A Selection of News Stories (28/11/08)

Congolese flee rebels for Uganda (BBC News) - [text online]

China condemns France over Tibet (BBC News) - [text online]

Cameron condemns Tory leak arrest (BBC News) - [text online]

Tory frontbench MP Damian Green arrested over leaks (The Times) - [text online]

'Serious questions' over MP's arrest, says Cameron (The Independent) - [text online]

Kenya-Somalia: Thousands flee amid fears of fighting along border (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: Cholera crisis could worsen, minister says (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Some 13,000 civilians flee to Uganda as violence flares in Rutshuru (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 8 - 21 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : oPt: Protection of civilians weekly report 19 - 25 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 44 & 45, 02 - 15 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 46, 16 - 22 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Hope for Zimbabwean asylum seekers (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Bank withdraws facilities from Muslim charity (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Refuge and fortress: a tale of two cultures (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

'Psychopath' found guilty of vicious murder of refugee (Bradford Telegraph & Argus) - [text online]

Watchdog wants BNP to be denied right to teach (Times Higher Education) - [text online]

Some 13,000 Congolese flee to Uganda as violence flares in Rutshuru (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres meets Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani in Iraq (UNHCR) - [text online]

India: Red Cross aid for displaced people in Assam (ICRC) - [text online]

Iraq: Security agreement puts detainees at risk of torture (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Human rights violations spiraling out of control in DR Congo, warns UN official (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Cholera feeds off a perfect storm (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA-SOMALIA: Thousands flee amid fears of fighting along border (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: Violence against women on the rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

YEMEN: Tough life for Somali refugees in southern town (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (27/11/08)

UK 'should shift security agenda' (BBC News) - [text online]

Cholera Zimbabwe's 'worst crisis' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN approval for EU Kosovo mission (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq delays vote on US withdrawal (BBC News) - [text online]

More aid reaches blockaded Gaza (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: 'Nobody supports the Taliban, but people hate the government' (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe borders 'must close' (The Independent) - [text online]

Israel goes to war over Hebron's 'House of Peace' (The Indepependent) - [text online]

Iraq delays vote on US deal (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis likely to worsen, warns senior UN relief official (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Recent events in Kivus had 'profound impact' on UN Mission (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: Security, return of IDP among severe challenges - ICG (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Bosnian Researcher Counts War Dead, And Faces Threats For His Methods (Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Focus on North Kivu Province: IDPs on the move face grave human rights violence (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

Displaced children in the Central African Republic need better protection and assistance as insecurity continues (IDMC) - [Full text of the press release and View the report]

Boris Johnson defends illegal immigrant amnesty proposal (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boost for the reintegration of Mauritanian returnees (UNHCR) - [text online]

Theatre raises health awareness and strengthens bonds in Rio (UNHCR) - [text online]

Guterres visits Iraq's Anbar Province, announces opening of new UNHCR office (UNHCR) - [text online]

Victims of armed conflict face increased vulnerability in 2009 (ICRC) - [text online]

TV News Footage - ICRC Emergency Appeal 2009: war, drought, world economic crisis – a deadly mix (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: civilians continue to suffer (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: renewed mass displacements (ICRC) - [text online]

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Mahamat Oumar Ismael, "Go back to Darfur? Not even in my dreams" (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN’s Kosovo mission reorients field presence to non-Albanian ethnic communities (UN News) - [text online]

Extra blue helmets will aid political efforts to bring peace to DR Congo – UN (UN News) - [text online]

Ban hails Sudan’s election body as major progress in north-south peace accord (UN News) - [text online]

MAURITANIA: Thousands of returnees await legal status (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Great expectations as numbers of Southern returnees on the rise (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (26/11/08)

Thai protesters shut down airport (BBC News) - [text online]

UN calls for rapid Zimbabwe deal (BBC News) - [text online]

Overseas student ID cards begin (BBC News) - [text online]

Asylum-seeker 'was assaulted by security men during deportation (The Independent) - [text online]

Sex for sale: The truth about prostitution in Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

3,000 dead from cholera in Zimbabwe (The Independent) - [text online]

WI enlisted in fight against prostitution (The Independent) - [text online]

