News Stories (10/07/08)

Visa plea to keep family together (BBC News) - [text online]

Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths (BBC News) - [text online]

UN fury at Darfur militia ambush (BBC News) - [text online]

Global net closes on Mugabe's gang (The Independent) - [text online]

Seven peacekeepers killed in Darfur after ambush by gunmen (The Independent) - [text online]

The Big Question: Have sanctions ever worked, and should they be applied to Zimbabwe? (The Independent) - [text online]

War crimes: the hunt for Doctor Death (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 09 Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 25 Jun - 01 Jul 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Gaza Strip inter-agency humanitarian fact sheet, Jun 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur militia ambush kills 7 peacekeepers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Thousands unable to return home (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Gov't and UN launch USD 400m food appeal for vulnerable people (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Afghan villagers to improve irrigation system (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Local Courts Face Obstacles in War Crimes Trials (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

International commitments to help Afghanistan must be upheld, says UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Political violence surges after Mugabe assumes presidency (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Post-violence sex work boom (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban deplores ‘unacceptable’ attack on UN peacekeepers in North Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN refugee agency welcomes new government policy on displaced people (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Ituri returnees struggle to rebuild lives (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Political violence surges after Mugabe assumes presidency (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Families displaced after homes destroyed (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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