News Stories (07/07/08)

Mugabe crisis 'infecting' Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid (BBC News) - [text online]

UN troops in Congo gold warning (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum-seekers are sent back to Darfur (The Independent) - [text online]

Miliband urges UN resolution on Mugabe (The Independent) - [text online]

Claudia Jones and the 'West Indian Gazette' (IRR News) - [text online]

A timely new educational resource (IRR News) - [text online]

UK is sending 11,000 Mugabe refugees back (The Observer) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Tamil Tigers leader quits UK after war crimes inquiry is dropped (The Guardian) - [text online]

Ecuador holds first Refugee National Consultations in Latin America (UNHCR Briefing Note) - [text online]

Q&A: A day in the life of our man in Baghdad (UNHCR News) - [text online]

French youngsters donate toys to uprooted children in Liberia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR signs agreement aimed at ensuring refugee protection in Libya (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UK: 42-Day Pre-Charge Detention Violates Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Meeting our Match (Refugees International) - [text online]

"Give all Zimbabweans a temporary right to stay in the UK" (Refugee Council) - [text online]

The battle to prevent removals to Zimbabwe continues (Refugee Council) - [text online]

NIGERIA: Trafficking of girls, abuse worsening (IRIN News) - [text online]

French children donate toys to displaced youngsters in Liberia – UN (UN News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No. 20; 28 Jun - 04 Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 19/20, 07 ? 30 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Report No. 63 - Implementation of the agreement on movement and access, and update on Gaza crossings, 02 - 15 Apr 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 37 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 23 - 29 Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [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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