News Stories (30/06/08)

Africa urged to act on Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

Top Khmer Rouge diplomat in court (BBC News) - [text online]

ID card proposals under spotlight (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe defied by voters in 'sham' elections (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

The world voices its revulsion as Mugabe is sworn in as president (The Independent) - [text online]

Woman 'assaulted' by UK security guards during forced removal (The Independent) - [text online]

Opposition fears for those who refused to back Zanu (The Independent) - [text online]

Kosovo Serbs set up rival assembly (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethnic pupil targets vary widely (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 24, 15 - 21 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 19; 20 - 27 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

MSF calls upon South African authorities to immediately stop deportation of Zimbabweans (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

'Blue card' plan for EU migrants (The Observer) - [text online]

UNHCR chief reiterates partnership at annual meet with NGOs (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Afghan situation worsening, UN relief chief says, urging new approach (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN envoy holds talks with regional leaders on political strife (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (26/06/08)

Zimbabwe rejects Mandela rebuke (BBC News) - [text online]

'Thousands die' in India custody (BBC News) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela attacks Zimbabwe's 'tragic failure of leadership' (The Times) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela condemns Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Mandela ends silence on Zimbabwe crisis (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai retreats again into embassy refuge (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe stripped of his honorary knighthood as a 'mark of revulsion' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 24, 12 - 18 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 25, May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britons may be jailed if relatives from abroad overstay (The Guardian) - [text online]

Dangerous territory (The Guardian) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

The longest day in Norway, the toughest 10 days for emergency team trainees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens annual consultations with NGO partners (UNHCR News) - [text online]

When is a refugee not a refugee? (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Firm But Fair New Rules Short-Term Visitors To The UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Aid promise prompts IDPs to return (IRIN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN rights chief urges justice for victims of electoral violence (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Aid activities suspended after riots in North Kivu (IRINNews) - [text online]

SIERRA LEONE: Former IDPs say feel betrayed (IRIN News)- [text online]

UN-supported initiative aims to reintegrate 180,000 Sudanese ex-combatants (UN News) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (26/06/08)

Zimbabwe rejects Mandela rebuke (BBC News) - [text online]

'Thousands die' in India custody (BBC News) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela attacks Zimbabwe's 'tragic failure of leadership' (The Times) - [text online]

Nelson Mandela condemns Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Mandela ends silence on Zimbabwe crisis (The Independent) - [text online]

Tsvangirai retreats again into embassy refuge (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe stripped of his honorary knighthood as a 'mark of revulsion' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 24, 12 - 18 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 25, May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Britons may be jailed if relatives from abroad overstay (The Guardian) - [text online]

Dangerous territory (The Guardian) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

The longest day in Norway, the toughest 10 days for emergency team trainees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR opens annual consultations with NGO partners (UNHCR News) - [text online]

When is a refugee not a refugee? (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Firm But Fair New Rules Short-Term Visitors To The UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Aid promise prompts IDPs to return (IRIN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN rights chief urges justice for victims of electoral violence (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Aid activities suspended after riots in North Kivu (IRINNews) - [text online]

SIERRA LEONE: Former IDPs say feel betrayed (IRIN News)- [text online]

UN-supported initiative aims to reintegrate 180,000 Sudanese ex-combatants (UN News) - [text online]

Resettlement of Myanmar refugees from Thailand tops 30,000 – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (25/06/08)

US to ignore Zimbabwe poll result (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibet reopens to foreign tourism (BBC News) - [text online]

NZ signs historic Maori land deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Morgan Tsvangirai : Zimbabwe needs peacekeepers (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

'A flagrant violation of democracy': ANC tells Mugabe to delay election (The Independent) - [text online]

Death toll in campaign of intimidation against MDC supporters 'close to 500' (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur's political process in 'troubled state of affairs', Special Envoys report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Lebanon: Aid agencies grapple with coordination issues (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka's forgotten displaced (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: End attacks against aid workers, agencies urge (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR demands immediate, unconditional release of Somali staff member (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

Update on abducted UNHCR staff member in Somalia (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Government of Ecuador opens first refugee office at the border (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Annual NGO-UNHCR consultations start tomorrow (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Ecuador opens first refugee office along border with Colombia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Gambian deportation: 'If she goes back, she will lose everything' (The Guardian) - [text and audio online]

Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Reject Zimbabwe’s Elections (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

MYANMAR: Cyclone assessment reveals critical food, water shortages (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN envoy doubtful parties are willing to enter serious negotiations (UN News) - [text online]

Findings of public opinion poll on use of torture unveiled at UN (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council stresses need for peaceful end to dispute over Abyei, Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

UN urges Nepal to tackle impunity for sexual crimes committed during conflict (UN News) - [text online]

General Assembly President says ‘climate refugees’ are already a reality (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A pro-democracy survivor's guide (IRIN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General calls for renewed efforts to recover missing Kuwaitis from Iraq (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Concerns rising over Darfur restriction (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Insecurity, education hold IDPs in camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ecuador opens new refugee office along border with Colombia with UN help (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (24/06/08)

UN: Free Zimbabwe poll impossible (BBC News) - [text online]

Court rules on Guantanamo inmate (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenyans blocked from return home (BBC News) - [text line]

Top war crimes suspect in court (BBC News) - [text online]

Raids hit EU 'people-smugglers' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai seeks refuge from Robert Mugabe thugs (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Tsvangirai seeks embassy refuge after death threat (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain tells the rest of the world to deny Mugabe political legitimacy (The Independent) - [text online]

The Exigent City - Architecture in Refugee Camps (New York Times) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 34 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN calls for urgent action as ration cuts continue in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Africa: Protecting around 80,000 migrants displaced by violence (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Response to Cyclone Nargis logistics report - UNJLC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR partner wins green award for pioneering ethanol stove (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR restores 134 primary schools in northern Uganda (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Vaccines for refugees under UNHCR-UNICEF agreement (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Zimbabwean polls should be postponed, given campaign violence – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

UN agencies assist South Africa in wake of xenophobic violence (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (23/06/08)

Zimbabwe under pressure over poll (BBC News) - [text online]

Johnson aide quits over race row (BBC News) - [text online]

Boris Johnson aide resigns over 'racist' comment (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai withdraws from poll, citing Robert Mugabe's reign of terror (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

‘Stop him’ plea to world as Mugabe gets a free run (The Times) - [text online]

The Ukrainian 'genocide by starvation' (The Times) - [text online]

'Mugabe declared war and we will not be part of that war' (The Independent) - [text online]

Resistance snuffed out as Olympic torch tours Tibet (The Independent) - [text online]

Boris aide quits after saying 'go home' to blacks (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 20 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 8 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 18; 13 - 19 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UNHCR demands immediate release of abducted staff (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN agencies call for safe access to all communities in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Suriname: Food and water needed for over 6,500 displaced due to floods (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Refugee Day: The world counts 26m internally displaced persons (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Deafness fear for girl facing deportation (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR demands immediate, unconditional release of Somali staff member (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Day Q&A: Australian teen's curiosity about refugees sparks special friendship (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Message by UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres to mark World Refugee Day, 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: In a new exhibition, refugee children photograph their own lives (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Millions mark World Refugee Day with theme of "Protection" (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Closure of Highly Skilled Migrant Programme and other work-based categories (Home Office: UK Borders Agency) - [text online]

Ban voices concern after opposition pulls out of violence-ridden Zimbabwe polls (UN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Humanitarian situation in the north 'deplorable' (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: Insecurity, uncertainty stop return of Afghan refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (20/06/08)

Africa turns up heat on Zimbabwe (BBC News) - [text online]

UN classifies rape a 'war tactic' (BBC News) - [text online]

War crimes warning to Robert Mugabe as terror grows (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe death toll reaches 85 as militias step up killings and torture (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama entangled in row over Muslim headscarf (The Independent) - [text online]

Hunger strike - 'till death or deportation' (IRR News) - [text online]

Nepal: Sustainability of IDP returns undermined by lack of assistance - IDMC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Insecurity, uncertainty stop return of refugees from Pakistan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Racism against refugees to be reflected in London film festival (The Guardian) - [text online]

Protests at pre-entry English tests for spouses coming to UK (The Guardian) - [text online]

This Muslim life (The Guardian) - [text online]

On World Refugee Day, Guterres says refugee protection more challenging (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