Tribal chiefs offered UK 'bribes' to fight Taliban (The Independent) - [text online]

World Focus: Guantanamo and Obama's human rights conundrum (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: New fighting sends more civilians fleeing in panic (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Agencies, UN call for urgent measures to end violence against women (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN SG urges parties to support and provide humanitarian assistance (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: UN humanitarian chief starts Darfur visit, insists on security in Kalma camp (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR backs 16 days of opposition to violence against women (UNHCR) - [text online]

College-Educated Immigrant Workers in the United States (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

In Congo war, some wounds are hard to see (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Senior UN humanitarian official begins visit to Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

New fighting in eastern DR Congo sends more civilians fleeing in panic, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Ban alarmed as humanitarian conditions worsen in Zimbabwe (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Desperate country looks for a political solution (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: State forces kill 500 over two years, says rights group (IRIN News) - [text online]

DRC: Fears for IDP safety following camp attack (IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Gender-based violence still rampant (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN refugee chief lauds Iran’s generosity in hosting uprooted Afghans (UN News) - [text online]

Visiting Chad, top UN relief official calls for stronger refugee protection (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (25/11/08)

UN head outlines DR Congo 'abuse' (BBC News) - [text online]

Charity guilty of funding terror (BBC News) - [text online]

Yemen move for Bin Laden driver (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe rivals in S Africa talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Rape risk increasing in Cambodia (BBC News) - [text online]

New laws against forced marriages (BBC News) - [text online]

Foreign nationals given ID cards (BBC News) - [text online]

WI asked to help tackle sex trade (BBC News) - [text online]

'Stereotype' fear from race data (BBC News) - [text online]

Top civil servant to fight release of Iraq war records (The Times) - [text online]

Cholera sweeps through Zimbabwe as Robert Mugabe's regime tries to hide the crisis (The Times) - [text online]

Asylum-seeker 'was assaulted by security men during deportation' (The Independent) - [text online]

The general who holds Congo's fate in his hands (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP men held over 'racist leaflet' (The Independent) - [text online]

Summit of Tibetan exiles rejects 'total independence' call (The Independent) - [text online]

Congo: a touch of hope in the war without end (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 31 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Southern Sudan weekly bulletin, week 43, 26 Oct - 01 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 30, Oct 2008 (Reliefweb) - [text online] and [table of indicators].

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 10 - 16 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 52 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 36, 01 - 14 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Cardinal virtues (The Guardian) - [text online]

'They must be lying' (The Guardian) - [text online]

From war to where? (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boris immigrants amnesty is 'naive' (The Guardian) - [text online]

Boris Johnson calls for illegal immigrant amnesty in London (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR chief Guterres urges support for 2009 Humanitarian Appeal (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Transfer of vulnerable Kibati occupants to safer camps to begin (UNHCR) - [text online]

High Commissioner's mission to Iraq (UNHCR) - [text online]

First identity cards are issued (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

National identity scheme a step closer to reality (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

New measures will aid police minority ethnic recruitment (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Crisis in North Kivu (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DRC: UN troops must deploy as soon as possible (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Dialogue between warring parties crucial to peace in DR Congo, says UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

UN forum aims to ensure adequate funds to meet development goals despite crisis (UN News) - [text online]

UN checks charges of Government bombing in renewed Darfur fighting (UN News) - [text online]

A Selection of News Headlines (20/11/08)

Rwanda aide questioned in France (BBC News) - [text online]

UN reports on fighting in Darfur (BBC News) - [text online]

DRC rebels pull out to let aid in (BBC News) - [text online]

Pakistan protest to US ambassador (BBC News) - [text online]

BNP members 'targeted by threats' (BBC News) - [text online]

BNP deputy Simon Darby admits: I use the City Hall to do party business (The Times) - [text online]

Charities launch appeal as Congo suffering grows (The Times) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: Once more fear stalks the streets of Kandahar (The Independent) - [text online]

Union: 'Ban teachers who are BNP supporters' (The Independent) - [text online]

Sex & the citizens: New prostitution laws explained (The Independent) - [text online]

Immigration soars to highest level in years (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: There are better ways to protect trafficked women (The Independent) - [text online]

