Selection of News Stories (30/09/08)

Young Iraqi girls turned into perfect weapon (The Times) - [text online]

Investigation into claims of abuse on asylum-seekers (The Independent) - [text online]

Far-right leader claims he is 'real victor' in Austria (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No.30; 25 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Côte d'Ivoire: Urban displaced slip into obscurity (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: Some 20,000 have fled for Afghanistan (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Liberia: UN SC extends peacekeeping mission for another one year (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Gaza/Lebanon: UNRWA and AAAID cooperate to help poor Palestine refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Security situation 'markedly' worse, reports UN (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bangladesh: 9 months after Sidr, survivors begin to rebuild their lives (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Fifty-two Somalis perish in Gulf of Aden smuggling incident (UNHCR) - [text online]

Fifty-two Somalis die after being left adrift by smugglers for 18 days in Gulf of Aden (UNHCR) - [text online]

Some 20,000 people flee Pakistan's tribal areas for Afghanistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

A UN safety net for refugees in Africa (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR provides Ramadan evening meals to Iraqi refugees in Amman (UNHCR) - [text online]

Kuwait Voices: Stateless in Jahra (Refugees International) - [text online]

Sweden stresses importance of human rights during General Assembly debate (UN News) - [text online]

Chad calls for strengthened UN peacekeeping presence in troubled east (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo calls on UN to use force to impose peace on rebel holdouts in east (UN News) - [text online]

Republic of Congo calls for increased support for joint UN-AU mission in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Ecuador, at UN, calls on European Union to reform migration policies (UN News) - [text online]

Corruption thwarts development in Africa, Libya says at UN debate (UN News) - [text online]

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Selection of News Stoires (29/09/08)

Austria election delivers gains for far-Right (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Far Right storms election as Austrians back anti-EU rhetoric (The Times) - [text online]

Anti-foreigner campaign boosts Austrian far-right (The Independent) - [text online]

Vow to pursue Sudan over 'crimes' (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 36, 07 - 13 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No.30; 25 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 37, 14 - 20 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Update No. 03 - North Kivu, 20 - 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 23 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation Report No. 15 on the Situation in Georgia 23 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 31, 11 ? 18 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : DR Congo: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Update No. 03 - North Kivu, 20 - 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN anticipates at least 10,000 may return to Abyei towards end of Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Renewed fighting displaces 100,000 more civilians (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

We're having an identity crisis (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR provides Ramadan evening meals to Iraqi refugees in Amman (UNHCR News) - [text online]

New hope in the heart of Katanga province (UNHCR News) - [text online]

New UNHCR initiative grows out of Colombian swamp village project (UNHCR News) - [text online]

DRC: Resurgence in rape and recruitment of child soldiers (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Ennui and Encouragement at a UN Conference (Refugees International) - [text online]

First ID Card unveiled by the Home Secretary (Home Office) - [text online]

UN mission deploys extra police as fighting continues in eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Hungary, Czech Republic urge UN to play ongoing role with Kosovo (UN News) - [text online]

At UN, Malta calls for assistance in dealing with large-scale migration (UN News) - [text online]

Asylum update - 28 September 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

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A Selection of Today's Headlines (26/09/08)

Mugabe urges lifting of sanctions (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe power-sharing deal faces disaster (The Times) - [text online]

Purge on Muslim clerics who turn a blind eye to the abuse of women (The Times) - [text online]

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe accuses Britain of genocide in UN (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Jacqui Smith unveils the UK's new identity card - with no sign of Britain (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

First sight of the ID cards that will soon be compulsory (The Independent) - [text online]

Forced marriages: the trail of misery and fear in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Give amnesty to illegal migrants, says senior Conservative (The Independent) - [text online]

Unrepentant Mugabe addresses the UN (The Independent) - [text online]

Beijing issues warning over peace prize choice (The Independent) - [text online]

More destitution in Leeds (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Nepal: Mid and Far Western Floods and Landslides OCHA Situation Report No. 2 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ID card design revealed by home secretary (The Guardian) - [text online]

Government reveals first identity cards (The Guardian) - [text online]

Iraqi refugee's Australian dream finally comes true (UNHCR) - [text online]

Burma: One Year After Violent Crackdown, Repression Continues (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Cambodia: Human rights defenders silenced through the legal system (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Battle against terror is multidimensional, Pakistani leader tells UN (UN News) - [text online]

Religious leaders add their voice to UN drive to end violence against women (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq no longer poses threat to global peace and security, UN gathering hears (UN News) - [text online]

Thousands of Somalis flee capital after fresh fighting this week – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Georgian refugees afraid to return (Ruters AlertNet) - [text online]

