A Selection of News Headlines (31/10/08)

'Human catastrophe' grips Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

Liberia ex-leader's son convicted (BBC News) - [text online]

Muslim artist gets death threats (BBC News) - [text online]

Drunk and in retreat, troops unleash wave of death on their own people (The Times) - [text online]

CIA officers could face trial in Britain over torture allegations (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Scandal of six held in Guantanamo even after Bush plot claim is dropped (The Independent) - [text online]

Congo conflict shows flaws in UN force (The Independent) - [text online]

Congo rebels warn of city occupation (The Independent) - [text online]

Iraqi Refugees: Plan for ongoing support in an unstable region (Refugees International) - [text online]. Also available as a PDF file - [full text].

DR Congo: Catastrophe looming unless UN troops receive reinforcements (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Liberia: More gender-based violence cases reported (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Armed attacks blocking aid in the east, over 470,000 refugees and IDPs might be affected (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 13 - 19 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 11 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Flood ordeal for Palestinians stuck on Iraq-Syria border (UNHCR) - [text online]

An Iraqi Armenian teen shows the way to a new life (UNHCR) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Victims of violence can no longer wait for political solution (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DRC: Catastrophe looming unless UN troops receive reinforcements (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Roll-out of new rules for foreign students (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Bangladesh: Poetry as a Bridge to Understanding (Refugees International) - [text online]

EU: Integration Policies Should Respect Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: International Leaders Should Act Now to Protect Civilians (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

US: First Verdict for Overseas Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR of Congo: Confusion Reigns in Goma (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Floods hit Palestinian refugees stuck in Iraq-Syria border camps – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: UN-African Union mission deplores killing of peacekeeper (UN News) - [text online]

UN advocate George Clooney calls for greater efforts to end DR Congo conflict (UN News) - [text online]

Ceasefire in eastern DR Congo holding as UN missions stretched to limit (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Many aid agencies quit Goma (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: Government troops "on the rampage" (IRIN News) - [text online]

CAMBODIA: Concern over UN human rights role (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (30/10/08)

UN urges end to DR Congo conflict (BBC News) - [text online]

Tech giants in human rights deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Georgia denies 'war crimes' claim (BBC News) - [text online]

UN peacekeepers braced for full-scale war in central Africa (The Times) - [text online]

Congo: the new exodus (The Independent) - [text online]

India: Floods displace 70,000 in northeastern area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Armed attacks blocking aid in the east, over 470,000 refugees and displaced might be affected (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: 20,000 displaced by earthquake, WHO warns of health risks (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Aid agencies forced to cease operations due to intense fighting (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zambia closes border to DR Congo refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN peacekeeping medals awarded to UN-AU forces in North Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 29, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [full report] and [tables of indicators].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 42, 19-25 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 28 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Officers discover would-be illegal immigrants hiding in a Bentley (The Guardian) - [text online]

Donkey ambulance brings dignity and comfort to Darfur camp (UNHCR) - [text online]

Up to 45,000 Congolese flee IDP camp and flow into Goma (UNHCR) - [text online]

Displaced in Pakistan, between a rock and a hard place (UNHCR) - [text online]

Some 30,000 Congolese flee to IDP settlement in North Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Isolated and abused: women migrant domestic workers in Jordan (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Colombia: One step forward, many to go (Amnesty International) - [text online]. For a copy of the report “‘Leave us in peace!’ Targeting civilians in Colombia’s internal armed conflict”, please see: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR23/023/2008/en

Colombia: ‘Leave us in peace!’ Targeting civilians in the internal armed conflict - FACTS AND FIGURES (Amnesty International) - [text online]

The human cost of armed conflict in the Philippines (Amnesty International) - [text online]. Download the full report at: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA35/008/2008/en/66dc6dde-a5ad-11dd-98b9-d503e38a5523/asa350082008eng.pdf

Internet Rights Protection Initiative Launches (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Americas: Women’s Rights Defenders Seek Protection (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: End Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Iran: Attacks Escalate Against Women’s Rights Activists (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

President’s Corner: Candidates Offer Sharply Different Visions for the UN (Refugees International) - [text online]

The Difficulties of US Asylum Claims Based on Sexual Orientation (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