BNP protest after arrests (Manchester Evening News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian response in Somalia: Monthly cluster report, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Fewer returning refugees may increase tension (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Aid agencies plan to reach 34,000 IDPs in Dungu area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UN seeks USD 7bn to aid 30 million people in 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemen: Fighting hampers relief aid to tens of thousands in the north (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Immigration falls and set to decline further in recession (The Guardian) - [text online]

Phil Woolas should blame his own department, not asylum lawyers (The Guardian) - [text online]

Kabul conference pledges support for sustainable return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghan returnees assess the lay of the land (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Kabul conference pledges support for sustainable return (UNHCR) - [text online]

Tough challenges face Congolese returnees to South Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to quarterly asylum statistics (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Covey responds to Immigration Minister's attacks (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: Hundreds of thousands trapped in the Wanni need urgent shelters (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Colombia: Stop false accusations against human rights groups, government should address reported abuses (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Labour can't place itself above the law (The Guardian) - [text online]

UK net immigration rises to 237,000 (The Guardian) - [text online]

Central African Republic: Aid for 20,000 displaced people (ICRC) - [text online]

Tough action to protect vulnerable women and tackle kerb crawlers (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Third quarter removals at six-year high (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Asylum Update - Novemebr 20th 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

YEMEN: Tens of thousands beyond reach of aid agencies - rights group (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN human rights office regrets Israeli pull-out from upcoming racism conference (UN News) - [text online]

‘Important qualitative leap’ made in Georgia talks, UN reports (UN News) - [text online]

Humanitarian situation in Somalia in serious decline as security worsens, warns UN chief (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: Ban welcomes rebel pullback and increased aid access in east (UN News) - [text online]

Ban joins concern over fresh reports of bombings and fighting in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN seeks $7 billion in humanitarian aid for 2009, by far its largest ever appeal (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: Rape crisis set to worsen amid Kivu chaos (IRIN News) -[text online]

SOMALIA: Crops destroyed, families displaced as Shabelle bursts banks (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (19/11/08)

Police and teachers on BNP list (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo rebels 'to withdraw troops' (BBC News) - [text online]

EU in Kenya poll tribunal threat (BBC News) - [text online]

UN in talks on Afghan returnees (BBC News) - [text online]

Prostitute users face clampdown (BBC News) - [text online]

Thousands in fear after BNP members list leak (The Times) - [text online]

Outlawed: sex with trafficked prostitutes (The Independent) - [text online]

Iraqis accused of murdering British troops want sanctuary (The Independent) - [text online]

The curious case of the disappearing despot (The Independent) - [text online]

Miliband: Syria vital to peace in Middle East (The Independent) - [text online]

Deborah Orr: For most women, prostitution is not a life choice (The Independent) - [text online]

Brussels encourages EU states to open labour markets (EU Observer) - [text online]

Uganda: Suffering of war victims continues - Amnesty report (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Child malnutrition soaring in eastern DR Congo, warns World Vision (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: UN's top human rights official calls for immediate end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : The Humanitarian Monitor Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 30, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 35, 25 Oct ? 07 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Invest in Afghan returns or risk further displacement, cautions UNHCR (UNHCR) - [text online]

Czech Republic: No to racist attacks (Amnesty International) - [text online]

New board member to lead roll-out of first ID cards (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

No Man's Land: Iraqi-Palestinians in Al Tanf Camp (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Darfur: UN-African Union mission probes fresh reports of military bombings (UN News) - [text online]

As winter nears in Kyrgyzstan, UN aid officials voice fears on living conditions (UN News) - [text online]

International Criminal Court rules that Congolese rebel’s trial back on track (UN News) - [text online]

UN World Court rejects preliminary Serbian objections in genocide case with Croatia (UN News) - [text online]

UN human rights chief calls for end to Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip (UN News) - [text online]

DRC-UGANDA: Overwhelmed relief workers struggle to provide HIV services (IRIN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy voices hope for additional troops in volatile eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

British police attempt to smash South-East Asian sex trafficking ring – UN report (UN News) - [text online]

COLOMBIA: Sex tourism booming on the Caribbean coast (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy in Sudan welcomes approval of independent election body (UNNews) - [text online]

