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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