Sudan: Humanitarian Access in Darfur (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Aid workers have lost their sanctity in Afghanistan (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

CHAD: Armed attacks blocking aid in the east (IRIN News) - [text online]

Women vital to peace in post-conflict zones, Security Council hears (UN News) - [text online]

ZAMBIA: Border closed to DRC refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban highlights benefits of global migration in address to Philippine forum (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Eric - “There’s real panic in town” (IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: New body aims to boost humanitarian work (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Aid workers under siege (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Fleeing from the frying pan into the fire (IRIN News) - [text online]

Progress in Darfur undermined by ongoing conflict, UN peacekeeping chief says (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (28/10/08)

Free at last: female slave who dared to take Niger to court (The Times) - [text online]

Extremists to be barred from UK (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe talks fail to reach deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali woman executed by stoning (BBC News) - [text online]

Immigration removal plan revealed (BBC News) - [text online]

Refugees escape Tutsi rebels in Congo (The Independent) - [text online]

Historic verdict as Niger is convicted of failing to protect woman sold into slavery (The Independent) - [text online]

Plan to name and shame barred 'hate preachers' (The Independent) - [text online]

Fears for safety and welfare of Afghans displaced by worsening conflict (IDMC) - [press release] and [full report].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 33, 27 Sep ? 17 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: 15% of children in Bajaur IDP camps suffer from malnutrition (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Renewed fighting makes aid delivery increasingly difficult in the east (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

A higher authority (The Guardian) - [text online]

Teachers TV: Brit Camp - Am I British? (The Guardian) - [text and video online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Goma braces for arrival of up to 30,000 displaced (UNHCR) - [text online]

Yemen: Over 10,000 displaced by floods (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR and UK work to improve refugee status determination (UNHCR) - [text online]

Tough new measures to exclude stirrers of hate (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

DR Congo: Latest Fighting Leaves Civilians in Peril (Refugees International) - [text online]

UK: Terror Suspect Should Not Be Deported to Jordan (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: Latest Fighting Leaves Civilians in Peril (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Sophie: "I have to continue for the children’s sake" (IRIN News) - [text online]

Secretary-General welcomes latest effort to resolve Zimbabwean impasse (UN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: NGOs pare down in face of financial crisis (IRIN News) - [text online]

Ban voices alarm at worsening conflict in volatile east of DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Susan Muthoni: "Now I am up and about, fighting to live yet another day" (IRIN News) - [text online]

Blog: Forced to Flee (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Rising animosity in central state could fuel conflict (IRIN News) - [text online]

New UN human rights chief in Colombia as indigenous flee violence (UN News) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: Countries warned against restrictions on migration amid financial crisis (IRIN News) - [text online]

First batch of UN-trained Chadian forces to be deployed to east of country (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: More young southerners returning home - report (IRIN News) - [text online]. Full IOM report also available to download - [here].

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A Selection of News Headlines (27/10/08)

Landmark slavery case for Niger (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe poised to resume talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Australia probes Afghan killings (BBC News) - [text online]

India to send food aid to S Lanka (BBC News) - [text online]

UN head seeks crisis aid for poor (BBC News) - [text online]

Kenya set to get truth commission (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwandans jailed for priest deaths (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands displaced in DR Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

Migrant row minister hit by pie (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo rebels defy UN and attack again (The Independent) - [text online]

Tight security for funeral of aid worker killed by Taliban (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No.29; 16 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [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 : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Aug 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 : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 30 Aug - 12 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 : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 41, 12 - 18 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 33, 27 Sep ? 17 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 51 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Quarterly Regional Humanitarian Funding Update, Jul - Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Chad: Facts and figures snapshot report, 18 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 51 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR aiding uprooted Iraqi Christians (UNHCR) - [text online]

Angelina Jolie appeals for more Afghan returnee support after visit (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR backs new Irish campaign against people smuggling (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Refugees have a friend in Argentina's top diplomat (UNHCR) - [text online]

Angelina Jolie ends Afghan visit with call for more returnee support (UNHCR) - [text online]

Asylum tribunal apologises for questioning academic's evidence (The Guardian) - [text online]