ETHIOPIA: Thousands displaced by floods in Somali region (IRIN News) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: ICRC to distribute Indian aid to Vanni IDPs (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headings (18/11/08)

UN draft seeks to boost DRC force (BBC News) - [text online]

'Punish India police for torture' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq war 'violated rule of law' (BBC News) - [text online]

Iraq war legal advice flawed, says ex-law lord (The Independent) - [text online]

Pilots threaten to strike over ID cards (The Independent) - [text online]

Georgia's rearguard action over witness accounts challenging its account of war (The Independent) - [text online]

Taliban rejects Karzai's offer of safe passage (The Independent) - [text online]

OPT: Israeli army relaxes restrictions on humanitarian aid to Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Kenya: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Dadaab camps (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: UN Special Representative appeals for unity among leaders (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 36, 01 - 14 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Uganda Humanitarian Situation Report: 01 - 31 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum-seeker charities are just playing the system, says Woolas (The Guardian) - [text online]

The fortress Britain myth (The Guardian) - [text online]

Displaced Kenyans form cooperatives to buy new land, rebuild (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghans return home to live under tents (UNHCR) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of Congo: Human rights groups request special session of Human Rights Council (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International welcomes commitment to close Guantánamo (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Georgia/Russia conflict: Counting the cost of war: Return, security and truth still a long way off (Amnesty International) - [text online]. See Also: Counting the civilian cost of the Georgia-Russia conflict (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DR Congo: Who is to Blame? (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Don't chase headlines, chase quality news (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

Hispanic Vote Goes for Obama But May Not Lead to Quick Action on Immigration Reform (Migration Information Source) - [text online]

NEPAL: Displaced children face hardship (IRIN News) - [text online]

Thousands of Liberian ex-combatants to take part in UN-backed rehabilitation scheme (UN News) - [text online]

Ban meets with UN human rights officials at start of two-day trip to Switzerland (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza crossing reopens today to allow partial resumption in aid – UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

DR Congo: UN attack helicopters ready to respond after rebel ceasefire violation (UN News) - [text online]

CHAD: UN Secretary-General calls to double troop numbers (IRIN ews) - [text online]

Stealing a march on winter, UN pre-positions food aid for hungry Afghans (UN News) - [text online]

Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission (UN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Surviving as an HIV-positive teacher (IRIN News) - [text online]

KENYA: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Dadaab camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy appeals for solidarity among Somali leaders (UN News) - [text online]

In brief: Ushahidi launches website on eastern DR Congo conflict (UN News) - [text online]

In brief: UN satellite maps indicate damage at two IDP camps (UN News) - [text online]

SOMALIA: “TFG on brink of collapse” (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Sibangilizwe Ndlovu, "These days people are dying in large numbers" (IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Southern women march for end to GBV (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (17/11/08)

Head rebel 'backs DR Congo peace' (BBC News) - [text online]

Somali head admits militant gains (BBC News) - [text online]

Teachers recruited from overseas (BBC News) - [text online]

Rebel leader tells UN envoy of ceasefire but fighting rages in Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian action in Chad: Facts and figures snapshot report, 23 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 52 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis OCHA Situation Report No. 50 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb0 - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 03 - 09 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 10 - Oct (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 25 Oct - 07 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 34, 18 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 13 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 03 - 09 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Official says Darfur "clash" did not breach ceasefire (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Rebel backs UN peace plan, fighting persists (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Thailand: Myanmar's diplaced youth see few opportunities to use education and vocational skills (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Somalia: Need for aid rises as insurgents reach outskirts of Mogadishu (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Financial crisis may deepen refugee problems (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pair used spy gadgets in immigration test scam (The Guardian) - [text online]

More illegal immigrants slip through security net (The Guardian) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Afghans return home to live under tents (UNHCR) - [text online]

Ugandan government must establish reparations programme for war victims (Amnesty International) - [text online]

A day in the life of the Parliamentary Intern (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: as rains arrive, ICRC steps up help for civilians fleeing conflict in the Vanni (ICRC) - [text online]

DR Congo: Video call for action (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

IRAQ: NGOs concerned about detainees’ rights (IRIN News) - [text online]

SYRIA: Rice import snag leaves some Iraqi refugees short (IRIN News) - [text online]