IDP News Alert, 25 September 2008 (IDMC) - [text online]

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A Selection of Today's News Headlines (25/09/08)

Foreign national ID card unveiled (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands flee Somali bombardment (BBC News) - [text online]

Liberian ex-leader's son on trial (BBC News) - [text online]

British Muslim was senior al-Qaeda leader, court told (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Aid groups: Tony Blair faces imminent failure in Middle East (The Times) - [text online]. Further information is available through an article by Save The Children - [Middle East Quartet is failing, warn aid agencies] and a copy of the actual report discussed in this article is also available online - [click here]

Quartet 'creating power vacuum' in Middle East (The Independent) - [text online]

Gates funds UN plan to source food aid locally (The Independent) - [text online]

Burmese democracy activist: 'I don't know how I kept my sanity' (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation Report No. 15 on the Situation in Georgia 23 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Twenty-one refugees missing, feared dead in Sudan river crossing (UNHCR) - [text online]

Young Western Saharan refugees build for the future in Cuba (UNHCR) - [text online]

DR Congo: Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as Peace Process Falters (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Burmese Voices: Preparing for the Future (Refugees International) - [text online]

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate of Sudan investigator (UN News) - [text online]

Guatemala asks UN to form eminent panel to study migration worldwide (UN News) - [text online]

Over 20 refugees feared dead in Sudan river crossing – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

African leaders at UN call for agricultural investment to replace food aid (UN News) - [text online]

NEPAL: Another 80,000 people displaced in west (IRIN News) - [text online]

Welcoming release of political prisoners, Ban urges further steps by Myanma (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (23/09/09)

Sudan lobbies against Bashir case (BBC News) - [text online]

Burma 'to free 9,000 prisoners' (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 36, 07 - 13 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 31 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sierra Leonean refugees relocate to new houses in Liberia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR calls for Darfur action at Britain's Labour Party Conference (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR says conditions right for Congolese to go home from Zambia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Central, Eastern Europe aim to improve refugee status decisions (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR distributes first aid in Georgia-South Ossetia "buffer zone" (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UNHCR and UAE Red Crescent launch fund-raising campaign for refugee women and children (UNHCR News) - [text online]

UK to lift reservation on United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Refugee Council) - [text online]

TUC Congress 2008 - our report (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Labour Party Conference Update (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

No change for Zimbabweans on work (Refugee Council PoliBlog) - [text online]

African Union: Don’t Trade Away Justice in Darfur (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

President's Corner: UN Must Proceed with ICC Case Against Sudan’s Leader (Refugees International) - [text online]

President’s Corner: U.S. Needs to Ratchet Up Response to Iraqi Refugees (Refugees International) - [text online]

SUDAN: Mounting criticism against govt for crackdown after rebel attack (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN warns it may halt food aid to Palestinians displaced from Lebanese camp (UN News) - [text online]

Bangladesh: migrant worker rights (Global Voices) - [text online]

Iraq: Look at the world - where is the peace? (Global Voices) - [text online]

Senior UN, African Union officials outline worsening situation in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Hunger begins to take its toll (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

TIMOR-LESTE: IDP returns slowed by squatters occupying homes (IRIN News) - [text online]

At least six Somali civilians die in attack on peacekeepers (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum update - 17 September 2008 (ICAR Blog) - [text online]

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News Stories (22/09/08)

Gaza-Egypt border crossing opens (BBC News) - [text online]

Sex with trafficked women to be criminalised (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigrant attacks spark riots in Italy (The Independent) - [text online]

East European workers quit UK to head home (The Observer) - [text online]

Michael Rosen performs I Can't Stand It Anymore (The Guardian) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 36, 07 - 13 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Employers warned to prepare for tough new immigration controls (Home Office) - [text online]

Turkey scared to admit Armenian genocide, says historian (The Guardian) - [text online]

Zimbabwean accord will be hard to implement but worth the effort – UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

Human Rights Council takes up racism and defamation of religions (UN News) - [text online]

Conditions right for Congolese to return home from Zambia, says UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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News Stories (20/09/08)

Hunger levels soar in East Africa (BBC News) - [text online]

Riot after Africans shot in Italy (BBC News) - [text online]

Muslim police anger over leaflet (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum rules 'risk human rights' (BBC News) - [text online]

Terror inquiry proves a nice little earner (The Times) - [text online]

Georgia: UNHCR distributes first aid in South Ossetia "buffer zone" (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: Hundreds displaced in "drought" clashes (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Mugabe: Signing coalition deal was humiliating (The independent) - [text online]

Revival of the numbers game? (Institute for Race Relations) - [text online]

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