A political recovery plan: Talking tough on immigration signals a revival of Brown's Britishness scam (The Guardian) - [text online]

The numbers game (The Guardian) - [text online]

Tougher rules aimed at curbing population rise (The Guardian) - [text online]

Spirit of Nelson does not extend to allowing Zimbabweans to work (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Somalia: Seeking refuge in Djibouti (Refugees International) - [text online]

Sudan: New Darfur Attacks Show Civilians Still at Risk (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

The slave trade is alive and well in Britain (The Guardian Blog) - [text online]

Top UN envoy to Somalia welcomes peace deal between warring parties (UN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Christian displacement slows in Ninevah (IRIN News) - [text online]

Torture persists as standard practice in many countries, says UN expert (UN News) - [text online]

Factors triggering Kenya’s post-election violence must be tackled – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Violence against women remains endemic, UN expert reports (UN News) - [text online]

UN Ambassador Angelina Jolie urges greater support for Afghan returnees (UN News) - [text online]

Revamped website tells UN story in 130 languages (UN News) - [text online]

Central African Republic: UN team begins study on improving coordination (UN News) - [text online]

Estonia working hard to reduce child exploitation, UN human rights expert finds (UN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Displaced first by war, now by elephants (IRIN News) - [text online]

New report urges States to protect the human rights of migrants, says UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (24/10/08)

Djibouti says Eritrea risking war (BBC News) - [text online]

PM 'undermined' Turkey secularism (BBC News) - [text online]

Kashmir shutdown to mark UN day (BBC News) - [text online]

DPR Korea: Northeastern region faces "humanitarian emergency", urgent food aid needed - WFP (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Over 35,000 driven from Mogadish last month (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Philippines: 'The immediate task now is to prevent escalation of fighting' (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Food shortages declared national disaster (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Chad: Facts and figures snapshot report, 23 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Immigration minister defends pledge to cap UK population at under 70 million (The Guardian) - [text online]

Zycie na farmie (The Guardian) - [text online]

Immigration minister pulled from Question Time (The Guardian) - [text online]

Separated from parents, child refugees present unique protection needs (UNHCR) - [text online

IDP News Alert, 23 October 2008 (IDMC) - [text online]

Asylum Update - 23 October 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Food convoys to continue despite rains - UN (IRIN News) - [text online]

Full democracy in Myanmar will take generations to achieve – UN expert (UN News) - [text online]

Bangladeshi officers enhance UN troops’ logistical support in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Senior UN official spotlights special protection needs of child refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Over 35,000 people driven from Somali capital last month, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Religious minorities continue to suffer in many countries, UN expert says (UN News) - [text online]

UN assisting Iraqi Christians seeking refuge in Syria (UN News) - [text online]

EGYPT: Migrants the weakest link in bird flu preparedness - report (IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: Forced to flee (IRIN News) - [text online]

Blog: Plight of DRC women highlighted (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (23/10/08)

South Africa poverty 'emergency' (BBC News) - [text online]

Bid to stop detention of children (BBC News) - [text online]

World steps in with $4.5 billion for war-ravaged Georgia (The Times) - [text online]

EU agrees "Blue Card" to lure high skilled migrants (Reuters, courtesy of IRR Digest) - [text online]

Pakistan stares into the abyss (The Independent) - [text online]

Court rules Islamic law discriminatory (The Independent) - [text online]

Georgia: Donors pledge USD4.5bn for post-conflict recovery (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: Rebels sold abducted children to fight in Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: Violent history repeats itself for indigenous communities (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 41, 12 - 18 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Aug 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR starts to help hundreds of Iraqi Christian refugees in Syria (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR hopes to improve conditions for returnees to Abkhazia in 2009 (UNHCR) - [text online]

Burma: Asian and European Leaders Should Press for Reforms (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

EU: Stand Firm Against Diplomatic Assurances (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

War's Heartache Not Over for Separated Families (Refugees International) - [text online]

AFRICA: Red Cross broadens its range of assistance (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Economic crisis hits children harder (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Adam - “They shot me in the back” (IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Move to stem influx of Ethiopians, Eritreans (IRIN News) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: Contingency plan for army of migrants (IRIN News) - [text online]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Oil money draws sub-Saharan Africans (IRIN News) - [text online]