UGANDA: Alice: “I saw my friend being beheaded and his body cut up” (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN experts voice significant concern over legal rights of Italy’s migrant detainees (UN News) - [text online]

Serious displacement crisis continues in Colombia, UN official warns (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (14/11/08)

Bin Laden 'cut off from al-Qaeda' (BBC News) - [text online]

Anti-terror police 'need Muslims' (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo refugees 'have to be moved' (BBC News) - [text online]

Mugabe to name ministers 'soon' (BBC News) - [text online]

UN 'has run out of Gaza food aid' (BBC News) - [text online]

The Price of Prevention - Getting Ahead of the Global Crises (Enough Project) - [press release]. See also, the [report] and [podcast].

Aids orphan choir hit by red tape (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: Humanitarian Update No. 2, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Pakistan: WFP concerns over rise in looting of humanitarian supplies in the northwest (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: New influx brings total of Congolese refugees in Uganda to over 12,000 (ReleifWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan: Unexploded ordnance poses threat to returnees (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: Israel blocks Gaza aid after rocket attacks (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan: Cautious optimism over Darfur ceasefire call (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: War brings hunger to breadbasket (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR flies vital shelter aid to North Kivu for displaced Congolese (UNHCR) - [text online]

Somalia: ICRC provides relief for half a million people faced by life threatening food shortages (ICRC) - [text online]

Home Office launches counter terrorism competition for design students (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Spain: No global exception when investigating the crimes of the past (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Germany and Austria: Press Turkmenistan on Rights (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

EU: Set Human Rights Benchmarks for Russia (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Continued border closures force UN to suspend food aid to 750,000 Gazans (UN News) - [text online]

UN reports second day of relative calm in strife-torn eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

Religion can never justify terrorism or killing of innocents, General Assembly declares (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Egyptian troops arrive to boost strength of joint UN-African Union force (UN News) - [text online]

Top UN envoy urges Iraq to protect minorities after latest killing in Mosul (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Egyptian troops arrive to boost strength of joint UN-African Union force (UN News) - [text online]

Darfur: Ban welcomes Sudanese ceasefire, plan to disarm militias (UN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Cautious optimism over Darfur ceasefire call (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Violence returns as talks flounder (IRIN News) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: Unexploded ordnance poses threat to returnees (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (13/11/08)

Mugabe urged to form government (BBC News) - [text online]

Food aid reaches Congo rebel town (BBC News) - [text online]

Burmese jail sentences condemned (BBC News) - [text online]

Study criticises ethnic relations (BBC News) - [text online]. Councils need to give race equality higher priority (Accounts Commission) - [text online]

Angola set to deploy troops in Congo (The Independent) - [text online]

Russian Federation: Displaced people still struggling to lead a normal life (IDMC) - [Full Overview (html/pdf)]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA-oPt protection of civilians: Summary data tables - Reports to the end of Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 35, 25 - 07 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 25 Oct - 07 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Somalia Humanitarian Overview Vol. 1 Issue 10 - Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudan's Darfur ceasefire leaves big doubts (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: Agencies cannot reach IDPs trapped by fighting (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 11 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Yemeni immigrant workers (The Guardian) - [online gallery]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Street kids turn from beggars to beauticians (UNHCR) - [text online]

Philippines: Conditions worsen for displaced people in Maguindanao (ICRC) - [text online]

DR Congo: Protect Civilians From Brutal Rebel Attacks (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Kenya: Protect Somali Refugees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Egypt: End ‘Shoot to Stop’ Practice at Sinai Border Crossings (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Sudan: Declared ceasefire must result in concrete improvements for Darfuris (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Armenia: Women suffer in silence (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Asylum Update, Novemebr 12 2008 (ICAR) - [text online]

Place and space in the spotlight: the 2009 World Development Report (ODI) - [text online]

DRC: Agencies cannot reach IDPs trapped by fighting (IRIN News) - [text online]

Number of hungry people in Iraq has dropped steeply, says UN-backed report (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (12/11/08)

UN appeals for DR Congo back-up (BBC News) - [text online]

Rwanda expels German ambassador (BBC News) - [text online]

