Wednesday, 15 October 2008

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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