Human rights bodies from 70 countries convene in Nairobi for UN forum (UN News) - [text online]

UN working to ensure security for Darfur’s displaced, says peacekeeping chief (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (22/10/08)

'Innocent' Nigerians on death row (BBC News) - [text online]

Donors to pledge aid to Georgia (BBC News) - [text online]

Pervez death sentence quashed by Afghan court (The Independent) - [text online]

'30-year' fight to win over Britain's young Muslims (The Independent) - [text online]

Christians in Kabul are warned: you are being watched by Taliban agents (The Independent) - [text online]

Sudan: Darfur security so bad UN-African Union mission cannot be effective - Ban (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Colombia: Violent history repeats itself for indigenous communities (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Philippines: Child soldiers in spotlight as Mindanao battle rages (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Donors' conference calls for international assistance to reconstruct country and reintegrate IDPs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Nepal: Mid and Far Western Floods and Landslides OCHA Situation Report No. 5 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

A cap on immigration is not the answer (The Guardian) - [text online]

London through the eyes of refugees (The Guardian) - [images online]

New Londoners capture the capital on camera (The Guardian) - [text online]

EasternEnders: prime time Polish soap opera on life in 'Londyn' hits screens (The Guardian) - [text online]

Keep xenophobia at bay (The Guardian) - [text online]

DAFI scholarship landmark for returning Burundian refugees (UNHCR News) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Journalist should be freed (Amnesty International) - [text online]

United Kingdom: Stop Deportations to Risk of Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

EU: Stand Firm Against Diplomatic Assurances (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Immigrants win case on wages (Daily Express) - [text online]

Foreign worker influx defies economic slump with increasing numbers holding jobs (Daily Mail) - [text online]

ASIA: Governments urged to use migration, remittances as a positive force (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: LRA rebels put Congo civilians to flight (IRIN News) - [text online]

Peacebuilding efforts producing results on the ground, Security Council told (IRIN News) - [text online]

International Criminal Court confirms decision to halt trial of Congolese rebel (IRIN News) - [text online]

CAMBODIA: Human trafficking crackdown also hits HIV prevention (IRIN News) - [text online]

Darfur security so bad UN-African Union mission cannot be effective – Ban (UN News) - [text online]

World Court tells UN members to state their views on Kosovo’s independence (UN News) - [text online]

Returning Burundians win university scholarships from UN refugee agency (UN News) - [text online]

UN seeks explanation on Yemen’s denial of entry to Eritrean, Ethiopian refugees (UN News) - [text online]

Ban lauds Europe’s efforts to promote intercultural dialogue and understanding (UN News) - [text online]

Floods in northern Kenya uproot nearly 14,000 people, UN reports (UN News) -[text online]

DRC-UGANDA: Congolese refugees flee to Uganda (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Plight of Darfur's displaced worse than ever (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (21/10/08)

Zimbabwe talks delayed for a week (BBC News) - [text online]

Botswana's Mogae wins $5m prize (BBC News) - [text online]

Mexico blocks Cuban route to US (BBC News) - [text online]

Power summit cancelled after Morgan Tsvangirai is denied passport (The Times) - [text online]

Power-sharing talks postponed as Tsvangirai is denied passport (The Independent) - [text online]

Former Botswana president wins award (The Independent) - [text online]

Welfare groups condemn minister's pledge on migrants (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Quarterly Regional Humanitarian Funding Update, Jul - Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: 'Time to normalise aid relations' after Nargis - ICG report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Nepal: Red Cross seeks USD 2.33m to help 20,000 flood-affected families (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Daily living conditions of IDPs in Afgooye dismal (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

We have lost people's trust on immigration, minister admits (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR seeking clarification on Yemeni announcements (UNHCR) - [text online]

Sudan: War Crimes Investigations Are Mere ‘Window Dressing’ (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: An Update on North Kivu (Refugees International) - [text online]

SYRIA: Some Iraqis return; thousands more register for food aid (IRIN News) - [text online]

PHILIPPINES: Child soldiers in spotlight as Mindanao battle rages (IRIN News) - [text online]

Nepalese police officers boost UN mission’s presence across Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

