A Selection of Headlines (10/10/08)

Migrant vessel sinks off Morocco (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo rebels capture army base (BBC News) - [text online]

Staff 'fears' over Muslim inmates (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraqi who risked all for Britain is left to his fate in Basra (The Times) - [text online]

Russian troops pull out from Georgia as the rebel militias dig in to defy peace plan (The Times) - [text online]

Doctors 'planned bombing campaign to punish Britain' (The Independent) - [text online]

Jews protect Palestinians in harvest of hate (The Independent) - [text online]

Romanian actress battles racism in Italy (The Independent) - [text online]

The mantra of our time: 'British values' good, 'multiculturalism' bad (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report 09 Oct 2008 (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]

Georgia: Villages in South Ossetia "torched", satellite study shows (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: WFP starts massive relief operation, but needs extra resources (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

General Assembly President calls for boosting UN's peacebuilding capacity (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN peacekeeping chief makes first visit to war-torn Darfur (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Floods add to IDP misery in Lower Shabelle (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR'S Global Needs Assessment pilot shows substantial gaps (UNHCR) - [text online]

Armenia: Diasporan War Veteran Faces Deportation (Global Voices) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA: Migrants risk all to cross desert (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN unable to confirm reports of Rwandan incursions into eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Security Council renews UN observer mission in Georgia for four months (UN News) - [text online]

UN Yearbook goes online, bringing the Organization’s work closer to the public (UN News) - [text online]

UN agency appeals for $140 million to feed Zimbabweans in crisis (UN News) - [text online]

Too many refugees denied their rights, despite recent gains – UN official (UN News) - [text online]. See also, the related UNHCR report - [report].

KENYA: Rising demand for male circumcision (IRIN News) - [text online]

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