A Selection of news Headlines (23/01/2009)

Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader (BBC News) - [text online]

Obama appoints key hotspot envoys (BBC News) - [text online]

UN awaits Thai reply on migrants (BBC News) - [text online]

Gaza smugglers get back to work (BBC News) - [text online]

US envoy warns over Iraq pullout (BBC News) - [text online]

White working class 'losing out' (BBC News) - [text online]

Relighting the beacon: President Obama orders closure of Guantánamo (The Times) - [text online]

BBC scuppers TV fundraising appeal for Gaza victims (The Times) - [text online]

Obama ready to cut Karzai adrift (The Independent) - [text online]

Backlog swamps asylum system (The Independent) - [text online]

Rwanda arrests Congo rebel leader (The Independent) - [text online]

Fatah fears Gaza conflict has put Hamas in the ascendancy (The Independent) - [text online]

Obama orders CIA to stop torturing terror suspects (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Gaza: the way forward? (The Independent) - [text online]

Impact of arbitrary detention under anti-terror laws (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

'Citizens for Sanctuary' (Institute of Race Relations) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Weekly Situation Report on Cholera in Zimbabwe No. 10, 21 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 16 - 20 Jan 2009 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Iraq: NGO Micro Grant Expanded Humanitarian Response Fund Bulletin No. 15 (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Asylum system not coping with backlog of cases, says watchdog (The Guardian) - [text online]

UNHCR concerned over humanitarian situation in Lampedusa, Italy (UNHCR) - [text online]

DRC: UNHCR fears military build-up could create massive displacement (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR's concern on conditions for boat people in Lampedusa reception centre (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR helps Iraqi students achieve university dreams (UNHCR) - [text online]

Russia/Georgia: All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

DRC: ICC’s First Trial Focuses on Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) - [text online]

UN assessing impact of Ugandan rebel violence on Congolese civilians (UN News) - [text online]

Human rights at heart of UN strategy to oppose terrorism, officials stress (UN News) - [text online]

Women essential to success of regional polls in Iraq, insists UN envoy (UN News) - [text online]

MOZAMBIQUE: Government repatriates Zimbabwe sex workers (IRIN News) - [text online]

ZIMBABWE: Passport fees leave a population going nowhere (IRIN News) - [text online]

IRAQ: Returning IDPs lack decent public services - NGOs (IRIN News) -[text online]

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