Ban urges closer relations between UN and Red Cross, Red Crescent societies (UN News) - [text online]

SOUTH AFRICA: Grace Mashaba, "In trafficking there are many people involved" (IRIN News) - [text olinne]

MAURITANIA: Repatriated refugees returning to Senegal (IRIN News) - [text online]

Lebanon needs stronger laws against human trafficking, reveals UN report (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (20/10/08)

MDC snubs Zimbabwe crisis talks (BBC News) - [text online]

UK charity worker killed in Kabul (BBC News) - [text online]

Food aid reaches Sri Lanka north (BBC News) - [text online]

Belgium seizes 'people smugglers' (BBC News) - [text online]

Labour 'floundering' on migration (BBC News) - [text online]

Minister denies limit on migrants from outside EU (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Chad: Facts and figures snapshot report, 18 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Aug 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation Report No. 14 on the Situation in Georgia 16 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 29, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Focus on Ethiopia - Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 30 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

The cap fits (The Guardian) - [text online]

Woolas seeks a no-nonsense way to call a spade a spade (The Guardian) - [text online]

Minister 'pandering to the right' on migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

Migrant workers boycott Britain as jobs dry up (The Guardian) - [text online]

Cambodia on track to become refugee model for Southeast Asia (UNHCR News) - [text online]

French government rules out a 'Sangatte 2' for asylum seekers (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Packing up: Poles hit by UK's economic downturn return home to find work (Daily Mail) - [text online]

Tories get tough on immigration after Labour's U-turn on foreign workers (Daily Mail) - [text online]

CAMBODIA: Residents flee as war fears stirred up (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Uncertainty over who is behind attacks on Christians (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Darfur peacekeepers offer no protection – IDPs (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: School's really out (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (18/10/08)

Migrant numbers 'must be reduced' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe rivals appeal for help (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands attend Haider funeral (BBC News) - [text online]

Food aid reaches Sri Lanka north (BBC News) - [text online]

Colombia: Rate of new displacement highest in two decades (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Young asylum seekers 'traumatised by treatment' (Wales Online) - [text online]

Immigration minister calls for cap on newcomers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Born everywhere, raised in Britain (The Guardian) - [text online]

First half asylum statistics for industrialized countries (UNHCR) - [text online]

Christian Iraqis displaced from Mosul (UNHCR) - [text online]

Georgia: Massive returns to buffer zone (UNHCR) - [text online]

Colombian tribespeople flee to Amazon town for safety (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: Meeting the needs of refugees arriving in Yemen by boat (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraqis still at the top of the asylum seeker table, despite drop (UNHCR) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Halt Effort to Deport Syrian at Risk of Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Halt Effort to Deport Syrian at Risk of Torture (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Ban unveils senior peacekeeping appointments to Liberia, India and Pakistan (UN News) - [text online]

Ongoing violence uproots another 5,500 people from Somali capital, says UN (UN News) - [text online]

Iraqis leading the way in growing numbers of asylum-seekers, says UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

UN voices concern at displacement of over 9,000 Iraqi Christians from Mosul (UN News) - [text online]

Over 20,000 displaced Georgians return to villages in buffer zone – UN (UN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Clan clashes add to plight of displaced in northeast (IRIN News) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA : Cross-border FGM on the rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (17/10/08)

US considering Iraq security deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Bashir war crimes charges delayed (BBC News) - [text online]

First woman to lead Muslim prayers angers traditionalists (The Independent) - [text online]

Power-sharing deal at impasse in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 29, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Southern Sudan: Abyei displacement - OCHA Situation Report No.29; 16 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 13 Sep - 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 30 Aug - 12 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: President launches Darfur peace initiative, rebels boycott (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Clashes turn back UN food convoy for refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: More than 26,000 displaced without adequate assistance in Somaliland (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Burundi: Urban refugees struggle to cope with cost of living (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Urban refugees struggle to cope with cost of living in Burundi (UNHCR) - [text online]

Spain: Give Migrant Children Legal Aid (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Iran: Announcement of end of child executions a welcome step (Amnesty International) - [text online]

International Criminal Court seeks more material on Darfur arrest warrant (UN News) - [text online]

