Tuesday, 27 January 2009

A Selection of News Headlines (27/01/2009)

Zimbabwe parties 'agree timeline' (BBC News) - [text online]

DR Congo gorilla numbers growing (BBC News) - [text online]

Obama reaches out to Muslim world (BBC News) - [text online]

Sri Lanka army 'securing coast' (BBC News) - [text online]

Freed Guantánamo prisoners taunt US as closure plan falls apart (The Times) - [text online]

EU divided over taking in detainees when terror camp closes (The Independent) - [text online]

Zimbabwe opposition contests power-sharing claims (The Independent) - [text online]

On trial, the warlord ‘who led an army of child soldiers’ (The Independent) - [text online]

Dominic Lawson: When charities turn political, the BBC is right to tread warily (The Independent) - [text online]

Leading article: Offer the hand of reconciliation (The Independent) - [text online]

Tom Sutcliffe: Will time ease the pain of the Holocaust? (The Independent) - [text online]

Donald Macintyre: An assault on the peace process (The Independent) - [text online]

Katherine Butler: So how do we know the aid stays in the right hands? (The Independent) - [text online]

Boat people: An international call to help thousands stranded around the world (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

China: Thousands displaced by quake in remote western area (ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.17
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Field Update on Gaza from the Humanitarian Coordinator 24 - 26 Jan 2009 as of 17:00
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Quarterly Regional Humanitarian Funding Update, Oct - Dec 2008
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 12 - 17 Jan 2009
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

ReliefWeb/OCHA Situation Report : OPT: Situation report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip No.16
(ReliefWeb) - [text online]

Sudanese refugees evacuated from Iraq arrive in Romania (UNHCR) - [text online]

UNHCR calls on Kenya to stop forcible return of Somali asylum seekers (UNHCR) - [text online]

Congolese refugees fleeing to South Sudan (UNHCR) - [text online]

Colombia: Growing insecurity forcing indigenous flight in north-east (UNHCR) - [text online]

Spanish artists help fight malnutrition among African refugees (UNHCR) - [text online]

TV News Footage: emergency aid alone cannot rebuild Gaza (ICRC) - [text online]

Colombia: Brazil ready to support ICRC humanitarian operation (ICRC) - [text online]

Democratic Republic of the Congo: ICRC calls for respect for civilians in North Kivu (ICRC) - [text online]

Mass Migrant Breakout! - Italy (Bristol No Borders) - [text online]

Zimbabweans remind Gordon Brown to act (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Refugee Council response to National Audit Office report on New Asylum Model (Refugee Council) - [text online]

Greece does EU's migration dirty work (The Guardian) - [text online]

The Gurkhas are friends indeed (The Guardian) - [text online]

Football transfers face test penalty (The Guardian) - [text online]

MPs fight to stop deportation of activist (The Guardian) - [text online]

SRI LANKA: UN says thousands of civilians at risk
(IRIN News) - [text online]

SUDAN: Warrap, Lakes states grappling with ethnic clashes
(IRIN News) - [text online]

ISRAEL-OPT: Aid workers protest restricted access to Gaza
(IRIN News) - [text online]

First-ever trial at International Criminal Court, on use of child soldiers, opens (UN News) - [text online]

UN experts express concern at length of custody for illegal migrants in Malta (UN News) - [text online]

UN supports exploratory home return of Rwandan ex-fighters from DR Congo (UN News) - [text online]

UN rushing aid to hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in Sri Lanka fighting (UN News) - [text online]

Thousands of Gazans remain homeless as UN again calls for aid access (UN News) - [text online]

Memory of Holocaust must spur action to combat genocide, stresses UN rights chief (UN News) - [text online]

Holocaust has vital lessons for today, says Ban (UN News) - [text online]

Afghanistan and Pakistan: Raise voices for civilian protection (Refugees International) - [text online]

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