A Selection of News Stories (09/10/08)

Rwandan troops 'invade DR Congo' (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe inflation hits new high (BBC News) - [text online]

UN seeks World Court Kosovo view (BBC News) - [text online]

'Too many refugees face intolerance and denial of rights' - UNHCR (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Agencies unable to reach thousands displaced in North Kivu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UNRWA calls on Arab donors to help 30.000 Nahr el Bared refugees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Aid agencies call on Taliban to back new humanitarian agenda (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Chad: Aid groups suspend work due to insecurity, effect on IDPs feared (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

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

Assistant High Commissioner reports mixed year for refugee protection (UNHCR) - [text online]

Excom: Despite gains in 2008, UNHCR says too many refugees face intolerance and denial of their rights (UNHCR) - [text online]

Faster border controls at Heathrow Airport (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Burma: On the Road to Mandalay (Refugees International) - [text online]

UK: Rights for Terror Suspects (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN agency calls on Arabs to help Palestinian brethren uprooted in Lebanese camp (UN News) - [text online]

Government troops will respect ceasefire in eastern DR Congo, UN told (UN News) - [text online]

Myanmar: UN expert outlines steps for improving human rights (UN News) - [text online]

Former top Rwandan minister transferred to UN war crimes tribunal (UN News) - [text online]

UN tribunal upholds 35-year jail term for leader of breakaway Croatian Serb state (UN News) - [text online]

New UN peacekeeping chief holds talks in South Sudan (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Agencies unable to reach thousands displaced in North Kivu (IRIN News) - [text online]

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