Next round of talks to cement UN-backed Somali peace deal announced (UN News) - [text online]

UNICEF urges action to tackle Zimbabwe’s education ‘crisis’ (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: Displaced and neglected in Somaliland (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: Floods displace thousands in northeast (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Tens of thousands of IDPs hit by monsoon rains (IRIN News) - [text online]

PAKISTAN: IDPs in the spotlight (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (16/10/08)

Zimbabwe foes 'near cabinet deal' (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghan aid blunders 'waste millions' (The Independent) - [text online]

World Focus: Russian delegation arrives late for testy talks with Georgia (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 29, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 27 Sep - 10 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ethiopia: UN and Govt revise financial requirements for humanitarian aid (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Philippines: Full-scale humanitarian crisis feared in troubled Mindanao (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 30 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Engaging with the 'other' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Congolese refugees in Zambia keen to hear about conditions back home (UNHCR) - [text online]

Kenya: Promptly Establish Special Tribunal (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Progress made by Pinochet arrest ten years ago is under threat (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Unauthorized Immigration Declining, But Experts Disagree on Why (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

Asylum Update - 15 October 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

Darfur: UN police conduct night patrols at displaced persons’ camp (UN News) - [text online]

UN chief in Sudan spotlights achievements and UN role since end of civil war (UN News) - [text online]

Conflict in eastern DR Congo will not be resolved by force alone – UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

Haiti in desperate need of investment and contributions, warns top UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Ethiopia: UN appeals for aid as number of drought victims keeps growing (UN News) - [text online]

UN mission monitoring Ethiopia-Eritrea border nearing close (UN News) - [text online]

Africa’s partners must not renege on development support – Assembly chief (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: A day in the life of hyperinflation (IRIN News) - [text online]

GUINEA-BISSAU-SENEGAL: Child trafficking on the decline say local authorities (IRIN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA-SOUTH AFRICA: Mahad Omar Abdi: "I cannot go back to Somalia" (IRIN News) - [text online]

EGYPT: Long road to resettlement for disabled Iraqi refugees (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (15/10/08)

Zimbabwe crisis talks to continue (BBC News) - [text online]

Turkey apology over prison death (BBC News) - [text online]

Afghan violence 'worst in years' (BBC News) - [text online]

The Arab driver, Yom Kippur and how a city was inflamed (The Independent) - [text online]

Judge: 'You're a criminal, you'll be safe in Somalia' (The Independent) - [text online]

Teenage killer admits cutting up woman and dumping her in sea (The Independent) - [text online]

World Focus: A simple admission in the battle against Aids offers hope to millions (The Independent) - [text online]

Pakistan border attacks create 190,000 refugees (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 27 Sep - 10 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Algeria: Red Crescent makes urgent aid appeal for Saharan refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

West Africa: Niger, Sierra Leone and Liberia among the world's hungriest (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Ethiopia: Emergency beneficiaries increase to 6.4 million (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Humanitarian fund gives over USD 1bn to help most vulnerable people worldwide (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Worsening humanitarian situation in the East - UNHCR (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

England, my England (The Guardian) - [text online]

A chink in the Great Wall of Capital (The Guardian) - [text online]

Nearly 190,000 people displaced by fighting in Pakistan's Bajaur area (UNHCR) - [text online]

Urgent appeal for resettlement of ex-Iraq Palestinians (UNHCR) - [text online]

Worsening humanitarian situation in the eastern DRC (UNHCR) - [text online]

Brazilian solidarity with displaced Bolivians in Amazonia (UNHCR) - [text online]

Nearly 190,000 displaced by fighting on Pakistan’s border region of Bajaur (UNHCR) - [text online]

UN Secretary-General visits UNHCR headquarters, pays tribute to staff (UNHCR) - [text online]

UK: Terror Bill Still Puts Rights at Risk (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

EU: Focus on Civilian Protection at Georgia-Russia Talks (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Saudi Arabia executions disproportionately target foreign nationals (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Turkey/Iran: Act now to protect refugees (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Exhibition: Morocco on Golbourne Road (Community Archives and Identities) - [text online]

Ban urges patience, stressing that dealing with Georgia situation will take time (UN News) - [text online]