Baghdad re-opens 'unity bridge' (BBC News) - [text online]

MPs due to back diversity probe (BBC News) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Situation report: Drought/Food Crisis in Ethiopia - 04 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 34, 18 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response - Bulletin No. 13 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Bogale Hub Update No. 1 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

200,000 jobs barred to non-European migrants (The Guardian) - [text online]

West Africa conference on refugee protection and international migration (UNHCR) - [text online]

Iraq: Displaced Christians return to Mosul (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: Decreased mass population movements, but continued concern about security situation (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR transports fresh aid supplies for displaced in North Kivu (UNHCR) - [text online]

Palestinians bid goodbye to India, hello Sweden (UNHCR) - [text online]

Burma: Free Activists Sentenced by Unfair Courts (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN: World Leaders Should Press Saudis on Intolerance (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

200,000 fewer jobs for migrant workers under new rules (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Myanmar: Harsh sentences for 14 dissidents reveal government’s true intentions (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Mexico: Amnesty International adopts five indigenous rights defenders as prisoners of conscience (Amnesty International) - [text online]

There’s no pride in silence: domestic and sexual violence against women in Armenia (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Bhutan Crowns New King: Refugees Barely Remembered (Reuters Alertnet) - [text online]

DR Congo: Fighting Continues (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

DRC: Recruitment of child soldiers rising (IRIN News) - [text online]

WEST AFRICA: Remittances set to fall in 2009 (IRIN News) - [text online]

DR Congo displaced threatened by criminal abuses and spread of diseases, warns UN (UN News) - [text online]

Gaza food aid will be cut unless critical supplies allowed in, warns UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: UN cuts back food aid to millions amid serious funding crisis (UN News) - [text online]

Displaced Christians in northern Iraq begin to return home - UN agency (UN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Stories (11/11/08)

Barack Obama plans quick transfer of Guantanamo Bay suspects to US (The Times) - [text online]

Serbs hunt Mladic in factory raid (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo angry at rebel demands (BBC News) - [text online]

Abu Qatada back in jail 'after plotting to flee to Middle East (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama to fulfil promise and shut Guantanamo (The Independent) - [text online]

Poll lays bare Jerusalem's tribal divides (The Independent) - [text online]

Afghan tale of oppression wins French literature prize (The Independent) - [text online]

Rebel vows to fight peacekeepers (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenya: Floods OCHA Situation Report, 11 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

DR Congo: First emergency supplies airlifted into Goma; critical to curbing cholera and respiratory infections (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Georgia: South Ossetian tanks occupy village outside of breakaway territory (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Afghanistan at the crossroads: Drought, food crisis drive Afghans out of villages (UNHCR) - [text online]

Afghans now able to update, modify identification in Pakistan (UNHCR) - [text online]

DR Congo: Increase Peacekeepers in Eastern Congo (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

European Governments Should Resettle Guantanamo Detainees (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Refugee Council to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: First food distribution for displaced people north-east of Rutshuru (ICRC) - [text online]

Armed men ambush group of UN-African Union peacekeepers in West Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN observes anniversary of Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushes aid as sporadic fighting continues in eastern DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: What will stop the fighting? (IRIN News) - [text online]

GLOBAL: New “business model” for humanitarian aid – top UN official (IRIN News) - [text online]

COTE D'IVOIRE: Appeal for help to stop violence against women (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (10/11/08)

MDC rejects Zimbabwe cabinet plan (BBC News) - [text online]

Cholera threatens DR Congo camps (BBC News) - [text online]

US 'in secret overseas strikes' (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetans blamed for failed talks (BBC News) - [text online]

Indian Muslims condemn terrorism (BBC News) - [text online]

Tibetans' risky journey into exile (BBC Two: This World) - [text online]

UN alleges war crimes in DR Congo (BBC News) - [text online]

Merkel urges anti-racist action (BBC News) - [text online]

Terrorism threat in UK 'growing' (BBC News) - [text online]

Police team that investigated tide of human traffic is closed (The Independent) - [text online]

Home Office bars former Thai PM from Britain (The Independent) - [text online]

Short boats into Gaza with fact-finding mission (The Independent) - [text online]

One million will starve, says Tsvangirai (The Independent) - [text online]

