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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