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

Zimbabwe chaos wipes out education for 4.5 million pupils (The Times) - [text online]

Poles hurt in racist mob attack (BBC News) - [text online]

Arrest pledge for racist attack (The Hounslow Chronicle) - [text online]

Four arrested for racist attack on Somalian family (The Bristol Evening Post) - [text online]

South Africa: Displaced at risk as camps close - Amnesty (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Revised UN Flash Appeal seeks USD 109m (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Haiti: Aid deliveries, shelter assessments and early recovery activities ongoing - IOM (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

South Sudan: At least 5,000 Congolese refugees arrive in Yambio area - UNHCR (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Up to 200,000 ID documents may be false (The Guardian) - [text online]

Mine clearers receive Nansen Award for "heroic" work in Lebanon (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR helps more than 250,000 Afghans return home since January (UNHCR) - [text online]

DPR Korea: Ban sounds alarm on lack of progress in human rights UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Ban outlines timetable towards full deployment of peacekeeping force (UN News) - [text online]

At least 5,000 Congolese arrive in Sudan after attacks by rebels – UN (UN News) - [text online]

South Africa: UN rights chief urges protection for foreigners after brutal killing (UN News) - [text online]

More than 250,000 Afghans returned home this year, reports UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

MADAGASCAR: No welcome for sex tourism (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Fears of violence as land tensions increase (IRIN News) - [text online]

MALI: Returnees sceptical about new EU information centre (IRIN News) - [text online]

SENEGAL: Thousands displaced from their Dakar homes (IRIN News) - [text online]

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