Neo-Nazis are back, German Jews warned (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Humanitarian Update: Regional Office for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 13 Sep - 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Colombia: OCHA Humanitarian Situation Report No. 32, 19 ? 26 Sep 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 35, 16 - 31 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Cross-border displacements: Spill-over from the crises in eastern DRC (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 20 - 26 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report - October 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Kenya: OCHA Situation Report - Mandera Crisis, 06 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 27 Oct - 02 Nov 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

UNHCR backs calls for ceasefire in DR Congo as concern mounts (UNHCR) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: End Ruling Party’s Abuses (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DR Congo: Civilians Under Attack Need Urgent Protection (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Human Rights groups call on European governments to offer humanitarian protection to Guantánamo detainees (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Peru: Amnesty bill setback to human rights (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Chile: Major human rights reform must mark Bachelet remaining time in office (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Amnesty International to launch a report on violence against women EU (Amnesty International) - [text online]

AID WORKER DIARY: Crisis in eastern Congo (Reuters AlertNet) - [text online]

NEPAL: Bhutanese refugees find new life beyond the camps (IRIN News) - [text online]

DR Congo killings ''constitute war crimes'', says UN official (UN News) - [text online]

Nepal: Security Council stresses need for all sides to make compromises in peace process (UN News) - [text online]

UN reports highlight Israeli infringement of Palestinians’ rights (UN News) - [text online]

Middle East Quartet encouraged by progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks (UN News) - [text online]

African Union mission positive about deployment of UN troops in Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN initiative features young people’s ideas on tackling racism through sports (UN News) - [text online]

UN peacekeeping missions overwhelmed, top officials warn on anniversary (UN News) - [text online]

Ban calls for urgent measures to end DR Congo crisis at Nairobi summit (UN News) - [text online]

DRC: At least 20 civilians killed in North Kivu clashes (IRIN News) - [text online]

BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugee camps improved (IRIN News) - [text online]

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A Selection of News Headlines (07/11/08)

DR Congo accuses UN over killings (BBC News) - [text online]

Zimbabwe attacks 'kill dialogue' (BBC News) - [text online]

Algerians in Guantanamo challenge (BBC News) - [text online]

Robert Mugabe bank accused of stealing aid cash (The Times) - [text online]

Your chance to be one of the first to carry an ID card (The Independent) - [text online]

Death toll rises as Congo talks seek end to conflict (The Independent) - [text online]

Rice admits Middle East deal this year is unlikely (The Independent) - [text online]

Palestinians protest at Israeli plan to build museum on Muslim graveyard (The Independent) - [text online]

DR Congo: Give Peacekeepers Political Support and an Achievable Mission (Refugees International) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : West Africa: Humanitarian situation report - October 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Timor-Leste: Humanitarian update 11 - 24 Oct 2008 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Border country: inside immigration removal centres (The Guardian) - [image gallery online]

Here for some time (The Guardian) - [text online]

Security body chief goes after vetting failures (The Guardian) - [text online]

DRC: Fears for thousands in Kibati camps (UNHCR) - [text online]

Overshadowed by displacement in Sri Lanka’s north, people return home in the east (UNHCR) - [text online]

Voices from behind the veil (UNHCR) - [text online]

Border officials work overtime to help Zimbabwean asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online]

First food reaches displaced Congolese in camps around Goma (UNHCR) - [text online]

DR Congo: New Attacks on Civilians (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Lebanon: Act Now on Steps to Prevent Torture (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Georgia/Russian Federation: Three months later, the impact of conflict endures (ICRC) - [text online]

ID cards are on time, and on budget (Home Office Press Release) - [text online]

Millions at risk in Somalia as attacks on aid workers escalate (Amnesty International) - [text online]

DRC: Demonstrate leadership to address crisis immediately (Amnesty International) - [text online]

IDP News Report, 6 November 2008 (IDMC) - [text online]

UN organizes conflict management training in contested Sudanese area (UN News) - [text online]

Senior UN-AU envoy briefs team seeking to defuse tensions between Sudan and Chad (UN News) - [text online]

Renewed fighting in eastern DR Congo alarms Secretary-General (UN News) - [text online]

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