A Selection of News Headlines (22/01/2009)

Obama 'set to close Guantanamo' (BBC News) - [text online]

Congo troops bar UN and aid staff (BBC News) - [text online]

Hunger strike for Zimbabwe change (BBC News) - [text online]

Islam film Dutch MP to be charged (BBC News) - [text online]

Hamas leader urges West to talk (BBC News) - [text online]

Israel to probe phosphorus claims (BBC News) - [text online]

Rohingya migrants want to return (BBC News) - [text online]

President Obama's first call 'was to President Abbas' (The Times) - [text online]

Young? British? Muslim? Listen Up! (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

Smugglers back at work in tunnels beneath Gaza (The Independent) - [text online]

Dutch MP to be tried for views on Islam (The Independent) - [text online]

Mandela's wife calls for Mugabe to step down (The Independent) - [text online]

Deborah Orr: Obama is right to tread warily over Guantanamo Bay (The Independent) - [text online]

Robert Fisk: So far, Obama's missed the point on Gaza... (The Independent) - [text online]

Patrick Cockburn: In Israel, detachment from reality is now the norm (The Independent) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.15 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

OPT: NGOs call for immediate and unhindered access for aid organizations into Gaza (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Explainer: Identity cards (The Guardian) - [text online]

The migration front line (The Guardian) - [text online]

Netherlands signs accord to use UNHCR Refworld research tool (UNHCR) - [text online]

Gaza: unexploded munitions a threat to civilians and humanitarian work (ICRC) - [text online]

EUROPE: HELP CLOSE GUANTÁNAMO: Offer Humanitarian Protection to Detainees Who Risk Torture or Persecution at Home (Amnesty International) - [text online]

Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Intervene (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

US: Obama Expected to Order Guantanamo’s Closure (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Gaza Crisis: Regimes React with Routine Repression (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

Sri Lanka: End Detentions and Aid Restrictions (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

AFGHANISTAN: UNAMA raps new report by rights watchdog (IRIN News) - [text online]

UN expert on children welcomes US suspension of trials at Guantánamo (UN News) - [text online]

In wake of Gaza crisis, Ban urges ‘massive’ effort to resolve Arab-Israeli conflict (UN News) - [text online]

UN, African Union to ramp up deployment of peacekeepers in troubled Darfur (UN News) - [text online]

UN to embark on humanitarian assessment in post-conflict Gaza (UN News) - [text online]

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