Fighting on two fronts in eastern DR Congo uproots over 150,000 – UN (UN News) - [text online]

UN appeals for resettlement of Palestinians stranded on Iraq-Syria border (UN News) - [text online]

LEBANON: Migrant workers’ children face marginalisation, racism (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (14/10/08)

Davis 'vindicated' over 42 days (BBC News) - [text online]

Amnesty condemns Saudi executions (BBC News) - [text online]

Clashes in Montenegro over Kosovo (BBC News) - [text online]

'New pathway' for African exodus (BBC News) - [text online]

House of Lords deals fatal blow to 42-day terror detention plans (The Times) - [text online]

Home Secretary forced into 'humiliating retreat' over detention plans (The Independent) - [text online]

The burning issue of Hindu funeral pyres (The Independent) - [text online]

Ethiopia/Eritrea: Mandate fulfilled - Final report to Security Council (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Myanmar: Cyclone survivors fear food aid is set to end soon (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Uganda: IDPs most affected by hepatitis E spread (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Insurgents attack African Union troops in Mogadishu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Iraq: More food aid needed for displaced Christians (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: ICRC continues to assist Vanni displaced as conflict approaches Kilinochchi (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Friends pay musical tribute to Pavarotti in ancient city of Petra (UNHCR) - [text online]

Saudi Arabia: Death by discrimination (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Armed groups and government forces continue to abuse women and children in North Kivu (Amnesty International) - [text online]. Full report - [HTML or PDF]

Asylum Update - 9 october 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

Final border report on Ethiopia-Eritrea dispute sent to Security Council (UN News) - [text online]

In DR Congo’s troubled east, blue helmets escort relief workers (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN envoy strongly condemns killings of civilians and violence in Mosul (UN News) - [text online]

Indonesian police unit arrives to boost efforts of UN-African Union Darfur force (UN News) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA: Voices from exile (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Power-sharing deal collapsing (IRIN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Hepatitis E spreads, IDPs most vulnerable (IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Influx of migrants strains resources - official (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: More food aid needed for displaced Christians – official (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (13/10/08)

Mugabe 'gives Zanu-PF key posts' (BBC News) - [text online]

Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC threatens to abandon Zimbabwe power deal (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

War photography: why we don't want to see it (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Lords set to inflict crushing defeat on 42-day detention (The Independent) - [text online]

Police pour into Mosul to protect Christians from sectarian killings (The Independent) - [text online]

Fisk 'shocked' by US failure to debate conflict in Israel (The Independent0 - [text online]

Zimbabwe deal on the verge of collapse (The Independent) - [text online]

Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider killed in car crash (The Daily Telegraph) - [text online]

Zero tolerance targets racism (This is Kent) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 50 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 50 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR urges donors not to cut aid as recession looms (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Concern about rising numbers of people displaced by LRA (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN emergency relief fund largely successful, Secretary-General reports (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sierra Leone: Government tightens control of NGOs (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

GPs win care fight for asylum seekers (The Observer) - [text online]

'It is down your street and in your lane' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Another tragedy in Gulf of Aden (UNHCR) - [text online]

Q&A: UNHCR in pursuit of durable solutions for refugees in Tanzania (UNHCR) - [text online]

Annual UNHCR meet ends with call to help world's most vulnerable people (UNHCR) - [text online]. 59th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme - [web site and documentation]

UK Border Agency celebrates six months of success (Home Office Press Releases) - [text online]

Ethiopia: Draft Law Threatens Civil Society (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Pakistan: Still ignoring the stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Plights of the displaced people (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

MEDIAWATCH: Political deadlock prolongs Zimbabwe misery (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

IRAQ: Attacks drive thousands of Christians out of Mosul (IRIN News) - [text online]

Central African Republic: UN reports mounting human rights abuses (UN News) - [text online]

Ban concerned over Zimbabwe ‘impasse,’ urges parties to reach deal soon (UN News) - [text online]

UN working to ensure security for Darfur’s displaced, says peacekeeping chief (UN News) - [text online]

Ugandan rebels committing grave rights abuses in DR Congo, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Over 6 million Ethiopians in need of emergency food aid, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Ban calls on rebels, army to immediately cease fire in eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

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