UNHCR alarmed over reports of forcible returns of Eritreans from Egypt (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: UNHCR chief meets refugees, internally displaced in Kenya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Giving refugees a hand on Facebook (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Local Immigration Teams to be Introduced Across the UK (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

World Refugee Survey 2008 (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Northern Mogadishu IDPs at the mercy of the elements (IRIN News) - [text online]

Security Council demands action to end sexual violence as a tactic in war (UN News) - [text online]

Report: Exams reveal abuse, torture of detainees (CNN) - [text online]

Amnesty: More than 1,000 unaccounted for in Tibet (Associated Press) - [text online]

Escalating violence in Zimbabwe ‘unacceptable,’ says UN political chief (UN News) - [text online]

Somalis face one of world’s worst humanitarian crises, UN refugee chief warns (UN News) - [text online]

UN relief wing hails private sector support to aid appeals after Myanmar cyclone (UN News) - [text online]

Impunity must end for violence to stop in south-central Nepal, UN officials say (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (19/06/08)

Illegals firms named and shamed (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe TV drops opposition ads (BBC News) - [text online]

S Africa Chinese 'become black' (BBC News) - [text online]

Amnesty seeks 'missing' Tibetans (BBC News) - [text online]

Chad town 'under attack by Sudan' (BBC News) - [text online]

President Mugabe's mobs target opposition families (The Times) - [text online]

The Big Question: Why are Dutch soldiers being sued for the massacre at Srebrenica? (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Snapshots of life in Baghdad (The Independent) - [text online]

Myanmar: Survivors forced back (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Refugee doctors and nurses can help Welsh NHS (Western Mail) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 06 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Guterres highlights plight of Somali refugees in World Refugee Day mission (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Iraqi musician raises USD 24,000 for UNHCR programmes (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR prepares transition ahead while camps are closing (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: UNHCR brings the Darfur experience to London's Trafalgar Square (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Annual UNHCR figures show continuing climb in number of uprooted (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Let them give something back (The Guardian) - [text online]

Costa del Sol loses its shine as jobs for immigrants dry up in economic crisis (The Guardian) - [text online]

South Africa: Grant Temporary Status to All Zimbabweans (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Confronting the Iraq Refugee Crisis (Refugees International) - [text online]

AU Convention on Internal Displacement (Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog) - [text online]

All sides in DR Congo continue to violate human rights, UN report finds (UN News) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN Human Rights Council condemns ‘ongoing systematic violations (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwean violence threatens credibility of next week’s polls – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN official hails adoption of ‘missing piece’ in human rights protection (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (17/06/08)

Forgotten Kenyan conflict exposed (BBC News) - [text online]

UN envoy set for Zimbabwe talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Dutch court hears Srebrenica case (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe warns Zimbabwe's voters: 'How can a pen fight a gun?' (The Times) - [text online]

Poll finds public backs Davis on 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Europe urged not to turn away Iraqi refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

Keeping Our Word: Fulfilling the Mandate to Protect Civilians in Darfur (ENOUGH Project) - [Report]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Sri Lanka: Joint UN North East Situation Monitoring Report ? May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 32 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians: Summary data tables - Reports to the end of May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 28 May - 03 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Transitional gov't endorses Djibouti accord (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Security Council urges gov't to 'fully cooperate' with International Criminal Court on Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Emergency shelter needs still great, say aid workers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Talent going to waste (The Guardian) - [text online]

Refugee Week 2008 (The Guardian) - [text & images online]

Global refugee, internally displaced figures climb for second straight year (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]. The full 2007 Global Trends Report is available on www.unhcr.org/statistics

UNHCR concerned for refugees in Chad as security deteriorates (UNHCR Press Release) - [text online]

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf stresses development (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Travelling exhibition on refugee children opens in Las Vegas (UNHCR News) - [text online]

World Refugee Day: Reflections from Chad (Refugees International) - [text online]

EU: Time to Impose Sanctions on Sudan’s Leaders (Humans Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN: Council Faults Sudan Inaction on War Crimes Suspects (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

KENYA: Heavy rain displaces thousands in southeast (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Joint deployment to pave way for IDP returns (IRIN News) - [text online]

Satellites Document War, Destruction From Outer Space (Wired) - [text online]

International Criminal Court suspends case against Congolese rebel militia chief (UN News) - [text online]

UN looks to combat sexual violence in Africa’s Great Lakes Region (UN News) - [text online]

