of Sudan and UN-AU Darfur force discuss deployment (UN News) - [text online]

Over 500,000 people displaced in DR Congo last year, says UN (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Health workers grappling with conflict-related sexual violence (IRIN News) - [text online]

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