Aid workers need more sustained access to cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar – UN (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN calls for investigation into clashes in western province (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ-JORDAN: Government gives UNHCR US$8 million to help refugees in Jordan (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: Bracing for a Zimbabwean exodus (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Rains wash away IDP shelters in Mogadishu (IRIN News) - [text online]

Young people’s voices must be heard, UN officials stress on Day of African Child (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council presses Sudan to cooperate in ending impunity for Darfur crimes (UN News) - [text online]

Human rights situation in Palestinian territories ‘remains grave’ – UN reports (UNNews) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (16/06/08)

Violence 'spreads to Harare area' (BBC News) - [text online]

Advancing Chad rebels take town (BBC News) - [text online]

Sudan to deploy troops in Abyei (BBC News) - [text online]

Muslim community looks for home (BBC News) - [text online]

Riot alert at immigration centre (BBC News) - [text online]

S Africa mob burns Mozambican man (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe says Opposition will never rule Zimbabwe in his lifetime (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

UN hands over power to Kosovo (The Independent) - [text online]

Mugabe forces soldiers and police to support him in early vote (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 17; 10 - 12 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 31 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 22, 01 - 07 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Uganda humanitarian update, 01 - 31 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Scale-up international aid required in oil rich Abyei as main forces reach peace agreement (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: World governments misleading and failing Iraqi refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad rebels attack town, EU troops shield refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: 1.6m vulnerable children threatned by suspension of aid work (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Global food crisis triggers starvation in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

42 days? Try 18 months (The Guardian) - [text online]

Police use dogs and helicopters to control rioters at detention centre (The Observer) - [text online]

The hell of being an asylum seeker (The Guardian) - [text online]

France must recognise its invisible workforce (The Guardian) - [text online]

World Refugee Day and global statistics 2007 – next week (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Italy: UNHCR welcomes Italian journalists' charter (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Celebrations, lights, action: World Refugee Day 2008 (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR welcomes adoption by Italian journalists of ethics code (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Additional changes to application process for application forms for students and marriages to include dependants (Home Office: UK Border Agency) - [text online]

LEBANON: Refugee children chronicle life in camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

Liberia: UN mission builds safe house for victims of sexual violence - [text online]

Hundreds of thousands Zimbabwean children at risk after aid ban – UNICEF (IRIN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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News Stories (13/06/08)

Zimbabwe is worsening, UN warns (BBC News) - [text online]

US Guantanamo trials 'to proceed' (BBC News) - [text online]

Ethiopia appeals for urgent aid (BBC News) - [text online]

Locals killed in S Africa attacks (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to transfer powers in Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

'Jewish settler attack' on film (BBC News) - [text online]

Religious clashes erupt in India (BBC News) - [text online]

No deals on 42 days, says Brown (BBC News) - [text online]

I'm fighting to defend our basic freedoms, says David Davis (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Supreme Court condemns Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

US ambassador warns of ‘massive starvation’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition negotiator is accused of treason (The Independent) - [text online]

Britain and US 'complicit in war crimes by Ethiopian military' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 17/18, 22 May ?06 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 20 - 27 May 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Insecurity not the only obstacle to Iraq return (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Further reading: Asylum seeker deportation resistance (The Guardian) - [text online]

Land of no return (The Guardian) - [text online]

The resistance: On the deportation frontline (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ethiopia: Agencies revise humanitarian requirements from $68m to $325m due to severe drought (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Govt of Ireland announces airlift of humanitarian aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cambridge Hosts Second Tackling Honour-Based Road Show (Home Office) - [text online]

MYANMAR: A journey into the heart of the cyclone-hit delta (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: SADC election observers - ready or not for 'D-Day' poll (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN Peacebuilding Commission adds Central African Republic to its agenda (UNNews) - [text online]

Iraqi refugees in Iran held up by red tape and border closures, UN says (UN News) - [text online]

Selected News Sources:

BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/

The Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

The Independent - http://www.independent.co.uk/

The Guardian: Special News Reports on Immigration & Refugees: http://www.guardian.co.uk/immigration/0,,1397447,00.html

UNHCR News - http://www.unhcr.org/news.html

UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/news/

ReliefWeb - http://www.reliefweb.int

Reuters AlertNet - http://www.alertnet.org/

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